Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 72: Humpback Dolphins (Sousa spp.): Current Status and Conservation, Part 1

Thomas A Jefferson and Barbara E Curry

Humpback Dolphins (Sousa spp.): Current Status and Conservation, Part 1 is part of Advances in Marine Biology, a series that has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology ...

Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 73: Humpback Dolphins (Sousa spp.): Current Status and Conservation, Part 2

Thomas A Jefferson and Barbara E Curry

Humpback Dolphins (Sousa spp.): Current Status and Conservation, Part 2 is part of Advances in Marine Biology, a series that has been providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology ...

Britain's Mammals

A Field Guide to the Mammals of Britain and Ireland

Dominic Couzens, Andy Swash, Robert Still and Jon Dunn

Britain's Mammals is a comprehensive and beautifully designed photographic field guide to all the mammals recorded in Britain and Ireland in recent times – including marine mammals, bats and introduced species.

Dam Builders

The Natural History of Beavers and Their Ponds

Michael Runtz

Few animals in the world are as famous or as infamous as the beaver, and none save our species has the ability to so dramatically transform its environment. Beavers are remarkable animals. They have teeth that self-sharpen and never stop ...

Elephants in the Dust

The African Elephant Crisis, a Rapid Response Assessment

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The African elephant, the largest remaining land mammal on the planet, is facing the greatest crisis in decades. Reports of mass elephant killings in the media vividly illustrate the situation across many African elephant range States.

Giant Hearts

Travels in the World of Elephants

Jean-Philippe Puyravaud and Priya Davidar

Giant Hearts: Travels in the World of Elephants takes us into the world of the largest land animal on our planet. In this anthology, Jean-Philippe Puyravaud and Priya Davidar have brought together writers – eminent scientists ...

Hare

Jim Crumley

In the Encounters in the Wild series, renowned nature writer Jim Crumley gets up close and personal with British wildlife – here, the hare. With his inimitable passion and vision, Jim relives memorable encounters with some ...

Mammals of Montana

Kerry R Foresman and Alexander V Bayaev

This comprehensive guide details the taxonomy, ecology, behavior, reproductive biology, and distribution of all 109 mammal species in Montana, from the pygmy shrew, one of the tiniest mammals in the world, to the bison, the largest land ...

Mammiferes d'Afrique [The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals]

Jonathan Kingdon and Anne Saint-Girons

The compact format of Mammifères d'Afrique makes it ideal for use in the field, while its coverage is the most comprehensive currently possible in this format.

Meerkats

Grant M McIlrath

This lavishly illustrated title offers a unique insight into the world of this much-loved creature. Meerkats is the first book on the subject written by a professionally qualified nature conservationist. Author Grant McIlrath has ...

Ours: Esprits de la Nature [Bear: Spirit of the Wild]

Paul Nicklen and Richard Sneider

Following on the heels of his National Geographic blockbuster Polar Obsession, Paul Nicklen turns his keen photographic eye to North American bears. Stunning images shot by the renowned photojournalist are enriched with personal ...

Sheep

Philip Armstrong

The Egyptians worshipped them, the Romans dressed them in fitted coats, the Christians made the shepherd synonymous with their divine saviour. In Sheep, Philip Armstrong traces the natural and cultural history of both the wild ...

Visual Encyclopedia of Dolphin [Japanese]

Hiroya Minakuchi

The dolphing is a popular marine mammal that unfortuntaly is also held in captivity in attraction parks around the world. This book is full of fascinating photos and contains recent information on its ecology from scientists working on ...

Visual Encyclopedia of Orca [Japanese]

Hiroya Minakuchi

Studies done in recent years have shown that killer whale ecology in various parts of the world is shaped by food availability and habitat, leading to different herd lifestyles. In this book, Mizuguchi combines his own observations ...

Whale & Dolphin Visual Guide [Japanese]

Hiroya Minakuchi

This book provides a visual guide to whales and dolphins, with photos by prominent journalist Mizuguchi Hiroya.

100 Common Bird Calls in East Africa

Dave Richards and Brian Finch

Recognise birds by their calls with this handy package of CD and accompanying book. These will help identify the sounds made by a range of the most common and widely distributed East African bird species.

A Birder's Guide to Vancouver and the Lower Mainland

Nature Vancouver

Birding is one of the fastest-growing hobbies in North America – one in five Canadians enjoy identifying, photographing or filming birds. With easy access to coastal mountains, marshes and mudflats of the Fraser delta, temperate ...

A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Singapore

Yong Ding Li, Lim Kim Chuah and Lee Tiah Khee

This fully revised and updated identification guide to 280 bird species, including all resident and regular migratory species, occurring in Singapore is perfect for resident and visitor alike. For this second edition the author has added ...

A Years Birding in Extremadura

What to See and When to See It

Ian Parsons

Planning a birding trip to Extremadura? Then you need this book. Extremadura in Central Spain is one of the best birding destinations in Europe. Home to a wealth of bird species, including the Iberian endemics of Azure-winged Magpie and ...

African Birds Slideshow - DVD (All Regions)

Doug McCutcheon

A selection of high quality photographs of 307 species of birds in their natural habitats which are mostly native to Sub-Saharan Africa, plus a few regular visitors, including common iconic and threatened species. This disc plays as a ...

Aves de Presa: Las Aguilas de Espana y Europa [Birds of Prey: The Eagles of Spain and Europe]

Luis Mariano Gonzalez and Jose Luis G Grande

This work offers new and extraordinary images of European eagles, with detailed and updated biological information that will allow the reader to know them better in every respect. The authors also hope to increase the number of people ...

Bird Atlas of Chilika

S Balachandran, P Sathiyaselvam and Sudarsan Panda

Chilika is a large, shallow coastal wetland in Asia and is the largest brackish water lake in Asia. It qualifies as a wetland of international importance for several reasons. It is a biodiversity hotspot with over 540 vertebrate species ...

Bird Song

Defined, Decoded, Described

Ernie Jardine and Don Cavin

No superficial re-telling of a bird's song! This is a thorough, "teaching-oriented" guide to learning bird song. The author organizes the songs of over 200 birds according to a practical "system", which allows a ...

Birding in Paradise - Grand Turk

Turks & Caicos Islands: A Guide to Bird-Watching and Heritage Sites

Mike Pienkowski, Ann Pienkowski, Bryan Naqqi Manco, Kathleen McNary Wood and David Bowen

This booklet describes where to go birding on the island of Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos, and where to view some of the other heritage features. The UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum has been helping governmental and non-governmental ...

Birding in Paradise - Middle & North Caicos

Turks & Caicos Islands: A Guide to Bird-Watching and Heritage Sites

Mike Pienkowski, Ann Pienkowski, Bryan Naqqi Manco, Kathleen McNary Wood and David Bowen

This booklet describes where to go birding on the islands of Middle & North Caicos in the Turks and Caicos, and where to view some of the other heritage features. The UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum has been helping governmental ...

Birding in Paradise - Providenciales

Turks & Caicos Islands: A Guide to Bird-Watching and Heritage Sites

Mike Pienkowski, Ann Pienkowski, Bryan Naqqi Manco, Kathleen McNary Wood and David Bowen

This booklet describes where to go birding on the island of Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos, and where to view some of the other heritage features. The UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum has been helping governmental and ...

Birding in Paradise - Salt Cay

Turks & Caicos Islands: A Guide to Bird-Watching and Heritage Sites

Mike Pienkowski, Ann Pienkowski, Kathleen McNary Wood and David Bowen

This booklet describes where to go birding on the island of Salt Cay in the Turks and Caicos, and where to view some of the other heritage features. The UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum has been helping governmental and ...

Birding in Paradise - South Caicos

Turks & Caicos Islands: A Guide to Bird-Watching and Heritage Sites

Mike Pienkowski, Ann Pienkowski, Bryan Naqqi Manco, Kathleen McNary Wood and David Bowen

This booklet describes where to go birding on the island of South Caicos in the Turks and Caicos, and where to view some of the other heritage features. The UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum has been helping governmental and ...

Birds of Guatemala: The Quetzal, Trogons and Hummingbirds / Aves de Guatemala, Volume 1: El Quetzal, Trogones y Colibrs

Milton Martinez G

Birds of Guatemala, Volume 1: The Quetzal, Trogons and Hummingbirds contains an pictorial inventory of these birds with their corresponding description and other information that is pertinent for their identification; the text ...

Birds of Morocco

Ignacio Yufera, HRH Princess Lalla Hasnaa, Rafael Anson Oliart and Peter Smith

A photographic journey through Morocco’s most representative bird species, following six of the most popular birdwatching routes. 74 species illustrated in 331 original photographs, the most complete collection of quality images ...

Connecting with Owls - DVD (All Regions)

Kathleen Cameron

Filmed entirely in North America by filmmaker and avid birder Kathleen Cameron, this film documents the beauty of owls in their natural habitats. Owls are fascinating birds that have many physical attributes that set them apart ...

Do Birds Have Knees?

All Your Bird Questions Answered

Stephen Moss

This RSPB-endorsed book answers all those burning questions about birds that beginners and experts alike may ask themselves as they go about their birding. How do ducks keep their feet from freezing in winter?

Falcons

Richard Sale

Falcons have been a source of inspiration to writers, artists, historians and naturalists alike. In a much-anticipated volume on one of Britain's most fascinating group of birds, Richard Sale draws on a wealth of experience ...

Guia de Aves de Aragon [Guide to the Birds of Aragon]

Javier Blasco Zumeta

A complete guide to the birds of Aragon, a landlocked region in northeastern Spain, containing 254 profiles of common species, a list of 46 rare species, their habitats in Aragon, the Special Protection Areas (SPAs), keys for identification ...

Hunting with Eagles

In the Realm of the Mongolian Kazakhs

Palani Mohan

Kazakh nomads have been grazing their livestock near the Altai Mountains in western Mongolia for many hundreds of years. Here, in this desolate landscape, where temperatures plummet to minus 40 degrees Celsius in winter, live the last of ...

Le Guide des Oiseaux de France [Guide to the Birds of France]

Jerome Morin, Gerard Guillot and Julien Norwood

This field guide features 500 colour and 1000 colour photos describing 500 birds species, which is almost all the species observed in France, Belgium and Luxembourg. QR codes printed in the book allow readers with a smartphone to access ...

Life-Size Birds

The Big Book of North American Birds

Nancy J Hajeski

John James Audubon would be proud to know that a life-size bird book is alive in the 21st century. You won't need Sotheby's auction house to buy Life Size Birds, though! Full-size images of beautiful feathered friends of ...

Oiseaux de l'Afrique de l'Ouest [Birds of Western Africa]

Nik Borrow, Ron Demey and Benoit Paepegaey

Birds of Western Africa (Helm, 2001) was the first single-volume guide to cover all the species of this region, which comprises 23 countries from Senegal and southern Mauritania east to Chad and the Central African Republic, and south to Congo.

Owls of the World

Jim Duncan

This beautifully illustrated book on the world's owls explores their behaviour and lifecycle as well as the various owl families, and showcases beautiful photography from around the world. It also looks at threats facing owls and ...

RSPB Handbook of Scottish Birds

Peter Holden and Stuart Housden

This is a fully updated second edition of 2009's well reviewed RSPB Handbook of Scottish Birds detailing Scotland's rich birdlife. Over 250 species are covered in detail with one page per species, including Gaelic names newly added for this edition.

Raptor: A Journey Through Birds

James Macdonald Lockhart

Of all the birds of the British Isles, the raptor reigns supreme, sparking the imagination like no other. In this magnificent hymn to these beautiful animals, James Macdonald Lockhart explores all fifteen breeding birds of prey on these ...

Seabirds of the World

David Tipling

The rarely seen and exciting world of seabirds is illustrated in all its glory in this new book from renowned wildlife photographer David Tipling, who has trekked to remote and beautiful locations around the world – from Antarctica ...

Sussex Bird Reports and other Publications 1948-2010 (DVD-ROM)

Sussex Ornithological Society (SOS)

This remarkable new compilation by John Newnham contains every Sussex Bird Report from 1948 to 2010, plus the 1996 Birds of Sussex and the publication Birds of Sussex 1962-1987. There is a helpful index to papers in those Sussex Bird Reports ...

Swan

Jim Crumley

In the Encounters in the Wild series, renowned nature writer Jim Crumley gets up close and personal with British wildlife – here, the swan. With his inimitable passion and vision, Jim relives memorable encounters with ...

The Most Perfect Thing

Inside (and Outside) a Bird's Egg

Tim Birkhead

From the author of Bird Sense and The Wisdom of Birds, a revealing and enthralling book about the extraordinary creation that is a bird's egg.

The Orkney Book of Birds

Tim Dean and Tracy Hall

Reprinted due to popular demand, The Orkney Book of Birds is a totally unique volume that focuses solely on almost 200 birds you are most likely to find in Orkney and offers outstanding watercolours of each species in an instant ...

The Orkney Book of Birds (Pocket Edition)

Tim Dean and Tracy Hall

A practical and new edition of The Orkney Book of Birds, designed for your pocket. Nothing from the original has been left out, indeed Orkney's world of birds changes constantly and the author has been able to add updates.

The Race to Save the Lord God Bird (10th Anniversary Edition)

Phillip Hoose

The tragedy of extinction is explained through the dramatic story of a legendary bird, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and of those who tried to possess it, paint it, shoot it, sell it, and, in a last-ditch effort, save it. A powerful saga ...

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America

David Allen Sibley

Now completely revised and updated – the indispensable resource for all birders seeking an authoritative guide to the birds of the East in a portable format they will want to carry into the field. Compact and comprehensive ...

The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America

David Allen Sibley

Now completely revised and updated – the indispensable resource for all birders seeking an authoritative guide to the birds of the West in a portable format they will want to carry into the field. Compact and comprehensive ...

Water Babies

The Hidden Lives of Baby Wetland Birds

William Burt

Naturalist William Burt is known for seeking out wild places and elusive birds – and none fit the bill quite so well as the creatures featured in Water Babies. This may well be his break-out book, featuring the downy young ...

Where Song Began

Australia's Birds and How They Changed the World

Tim Low

Renowned for its unusual mammals, Australia is a land of birds that are just as unusual, a result of the continent's tens of millions of years of isolation. Compared with birds elsewhere, ours are more likely to be intelligent, aggressive ...

Wildlife Conservation Society Aves do Brasil, Volume 2: Mata Atl óntica do Sudeste [Wildlife Conservation Society Birds

Robert S Ridgely, John A Gwynne, Guy Tudor and Martha Argel

The second volume in this series covers the avifauna of The Atlantic Forest of Southeast Brazil, including São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and covers some 927 species.

Carpet Pythons

Morelia bredli, Morelia carinata and the Morelia spilota Complex

Marc Mense

Carpet pythons not only rank amongst the most attractive pythons in general, but they also present the reptile lover with a natural variety of appearances that is second to none. Marc Mense has been keeping and breeding various carpet ...

Freshwater Turtles & Tortoises of South Asia

Jayaditya Purkayastha, Indraneil Das and Saibal Sengupta

This book is an identification guide to turtles and tortoises of South Asia. The countries included are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It contains authoritative text, photographs, illustrations, distribution ...

Snake Catcher

True Stories and Reptile Facts

Tony Harrison and David Blissett

Tony Harrison has lived the life of a professional snake catcher for twenty years. In Snake Catcher, he introduces you to the reptiles most commonly encountered in our cities and towns, including some of the most venomous snakes ...

Fish Atlas of Chilika

D Satapathy and Sudarsan Panda

Chilika is the largest brackish water lagoon of Asia and lies in the east coast of India. Because of its rich fishery resources, the people who are living in and around the lagoon depend on the lagoon for their livelihood. It is a unique ...

Fish Physiology, Volume 34A

Physiology of Elasmobranch Fishes: Structure and Interaction with Environment

Robert E Shadwick, Anthony P Farrell and Colin J Brauner

Fish Physiology, Volume 34A: Physiology of Elasmobranch Fishes: Structure and Interaction with Environment is a useful reference for fish physiologists, biologists, ecologists, and conservation biologists. Following an increase ...

Fish Physiology, Volume 34B

Physiology of Elasmobranch Fishes: Internal Processes

Robert E Shadwick, Anthony P Farrell and Colin J Brauner

Fish Physiology, Volume 34B: Physiology of Elasmobranch Fishes: Internal Processes is a useful reference for fish physiologists, biologists, ecologists, and conservation biologists. Following an increase in research on elasmobranch ...

Fishes of the Greater Mekong Ecosystem with Species List and Photographic Atlas

Walter J Rainboth, Chavalit Vidthayanon and Mai Dinh Yen

Fishes of the Greater Mekong Ecosystem with Species List and Photographic Atlas lists and illustrates all 2541 species of fishes known to occur within the Greater Mekong Ecosystem and includes an overview of basin geology and ...

Fishes of the World

Joseph S Nelson

Fishes of the World, Fifth Edition is the only modern, phylogenetically based classification of the world's fishes. The updated text offers new phylogenetic diagrams that clarify the relationships among fish groups, as well ...

Peixes-de-Bico do Atlantico [Swordfish of the Atlantic]

Alberto Ferreira de Amorim, Eduardo G Pimenta and Maria Christina C de Amorim

Peixes-de-Bico do Atlântico was produced by scientists in order to encourage conservation of these magnificent marine animals. In 108 illustrated pages the authors, researchers Alberto Amorim, Eduardo Pimenta and journalist ...

Reef Fish Identification: Tropical Pacific

Gerald R Allen, Roger C Steene, Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach

An updated and enlarged 2nd edition of Reef Fish Identification: Tropical Pacific (first released in 2003). The book features more than 200 additional species, hundreds of improved photos, scientific name changes and range ...

A Beginner's Guide to Diatoms

Jacob John

Climate change, global warming, and the water crisis impact upon aquatic biodiversity and have revived interest in diatoms, one of the most ubiquitous aquatic life forms. It is only in recent years that the diatom flora of vast inland ...

A Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Hainan [English / Chinese]

Wei Gengwu

Long before the occurrence of dinosaurs, dragonflies were already the masters of the air. Located in the tropics, the island of Hainan has numerous rivers streams, lakes and swamps. The diverse freshwater habitats nurture more than 165 ...

Annual Review of Entomology, Volume 59

Volume 59 contains 28 review articles. See the table of contents for details.

Annual Review of Entomology, Volume 60

Volume 60 contains 32 review articles. See the table of contents for details.

Annual Review of Entomology, Volume 61

Volume 61 will contain a planned 27 review articles. See the table of contents for details.

Arctiid Moths of India, Volume 1

Jagbir Singh Kirti and Navneet Singh

Arctiid Moths of India, Volume 1 covers the first consolidated work on the taxonomy of family Arctiidae from India. It deals with a total number of 181 Indian species under 76 genera of two subfamilies, Arctiinae (50 species and ...

Arthropods as Vectors of Emerging Diseases

Heinz Mehlhorn

Without a doubt the recently accelerating globalization supports the import of agents of disease into countries where they never had been or where they had long since been eradicated, leading to a false sense of living on a ...

Cahier d'Identification des Orthopteres de France, Belgique, Luxembourg et Suisse [Identification Guide to the Orthopte

Eric Sardet, Christian Roesti and Yoan Braud

Designed for the field, this comprehensive and unique guide to grasshoppers brings together 261 grasshoppers, cricket and locust species found France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg. The clear and dynamic page layout of this identification ...

Collins Complete Guide to British Butterflies and Moths

Paul Sterry and Andrew Cleave

A comprehensive and fully illustrated guide, this book is the definitive photographic reference guide for anyone interested in butterflies and moths found in Britain and Ireland. Every species that occurs regularly in Britain and Ireland ...

Coral Finder

Indo Pacific

Russell Kelley

Coral Finder is the world’s first comprehensive coral ID guide printed on polypropylene, meaning that you can actually take it underwater. It lets the untrained diver identify corals to genus level regardless of growth ...

Culicidae (with Wibu Key)

Key to Larvae, Pupae and Males from Central and Western Europe

Wolfgang Lechthaler

Please note: this product includes the Wibu copy protection key and is intended for first-time buyers. If you are purchasing several products only one has to include a Wibu key. If you already have a Wibu key, please purchase ...

Culicidae (without Wibu Key)

Key to Larvae, Pupae and Males from Central and Western Europe

Wolfgang Lechthaler

Please note: this product does not include the Wibu copy protection key and is intended for returning buyers or those purchasing multiple Eutaxa products simultaneously, one of which already includes a Wibu key. If you are a first ...

Danmarks Bredtaeger, Randtaeger og Ildtaeger [The Danish Pentatomidae, Coreidae and Pyrrhocoridae]

Ole Fogh Nielsen and Lars Skipper

A book about a group of insects, which we all have met, but few of us really know anything about. The 73 Danish species are dealt with in detail, and the book is all the way through illustrated with fantastic beautiful colour photos.

Dichopetala and new Related North American Genera

A Study in Genitalic Similarity in Sympatry and Genitalic Differences in Allopatry (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Odon

Theodore J Cohn, Daniel R Swanson and Paolo Fontana

The katydid or bush cricket genus Dichopetala Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 sensu Rehn and Hebard, 1914 is revised, with the description of 6 new genera (Obolopteryx, Planipollex, Rhabdocerca ...

Essays in Beekeeping History

Karl Showler

The foundations of modern movable comb beekeeping were laid by men and women with inquiring minds who saw that the methods then in use could be improved by careful observation of the behaviour of bees. In these essays Karl Showler ...

Illustrated Guide to the Emerald Ash Borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire and Related Species (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)

Maria Lourdes Chamorro, Eduard Jendek, Robert A Haack, Toby R Petrice, Norman E Woodley and Konsta

The 33 species of Agrilus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) hypothesized to be most closely related or most similar to Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (emerald ash borer,), are described and illustrated. Morphology (adults and ...

Ladybird Beetles (Coccinellidae) of Central Europe / Brouci Celedi Sluneckoviti Stredni Evropy

Oldrich Nedved

This volumes discusses the biology and ecology of a hundred species of ladybugs living in Central Europe, mostly with photographs of adult beetles, and for some species and larvae and pupae. Identification keys are given to adults, and ...

Las Mariposas de Espana Peninsular: Manual Ilustrado de las Especies Diurnas y Nocturnas [The Butterflies of Peninsular

Victor M Redondo, Javier Gaston and Juan Carlos Vicente Arranz

Five years have elapsed since publication of the first edition of this book. Since then monographs have been published on different groups of Lepidoptera, which are part of the European fauna and to some extent have revolutionized the ...

Longicornios de Cuba (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Volume 1 [Longhorn Beetles of Cuba, Volume 1]

Parandrinae, Prioninae, Spondylinae, Cerambycinae

Sergio Devesa, Elier Fonseca and Alejandro Barro

Longicornios de Cuba, Volume 1 includes photographs of both sexes from nearly all the species, in dorsal, ventral and lateral views, emphasizing the morphological characteristics of diagnostical value. It also includes determination ...

Maria Merian's Butterflies

Kate Heard and Maria Sybilla Merian

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) trained as an artist under her stepfather in Nuremberg. Fascinated by butterflies and moths from an early age, she studied the insect life cycle through the animals she found in local fields and gardens ...

Mittelmeer-Mollusken: Prosobranchia & Bivalvia [Mediterranean Molluscs]

Axel Alf and Gerhard Haszprunar

The book covers approx. 750 species likely to be found at the shore line or while snorkeling along the coast. In contrast to most of the other available books on Mediterranean mollusks, this one contains short species descriptions in German ...

Moth

Matthew Gandy

Unlike their gaudy day-flying relatives, moths are thought to reside in the shadows, denizens of the night, circling around street lights or caught momentarily in the glare of car headlights on a country lane. There are, however, many more ...

Nudibranchs and Related Molluscs

Robert Burn

Nudibranchs, the 'butterflies of the sea', belong to a group that includes bubble shells, sea hares, side-gilled slugs, sap-sucking slugs and sea butterflies (pteropods). This group includes some of the most beautiful, colourful ...

Opredelitel' Ryb i Bespozvonochnykh Kaspiyskogo Morya, Tom 2: Strekayushchiye, Grebneviki, Mnogoshchetinkovyye Chervi

SD Stepan'yants, VV Khlebovich and VR Alekseyev

This volume continues a series of Russian publications under the title Opredelitel' ryb i Bespozvonochnykh Kaspiiskogo Moria [Keys to Fish and Invertebrates of the Caspian Sea]. This volume shows detailed illustrated identification ...

Planete Collemboles: La Vie Secrete des Sols [Planet Collembola: The Secret Life of Soil]

Jerome Cortet and Philippe Lebeaux

Collembola or springtails, a lineage of hexapods that no longer belongs to the class Insecta, are everywhere. Mainly in soils, but also in litter or on flowers. Sure, they are small (a few millimeters), but if one takes the trouble to ...

Pocket Guide to Insects of South Africa

Charles Griffiths and Mike Picker

Pocket Guide to Insects of South Africa covers a range of common and interesting insects from South Africa, making it possible to identify a particular insect to at least the family level. One or more family representatives are ...

Reproduction and Development of Crustacea

TJ Pandian

Dating back to the early Cambrian period, crustaceans had ample time to undertake endless experimentation with form and function. Today, no other group of plants or animals on the planet exhibit the range of morphological diversity seen ...

Seashells: Short Handbook [Russian]

VE Yershov and Yu I Kantor

The book, written by a famous biologist and respected collector, is the most complete Russian-language handbook of sea shells of the world. The publication consists mostly of colourful plates, showing 1065 high-quality photos of the most ...

Silent Sparks

The Wondrous World of Fireflies

Sara Lewis

For centuries, the beauty of fireflies has evoked wonder and delight. Yet for most of us, fireflies remain shrouded in mystery: How do fireflies make their light? What are they saying with their flashing? And what do fireflies look for ...

Simuliidae (with Wibu Key)

Key to Larvae and Pupae from Central and Western Europe

Wolfgang Lechthaler and Manfred Car

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Simuliidae (without Wibu Key)

Key to Larvae and Pupae from Central and Western Europe

Wolfgang Lechthaler and Manfred Car

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Soil Invertebrates

Kaleidoscope of Adaptations

Nico M van Straalen

Soil Invertebrates: Kaleidoscope of Adaptations places the biodiversity of soil invertebrates in an evolutionary framework, showing the various adaptations to the soil environment. Species radiations are discussed for each of the ...

Soldier Flies and Allies and Conopid Flies of Surrey

David W Baldock and Jeremy P Earley

The Soldierflies and their allies, (collectively known as the 'Larger Brachycera'), consist of 11 families including the bee-flies, horseflies, robberflies, snipeflies and stiletto flies. Surrey has 104 of the 159 species in the ...

The Arachnologists' Handbook

Tony Russell-Smith, Helen Smith and Geoff Oxford

Spiders and their relatives are a diverse and fascinating group, with over 660 species of spiders alone recorded from the United Kingdom. With its combination of practical advice and useful information, the Handbook is written with both ...

The Natural History of the Ants of Michigan's E.S. George Reserve

A 26 Year Study

Mary Talbot

Shortly before she died in April 1990 Mary Talbot sent her final manuscript for The Natural History of the Ants of Michigan's E.S. George Reserve to Francis C. Evans who forwarded it to the Museum of Zoology. It was passed ...

The Poetry Bug

An Anthology of Writing by Professional Poets, Entomologists, Intellectuals, Musicians and More

John Tennent

Throughout history poets have been drawn to write about insects, and entomologists have been drawn to try their hand at poetry. The concentrated industry of the ant and the delicate beauty of the butterfly, the rituals of the death watch ...

The West Palaearctic Achilidae (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea)

A Review with Description of Five New Species From the Mediterranean

Manfred Asche

This volume provides a taxonomic review of planthoppers of the superfamily Fulgoroidea found around the Mediterranean and describes five new species.

Trichoptera (with Wibu Key)

Key to Larvae from Central Europe

Wolfgang Lechthaler and Wolfram Stockinger

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Trichoptera (without Wibu Key)

Key to Larvae from Central Europe

Wolfgang Lechthaler and Wolfram Stockinger

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ZooKeys 531: Additions to the Knowledge of the Land Snails of Sabah (Malaysia, Borneo), Including 48 New Species

Jaap Jan Vermeulen, Thor-Seng Liew and Menno Schilthuizen

This article is the culmination of several decades of work on the land snail fauna of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. In it, the fauna for several problematic land snail genera is revised, namely Acmella and Anaglyphula ...

A Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) South Polar Palynoflora from the Chatham Islands, New Zealand

Chris Mays

Forty palynofloral assemblages were obtained from the Waihere Bay and Tupuangi Beach outcrop successions of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand. All assemblages are from the Ngaterian-Mangaotanean (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tupuangi ...

An Illustrated Book of Cambrian Monsters [Japanese]

Chizaki Tatsuya and Samaki Takeo

This book introduces the paleontology of marine creatures in the Cambrian, and is rich in illustrations. Showing the history of evolution in realistic CG pictures, this book is aimed at both children and adults.

Cambro-Ordovician Studies V

JR Laurie, JR Paterson and GA Brock

Contains the following 17 articles: 1. New Zealand Cambrian and Ordovician micromolluscs       Pojeta, John; Simes, John E; Cooper, Roger A 2. Late Furongian trilobites from the Quebrada ...

Evolution and Fossil History of Proboscideans

William Joseph Sanders

Evolution and Fossil History of Proboscideans details the long, diverse, and complex phylogenetic history of elephants and their fossil relatives (the Proboscidea), whose origin is deeply embedded some 60 million years ago in Africa ...

How to Keep Prehistoric Life [Japanese]

Ken Tsuchiya

This whimsical picture book asks the question: What if prehistoric creatures that once ruled the earth were alive today? Would they make good pets? And how would you care for them?

Ordovician (Darriwilian-Early Katian) Trilobite Faunas of Northwestern Tarim, Xinjiang, China

Zhou Zhiyi, Yin Gongzheng and Zhou Zhiqiang

Seventy-one late Middle and Late Ordovician trilobite species belonging to 50 genera and subgenera, 24 families and 7 orders are described from northwestern Tarim, Xinjiang. Of these, 18 species and 2 genera (the nileid Paraperaspis ...

Palaeovertebrata Sinica, Volume 2: Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds, Fascicle 8 (Serial no. 12): Footprints of Mesozoic Re

Lu Jianjun

Chinese Mesozoic vertebrate fossil footprints are numerous. This volume summarises what had been discovered by end of 2013, which is footprints of 51 fossil genera and 70 fossil species, and another 37 unidentified species, from a total ...

The Dawn of the Deed

The Prehistoric Origins of Sex

John A Long

We all know about the birds and the bees, but what about the ancient placoderm fishes and the dinosaurs? The history of sex is as old as life itself – and as complicated and mysterious. And despite centuries of study there is always ...

Reef Finder

The World's First Interactive Underwater ID Guide

Russell Kelley

Reef Finder is the world’s first searchable field guide printed on polypropylene, meaning that you can take it underwater. It answers the fundamental question: “What kind of thing is that?” …while you are ...

Shallow Seas

Peter Joseph Hayward

Shallow seas are the most biologically rich and productive areas of the world ocean. This latest New Naturalist volume provides a natural history of this environment and its biological communities. The margins of the ...

The Wonders of Okinawa Churaumi Aqarium [Japanese]

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Iwane Miyachi and Moriya Miho

This book is a popular account of the Japanese Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, containing photos of the creatures on display. Whale sharks and manta rays swim here amongst coral reefs in the world's largest aquarium. The aquarium also houses ...

World's Best Wildlife Dive Sites

Nick Robertson-Brown and Caroline Robertson-Brown

Watching wildlife under the surface of the sea – whether snorkelling or scuba diving – is increasingly popular. This book covers 50 of the very best underwater wildlife experiences from around the world, including temperate ...

A Text Book of Elementary Astronomy

Ernest Agar Beet

Originally published in 1945, A Text Book of Elementary Astronomy was principally intended as a science book for schools to aid and assist classroom study and to provide practical exercises to follow up and consolidate theory.

Being Caribou

Seven Months on Foot with an Arctic Herd

Karsten Heuer

It was a very different kind of honeymoon. In April 2003, wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer and his newlywed wife, filmmaker Leanne Allison, set off on an epic adventure: to follow the Porcupine caribou herd as it migrated from its Yukon ...

Botanistes de la Flore de France: Notices Biographiques [Botanists of the Flora of France: Biographical Notes]

Andre Charpin, Gerard-Guy Aymonin and Monique Astie

This collection of biographies of botanists of the flora of France is the result of long hours of discovery, of research at botanical institutes, archives, and talking to many correspondents. In a concise scientific style, with many ...

De Nederlandse Poolexpeditie van 1882-1883: Overwintering op een IJsschots [The Dutch Polar Expedition of 1882-1883: Win

Kees Dekker, Frieda van Essen, Jan Vermeer and Kees Buys Ballot

The story of a forgotten Dutch polar expedition. For 130 years, the library of the KNMI (the Dutch equivalent of the Met Office) hid a large treasure. A forgotten box containing material about a historical expedition to the Extreme North ...

Feathers: A Beautiful Look at a Bird's Most Unique Feature

Stan Tekiela

Feathers are possibly the most amazing body covering in the entire animal kingdom. No other covering does all that feathers do. From the delicate down feathers that keep birds warm to the sturdy flight feathers that allow birds to soar ...

Gone Wild

Stories from a Lifetime of Wildlife Travel

Malcolm Smith

Often amusing, sometimes romantic or fraught with danger, these 30 short stories are about local people, spectacular places and the special wildlife the author sets out to find. The stories include seeking out Arabian Oryx on the searing ...

Histoire de la Botanique [The History of Botany]

Joelle Magnin-Gonze

This book presents a comprehensive and accessible overview of the development of the discipline of botany, from antiquity to the late nineteenth century. The author traces its growth, from Theophrastus Mendel, and the pioneering work of ...

Listening to a Continent Sing

Birdsong by Bicycle from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Donald E Kroodsma

Join birdsong expert Donald Kroodsma on a ten-week, ten-state bicycle journey as he travels with his son from the Atlantic to the Pacific, lingering and listening to our continent sing as no one has before. On remote country roads, over ...

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

Jennifer Kingsley

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

Picturing Evolution and Extinction

Regeneration and Degeneration in Modern Visual Culture

Fae Brauer and Serena Keshavjee

With the increasing loss of biological diversity in this Sixth Age of Mass Extinction, it is timely to show that devolutionary paranoia is not new, but rather stretches back to the time of Charles Darwin. It is also an opportune moment ...

Sharks: Face-To-Face with the Ocean's Endangered Predator

Michael Muller, Philippe Cousteau, Alison Kock and Arty Nelson

Michael Muller has carved a career out of impressive encounters. Famed for his portraits of the world's most elite actors, musicians, and sports stars, he has in the last ten years built up one of the most spectacular portfolios of ...

Standing My Ground

A Voice for Nature Conservation

Alan F Mark

For more than five decades, Alan Mark has been a voice for conservation in New Zealand. From his call in the 1960s for the establishment of tussock-grassland reserves in the South Island high country to his involvement in the ...

The Moth Snowstorm

Nature and Joy

Michael McCarthy

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

World's Deadliest Creatures

Joe McDonald and Mary Ann McDonald

Join ace nature photographers Joe and Mary Ann McDonald on a tour of the world with a dangerous twist. On their journey they seek out the most deadly creatures from every corner of the Earth. Some of the first critters that ...

Alaska Wildlife

Through the Seasons

Tom Walker and Nick Jans

From grizzlies, Dall sheep, and the elusive wolverine to bald eagles and the common ground squirrel, photographer Tom Walker displays birds, mammals, and more from work that spans four decades. This is a "Best of" collection ...

Amazonia in the Anthropocene

People, Soils, Plants, Forests

Nicholas C Kawa

Widespread human alteration of the planet has led many scholars to claim that we have entered a new epoch in geological time: the Anthropocene, an age dominated by humanity. This ethnography is the first to directly engage the Anthropocene ...

Animals of Australia

Ken Stepnell

Covers over 200 species of mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Contains 250 photographs illustrating key features. Written accounts on habitat, behaviour and range. Plastic cover ideal for use in field.

Birds, Beaches and Boats

Northeast Coastal Diary, 2011

Daniel M Turner

This Journal covers a year in the author's life, after he decided to leave his job and branch out. He describes various findings made during some of his regular coastal bird surveys in Northeast England, from the river Tyne northwards ...

David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef (Region 2)

Sir David Attenborough

From the award-winning team behind the triple Emmy award-winning series, David Attenborough's First Life, David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef, will use pioneering camera technology and draw on the latest research to investigate ...

Environment Papua New Guinea, Collected Papers Series, Volume 1

John Rivers, FL (Rick) Bein and Philip Siaguru

This edited collection brings together papers dealing with a diverse range of environmental issues affecting Papua New Guinea, covering issues around forestry and logging, traditional knowledge, biodiversity, pollution, and sustainable ...

Peter Beard: The End of the Game (50th Anniversary Edition)

Peter Beard and Paul Theroux

In this fiftieth anniversary edition, TASCHEN republishes The End of the Game in rich duotone and with an updated foreword by internationally renowned travel and fiction writer Paul Theroux. Touching on such themes as distance ...

The British Mammal Guide - DVD (Region 2)

Steve Evans, Paul Wetton and Lucia Clifford

This is the first ever DVD to take an in depth look at the mammals of Britain. Film makers Steve Evans of Isabelline Films and Paul Wetton of Wildlife-Films.com are both fascinated by the wildlife we have here in Britain and they set about ...

The Natural History of Tristan da Cunha

Paul Tyler and Alison Rothwell

This 44-page photographically illustrated book, by Paul Tyler and Alison Rothwell, was produced by the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum (UKOTCF) to make the scientific results of the Darwin Initiative project on biodiversity ...

Udzungwa: Tales of Discovery in an East African Rainforest

Nikolaj Scharff, Francesco Rovero, Flemming Pagh Jensen, Steffen Brogger-Jensen and P Kjaergaard

Udzungwa: Tales of Discovery in an East African Rainforest is a beautiful and lavishly illustrated book containing 23 personal stories about Africa's hidden rainforests – the Udzungwa Mountains and the other Eastern ...

Wellington Down Under

Stephen Journee

Wellington Down Under takes you on a voyage of discovery around the Wellington harbour and bays – a journey few people will ever experience – to the magic and colourful world that lives in all its splendid beneath the ...

Birding in Paradise - The Caribbean Emerald Isle of Montserrat

A Guide to Bird-Watching, Nature and Heritage Sites

Mike Pienkowski, Ann Pienkowski, Catherine Wensink, Sarita Francis and James Daley

This booklet describes where to go birding on the island of Montserrat in the Turks and Caicos, and where to view some of the other heritage features. The UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum has been helping governmental and ...

A la Decouverte des Orchidees d'Aquitaine [Discovering the Orchids of Aquitaine]

Frank Jouandoudet

Aquitaine, France, is a multifaceted region, from the dunes of Landes to the Pyrenean peaks and through to the limestone hills of Perigord. On its soil a rich biodiversity flourishes, including many orchids. The entire orchidological flora ...

CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean Volume 4: Macrophytes

Marc Verlaque, Sandrine Ruitton, Frederic Mineur and Charles-Francois Boudouresque

This 364-page Atlas, focused on Exotic Macrophytes in the Mediterranean, is the fruit of years of research by leading algal experts. Richly illustrated and backed up by abundant, up-to-date bibliographic references, it offers the latest ...

Diatom Monographs, Volume 17A-C: Catalogue of Continental Diatoms from Portugal, including the Archipelagos of Azores an

Andrzej Witkowski, Maria H Novais, Saul Blanco, Manuela Morais, Lucien Hoffmann and Luc Ector

This CD-ROM contains three PDF files with a catalogue of continental diatoms from Portugal, including the Archipelagos of Azores and Madeira. It gives updated nomenclature, distribution and a bibliography.

Dictionary of Commemorative Plant Generic Names, Volume 11: Haageocereus to Hattoriolejeunea

Sudhir Chandra

This is the eleventh of the projected 27 volumes. It is hoped to cover 18,000 to 20,000 commemorative names in the total work covering all fields of botany.

Generic names have been used as markers through which light has been thrown ...

Dictionary of Commemorative Plant Generic Names, Volume 12: Hauckia to Hessea (Including Index to Volume XI)

Sudhir Chandra

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

Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants, Volume 11: Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs

TK Lim

Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants, Volume 11: Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs covers such plants with edible modified storage subterranean stems (corms, rhizomes, stem tubers) and unmodified subterranean stem stolons, above ...

Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants, Volume 12: Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs

TK Lim

*This book covers such plants with edible modified storage subterranean stems (corms, rhizomes, stem tubers) and unmodified subterranean stem stolons, above ground swollen stems and hypocotyls, storage roots (tap root, lateral roots ...

Flora Briofitica Iberica, Volumen 2

Archidiales, Dicranales, Fissidentales, Seligeriales, Grimmiales

Montserrat Brugues and Juan Guerra

Volume 2 covers the moss orders Archidiales, Dicranales, Fissidentales, Seligeriales, and Grimmiales.

Flora Iberica, Volume 9: Rhamnaceae - Polygalaceae

Santiago Castroviejo, F Munoz Garmendia, Carles Navarro, A Quintanar and A Buira

This work is essentially directed to facilitate the identification of vascular plants that are native or naturalized in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. Volume 9 is dedicated to the Rhamnaceae to Polygalaceae and describes ...

Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial, Volume 12: Poanae - Typhanae

Mauricio Velayos

The objective of this work is to facilitate the identification of vascular plants native or naturalized in Equatorial Guinea. this volume includes 197 Guinean species, which fall into 15 families, from Flagellariaceae to Typhaceae.

Flora del Bajio y de Regiones Adyacentes, Volume 189

Familia Myricaceae

Eleazar Carranza Gonzalez

Volume 189 treats the family Myricaceae, which consists of four genera worldwide, but in these regions of Mexico is represented only by the monotypic genus Morella containing Morella cerifera.

Folia Malaysiana, Volume 15(1)

Papers included in this volume: - C.K. Lim: A New Pinanga from Negeri Sembilan, reinstatement of Pinanga brewsteriana Ridl., and supplementary notes on the genus in Peninsular Malaysia ...

Folia Malaysiana, Volume 16(1)

Papers included in this volume: - C.K. Lim: Johoralia C.K. Lim, a new monotypic Zingiberaceae genus from Johor, Peninsular Malaysia   1-8 - C.K. Lim: The rediscovery of Alpinia denticulata from ...

Freshwater Plants of Melanesia

Gregory J Leach and Patrick L Osborne

This flora gives an overview of the freshwater plants found on the Pacific islands of Melanesia subregion.

Guide des Arbres Extraordinaires de Suisse Romande [Guide to the Extraordinary Trees of Romandy]

Joelle Chautems

With an energetic, botanical, herbal and geobiological approach, the author takes the reader to discover the most beautiful trees in Romandy, western Switzerland. He describes forty walks to relax in the heart of nature. Contains all the ...

Identifier 200 Champignons Comestibles ou Toxiques [Identifying 200 Edible and Toxic Mushrooms]

Fridhelm Volk and Renate Volk

Mushroom picking is an exciting activity but beware of mistakes! From the great diversity of fungi in Europe, this guide presents over 200 of the most common species, of which 80 inedible. - A visual and practical field guide ...

Les Familles des Plantes á Fleurs d'Europe: Botanique Systematique et Utilitaire [Flowering Plant Families in Europe:

Philippe Martin and Jacques Lambinon

Les Familles des Plantes à Fleurs d'Europe characterizes the main families of flowering plants in Europe, as well as some exotic large families, treating 174 families in total, and is abundantly illustrated.

Michigan Shrubs and Vines

A Guide to Species of the Great Lakes Region

Burton V Barnes, Christopher Dick and Melanie Gunn

Shrubs and vines are some of the most diverse and widespread plants in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan Shrubs and Vines is the must-have book for anyone who wishes to identify and learn about these fascinating plants.

Mycorrhizal Networks

Thomas R Horton

The last 25 years have seen significant advances in our understanding of the mycorrhizal fungi that colonize most of the world's plants, and the mycorrhizal networks that form and extend into the soil beyond plant roots. In addition ...

Northwest Trees

Identifying and Understanding the Region's Native Trees

Stephen Arno and Ramona Hammerly

How can you distinguish a Noble fir from a Grand fir? Or a Quaking Aspen from a Sitka Alder? Stephen Arno and Ramona Hammerly will show you how in their classic guide to identifying and appreciating Northwest trees. Arno and Hammerly have ...

Plant Lore and Legend

The Wisdom and Wonder of Plants and Flowers Revealed

Ruth Binney

Trying to understand the wonders and mysteries of the natural world has been a human preoccupation since the earliest times. A myriad of myths and legends have subsequently evolved to explain the existence and power of our fertile planet ...

Rhododendrons of the Subgenus Vireya

George Argent

Vireya rhododendrons are an attractive group of plants with a greater diversity of flower form than any other group of rhododendrons. They are widely grown around the world for their beautiful and sometimes powerfully perfumed flowers.

The Azaleas of Nacogdoches

Barbara Stump and David Creech

The Azaleas of Nacogdoches is a photographic tour of some of the finest azalea gardens in East Texas, not to mention the United States. Follow Barbara Stump on her annual tour of these magnificent plants, culminating in the Ruby ...

The Botanical Treasury

Christopher Mills

This remarkable book reveals the story of 40 of the world's most fascinating plants. The plants are explored through specially selected facsimile texts from the Archives at Kew and expert introductions, as well as exceptional and beautiful ...

The Mycota, Volume 1: Growth, Differentiation and Sexuality

Juergen Wendland

This new edition offers detailed overviews covering a wide area of fungal growth and reproduction on the mechanistic and molecular level. It includes 18 chapters by eminent scientists in the field and is – like the previous edition ...

The Oil Palm

RHV Corley and PB Tinker

The oil palm is the world's most valuable oil crop. Its production has increased over the decades, reaching 56 million tons in 2013, and it gives the highest yields per hectare of all oil crops. Remarkably, oil palm has remained ...

The Orkney Book of Wildflowers

Wildflowers by Habitat - From Shore to Hilltop

Tim Dean and Anne Bignall

The Orkney Book of Wildflowers takes us on a unique and colourful journey through ten flower-rich habitats from sea level to the summit of Ward Hill on Hoy. En route we travel along the shore, before crossing saltmarshes and dunes ...

Untersuchung von Dynamischen Ausbreitungsprozessen in Fragmentierten Sandhabitaten [Dynamic Processes of Diaspore Disper

Beate Bugla

Propagation processes have always been of central importance toto plants. Only species that successfully spread their offspring to new suitable sites can be preserved in the long term from extinction because they may evade other competing ...

World Tree Story

History and Legend of the World's Ancient Trees

Julian Hight and Anna Carr

Following the success of Britain's Tree Story for National Trust in 2011, the author set out to capture 100 historic, ancient trees of the world in words and pictures. He travelled extensively, from the UK to New Zealand and Australia ...

Animal Weapons

The Evolution of Battle

Douglas J Emlen and David J Tuss

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

BIOS Instant Notes in Biochemistry

David Hames and Nigel Hooper

BIOS Instant Notes in Biochemistry, Fourth Edition, is the perfect text for undergraduates looking for a concise introduction to the subject, or a study guide to use before examinations. Each topic begins with a summary of essential ...

Game Ranch Management

J du P Bothma and JG du Toit

The growth of the wildlife industry in South Africa can be measured by the growth in the number of wildlife ranches. In 1965 there were only four wildlife-fenced properties in the former north-western Transvaal. By 2005, 40 years later ...

Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis

An Introduction

TA Brown

Known world-wide as the standard introductory text to this important and exciting area, the seventh edition of Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis addresses new and growing areas of research whilst retaining the philosophy of the previous ...

Invertebrates

Richard C Brusca, Wendy Moore and Stephen M Shuster

In the 12 years since publication of Invertebrates, Second Edition, fundamental shifts have occurred in our understanding of the origins and evolutionary relationships among protists and animals. These changes are largely due to ...

Molecular Life Sciences: An Encyclopedic Reference (12-Volume Set)

RD Wells, JS Bond, J Klinman, BSS Masters and Ellis Bell

Molecular Life Sciences: An Encyclopedic Reference focuses on understanding biological phenomena at the level of molecules and their interactions that govern life processes. The work includes articles on genes and genomes, proteins ...

Sex in the Sea

Our Intimate Connection with Sex-Changing Fish, Romantic Lobsters, Kinky Squid, and Other Salty Erotica of the Deep

Marah J Hardt

Forget the Kama Sutra. When it comes to inventive sex acts, just look to the sea. There we find the elaborate mating rituals of armored lobsters; giant right whales engaging in a lively threesome whilst holding their breath; full moon ...

Sharks Get Cancer, Mole Rats Don't

How Animals Could Hold the Key to Unlocking Cancer Immunity in Humans

James S Welsh

This fresh and fascinating exploration of new directions in cancer research focuses on the important role of the immune system in combatting this dread disease. Integrating clues from the animal kingdom, the veterinary clinic, extraordinary ...

The Deeper Genome

Why There is More to the Human Genome Than Meets the Eye

John Parrington

Over a decade ago, as the Human Genome Project completed its mapping of the entire human genome, hopes ran high that we would rapidly be able to use our knowledge of human genes to tackle many inherited diseases, and understand what makes ...

Principles of Evolutionary Medicine

Peter Gluckman, Alan Beedle, Tatjana Buklijas, Felicia Low and Mark Hanson

Evolutionary science is critical to an understanding of integrated human biology and is increasingly recognised as a core discipline by medical and public health professionals. Advances in the field of genomics, epigenetics, developmental ...

Restless Creatures

The Story of Life in Ten Movements

Matt Wilkinson

Despite the overwhelming diversity of life on earth, one theme has dominated its evolution: the apparently simple act of moving from one place to another. Restless Creatures is the first book for a general audience telling the ...

The Fact of Evolution

Cameron M Smith

Evolution is often described as a "theory." While this is certainly technically true, it is misleading to dismiss evolution as "just a theory" (an unfounded idea), as opponents of evolution like to do. In this illuminating ...

The Invisible History of the Human Race

How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures

Christine Kenneally

We are doomed to repeat history if we fail to learn from it, but how are we affected by the forces that are invisible to us? In The Invisible History of the Human Race Christine Kenneally draws on cutting-edge research to reveal ...

The Missing Lemur Link

An Ancestral Step in the Evolution of Human Behaviour

Ivan Norscia, Elisabetta Palagi, Dame Jane Goodall and Michael A Huffman

Lemurs share a common distant ancestor with humans. Following their own evolutionary pathway, lemurs provide the ideal model to shed light on the behavioural traits of primates including conflict management, communication strategies and ...

The Paradox of Evolution

The Strange Relationship Between Natural Selection and Reproduction

Stephen Rothman

In The Paradox of Evolution, physiologist Stephen Rothman exposes a major, though remarkably almost completely neglected problem with Darwin's theory of evolution. Its two essential elements, natural selection and reproduction ...

The Top 10 Myths About Evolution

Cameron M Smith and Charles Sullivan

Though the United States is the world leader in science and technology, many of its citizens display a shocking ignorance regarding basic scientific facts. Recent surveys have revealed that only about half of Americans realize that human ...

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Volume 44

Volume 44 contains 28 review papers, see table of contents for more details.

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Volume 45

Volume 45 contains 27 review papers, see table of contents for more details.

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Volume 46

Volume 46 contains a planned 28 reviews, see table of contents for more details.

Handbook of Australasian Biogeography

Malte C Ebach

Written by leading biogeographers, based upon the dynamic studies over the last 30 years, this revision of Australasian biogeography covers terrestrial, freshwater, and marine organisms. A handbook, rather than a natural history ...

Vegetation Dynamics

A Synthesis of Plant Ecophysiology, Remote Sensing and Modelling

Derek Eamus, Alfredo Huete and Qiang Yu

Understanding ecosystem structure and function requires familiarity with the techniques, knowledge and concepts of the three disciplines of plant physiology, remote sensing and modelling. This is the first textbook to provide the fundamental ...

A Year in a Ditch

JC Jeremy Hobson

Rivers, canals and Britain's glorious waterways are championed and admired at every opportunity. They are the subject of countless photos, television programmes and books and are places to visit and enjoy whenever considering a walk ...

Border Sanctuary

The Conservation Legacy of the Santa Ana Land Grant

MJ Morgan and Andrew Sansom

The Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge lies on the northern bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, about seventy miles upriver from the Gulf of Mexico. In Border Sanctuary, M.J. Morgan uncovers how 2,000 acres of rare subtropical ...

Ecology and Management of Soda Pans in the Carpathian Basin

Emil Boros, Zoltan Ecsedi and Janos Olah

Soda pans are a specific type inland salt water bodies, dominated by sodium carbonate and hydrogen carbonate ions. This generally results in lower salinity than sodium chloride and sulphate salt lakes, which in turn favours more wildlife ...

Global Deforestation

Christiane Runyan and Paolo D'Odorico

Global Deforestation provides a concise but comprehensive examination of the variety of ways in which deforestation modifies environmental processes, as well as the societal implications of these changes.

Innovative Strategies and Policies for Soil Conservation

Michael A Fullen, Joseph Famodimu, Theodore Karyotis, Christos Noulas and Andreas Panagopoulos

From time to time, and in relation to needs, human society has considered soil as a means of agricultural and forestry production; seat of urban and infrastructure settlements; place of leisure and sport; source of raw materials; in summary ...

The Rainforests of Britain and Ireland

A Traveller's Guide

Clifton Bain and Vanessa Collingridge

Following his tremendous success in 2013 with The Ancient Pinewoods of Scotland, Clifton Bain now turns his attention to the mixed oak, birch and other woodlands that line the west coasts of, north to south, Scotland, Northern England, Wales ...

Urban Tree Management

For the Sustainable Development of Green Cities

Andreas Roloff

Urban tree management is the key basis for greener cities of the future. It is a practical discipline which includes tree selection, planting, care and protection and the overall management of trees as a collective resource.

What Should a Clever Moose Eat?

Natural History, Ecology, and the North Woods

John Pastor and Bernd Heinrich

How long should a leaf live? When should blueberries ripen? And what should a clever moose eat? Questions like these may seem simple or downright strange, yet they form the backbone of natural history, a discipline that fostered some of ...

A Field Guide to Economics for Conservationists

Brendan Fisher, Robin Naidoo and Taylor H Ricketts

Why do conservationists need a field guide to economics on their shelves alongside the well-loved bird and plant guides? Two reasons, really. First, the economic decisions people make every day are at the core of the world's ...

Conservation Behavior

Applying Behavioral Ecology to Wildlife Conservation and Management

Oded Berger-Tal and David Saltz

Conservation behaviour assists the investigation of species endangerment associated with managing animals impacted by anthropogenic activities. It employs a theoretical framework that examines the mechanisms, development, function and ...

Conservation Planning

Informed Decisions for a Healthier Planet

Craig R Groves and Edward T Game

In a world of finite resources and complex environmental problems, we are faced with tough choices. Conservation Planning brings academic rigor to a pragmatic guidebook on making informed decisions about the way we navigate our ...

Conservation Science

Balancing the Needs of People and Nature

Peter M Kareiva and Michelle Marvier

Now is the time for conservation science – a mission-oriented scientific enterprise that seeks to protect nature, including Earth's animals, plants, and ecosystems, in the face of unprecedented human demands upon the planet.

Diagnosing Wild Species Harvest

Resource Use and Conservation

Matti Salo, Anders Siren and Risto Kalliola

Diagnosing Wild Species Harvest bridges gaps of knowledge fragmented among scientific disciplines as it addresses this multifaceted phenomenon that is simultaneously global and local. The authors emphasize the interwoven nature ...

Giant Steps

Richard Peirce

Giant Steps is an extraordinary true story which follows the lives of two elephants, Bully and Induna in South Africa. Their moving evocative story involves tragedy, deprivation, sadness, humour and ultimately triumph, when ...

Industrial Agriculture and Ape Conservation

Alison White, Annette Lanjouw and Helga Rainer

Social and economic systems worldwide are changing rapidly. These changes are accompanied by an increasing demand for natural resources, including land, water, minerals, energy sources, food and timber. Today's foremost challenge lies ...

Orison for a Curlew

In Search of a Bird on the Edge of Extinction

Horatio Clare and Beatrice Forshall

The Slender-Billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, 'the slim beak of the new moon', once bred in Siberia and wintered in the Mediterranean basin, passing through the wetlands and estuaries of Italy, Greece, the Balkans and ...

Reptile Ecology and Conservation

A Handbook of Techniques

Jr.,C Kenneth Dodd

This practical handbook of reptile field ecology and conservation brings together a distinguished, international group of reptile researchers to provide a state-of-the-art review of the many new and exciting techniques used to study reptiles ...

The Wild Edge

Freedom to Roam the Pacific Coast

Florian Schulz, Bruce Barcott, Eric Scigliano, Jon Hoekstra, Bonnie Henderson and Philipp Cousteau

With the publication of Florian Schulz's book, Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam, in 2006, the public's interest in wildlife corridors was sparked. Prior to that seminal book, few people recognized that large mammals don't necessarily ...

Don't Even Think About It

Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change

George Marshall

Most of us recognize that climate change is real, and yet we do nothing to stop it. What is this psychological mechanism that allows us to know something is true but act as if it is not? George Marshall's search for the answers brings ...

Environmental Hazards Methodologies for Risk Assessment and Management

Nicolas R Dalezios

From the beginning of 21st century, there has been an awareness of risk in the environment along with a growing concern for the continuing potential damage caused by hazards. In order to ensure environmental sustainability, a better ...

A Voyage Through Scales

The Earth System in Space and Time

Guenter Bloeschl, Hans Thybo, Hubert Savenije and Lois Lammerhuber

Zoom into a cloud. Zoom out of a rock. Watch the volcano explode, the lightning strike, an aurora undulate. Imagine ice sheets expanding, retreating – pulsating – while continents continue their leisurely collisions.

AsapSCIENCE

Answers to the World's Weirdest Questions, Most Persistent Rumours, and Unexplained Phenomena

Mitchell Moffit and Greg Brown

Why do we get hungover? Which actually came first, the chicken or the egg? Is binge-watching TV bad for you? Now, for the first time, Mitchell Moffit and Greg Brown, the geniuses behind Asapscience and Asapthought, answer these questions ...

Astrobiology: Understanding Life in the Universe

Charles S Cockell

Astrobiology is an interdisciplinary field that asks profound scientific questions. How did life originate on the Earth? How has life persisted on the Earth for over three billion years? Is there life elsewhere in the Universe?

Auroral Dynamics and Space Weather

Understanding and Applications

Yongliang Zhang and Larry Paxton

The aurora is the most visible manifestation of the connection of the Earth to the space environment and has inspired awe, curiosity, and scientific inquiry for centuries. Recent advances in observing techniques and modeling and theoretical ...

Baas Becking's Geobiology

Don E Canfield and Laurens Baas Becking

Laurens Baas Becking was a pioneer in the field of microbial ecology and the father of Geobiology. This is the first English translation of Baas Becking's Geobiologie: Of Inleiding tot de Millieukunde published in Dutch in ...

Cometography: A Catalog of Comets, Volume 5: 1960-1982

Gary W Kronk

Cometography is a multi-volume catalog of every comet observed throughout history. It uses the most reliable orbits known to determine the distances from the Earth and Sun at the time a comet was discovered and last observed ...

Earth and Space

Photographs from the Archives of NASA

Nirmala Nataraj, Bill Nye and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Take a tour of the universe with this breathtaking collection of photographs from the archives of NASA. Astonishing images of Earth from above, the phenomena of our solar system, and the celestial bodies of deep space will captivate readers ...

Eyes on the Sky

A Spectrum of Telescopes

Sir Francis Graham-Smith

Four centuries ago, Galileo first turned a telescope to look up at the night sky. His discoveries opened the cosmos, revealing the geometry and dynamics of the solar system. Today's telescopic equipment, stretching over the whole spectrum ...

Field Guide to the Geology of Gigha & Cara

JG MacDonald

The guide contains the most up-to-date information available about the geology of Gigha, and is intended to introduce visitors to the fascinating geology of an often overlooked corner of the Hebrides. The first part of the book provides ...

Fundamentals of Radio Astronomy

Observational Methods

Jonathan M Marr, Ronald L Snell and Stanley E Kurtz

As evidenced by five Nobel Prizes in physics, radio astronomy in its 80-year history has contributed greatly to our understanding of the universe. Yet for too long, there has been no suitable textbook on radio astronomy for undergraduates ...

Patrick Moore's Astronomy

A Complete Introduction

Sir Patrick Moore and Percy Seymour

Patrick Moore's Astronomy: A Complete Introduction will ensure you recognize what you are seeing in the night sky. You will investigate the sun, moon, planets comets and stars and learn how to observe them. This comprehensive ...

Planet Mercury

From Pale Pink Dot to Dynamic World

David A Rothery

A new and detailed picture of Mercury is emerging thanks to NASA's MESSENGER mission that spent four years in orbit about the Sun's innermost planet. Comprehensively illustrated by close-up images and other data, the author describes ...

Planisphere: Latitude 50o N - for Use in the UK and Ireland, Northern Europe and Canada

Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion

A star finder that allows visible stars to be identified for any date and time for locations in the Northern Hemisphere. Compiled by astronomical experts, Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion and approved by the astronomers of the Royal Observatory ...

Quaternary of the Trent

David R Bridgland, Andy J Howard, Mark J White and Tom S White

This book is an integrated overview and synthesis of available data relating to the Quaternary evolution of the River Trent. It provides detailed descriptions of the Pleistocene sedimentary records from the Trent, its tributaries and ...

The Brain

The Story of You

David Eagleman

Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, the brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the heart of our existence.

The Chang'E-1 Topographic Atlas of the Moon

Chunlai Li, Jianjun Liu, Lingli Mu, Xin Ren and Wei Zuo

The Chang'E-1 Topographic Atlas of the Moon is based on the lunar global Digital Elevation Models (DEM) of Chang'E-1 (CE-1), and presents CCD stereo image data with digital photogrammetry. The spatial resolution of the ...

The Hubble Cosmos

25 Years of New Vistas in Space

David H DeVorkin, Robert W Smith and Robert P Kirshner

The Hubble Telescope has now gazed into deep space for 25 years, imaging galaxies, nebulas, and supernovas for a new picture of the universe and our place in it. In honour of its 25th anniversary, space historians David DeVorkin and ...

The Origin and Nature of Life on Earth

The Emergence of the Fourth Geosphere

Eric Smith and Harold J Morowitz

Uniting the conceptual foundations of the physical sciences and biology, this groundbreaking multidisciplinary book explores the origin of life as a planetary process. Combining geology, geochemistry, biochemistry, microbiolog ...

The Quaternary Glaciation of Dartmoor

Field Guide

David JA Evans and Stephan Harrison

This guide was produced to accompany the joint GLWG 15 and QRA field meeting based at the Dartmoor Expedition Centre, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon, 23rd –26th October, 2014.

The Quaternary of Gower

Field Guide

Richard A Shakesby and John F Hiemstra

This field guide was produced to accompany the QRA Field Meeting to Gower based in Middleton, 22^nd – 25^th October 2015.

The Quaternary of South East Ireland

Field Guide

Gayle McGlynn and Bettina Stefanini

This field guide has been produced to accompany the combined Irish Quaternary Association and Quaternary Research Association field excursion to south east Ireland, 25th-29th September 2015. Both organisations have a long history of running ...

The Quaternary of the Lake District

Field Guide

Derek A McDougall and David JA Evans

It may be tempting to assume that the Quaternary history of the English Lake District, a popular venue for school and university field trips, is well established. This is far from being the case, unfortunately, despite a long history of ...

This Book is a Planetarium

And Other Extraordinary Pop-Up Contraptions

Kelli Anderson

Never has humble paper had such radical ambitions. Defying every expectation of what a book can be, this pop-up extravaganza transforms into six fully functional tools: a real working planetarium projecting the constellations, a musical ...

An Invitation to Environmental Sociology

Michael Mayerfeld Bell and Loka L Ashwood

Join author Mike Bell and new co-author Loka Ashwood as they explore "the biggest community of all" and bring out the sociology of environmental possibility. The highly-anticipated Fifth Edition of ...

Green Roof Ecosystems

Richard K Sutton

Green Roof Ecosystems provides an up-to-date coverage of green (vegetated) roof research, design, and management from an ecosystem perspective. It reviews, explains, and poses questions about monitoring, substrate, living components ...

Managing the Unknown

Essays on Environmental Ignorance

Frank Uekoetter and Uwe Luebken

Information is crucial when it comes to the management of resources. But what if knowledge is incomplete, or biased, or otherwise deficient? How did people define patterns of proper use in the absence of cognitive certainty?

The Cambridge Companion to Newton

Rob Iliffe and George E Smith

Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) was one of the greatest scientists of all time, a thinker of extraordinary range and creativity who has left enduring legacies in mathematics and physics. While most famous for his Principia, his work on ...

Bioinformatics Challenges at the Interface of Biology and Computer Science

Mind the Gap

Teresa K Attwood and Stephen Pettifer

This innovative book provides a completely fresh exploration of bioinformatics, investigating the interrelationship between bioinformatics, biology and computer science, and exploring key developments in computer science that are critical ...

The Fundamentals of Scientific Research

An Introductory Laboratory Manual

Marcy A Kelly and Pryce L Haddix

The Fundamentals of Scientific Research: An Introductory Laboratory Manual is a laboratory manual geared towards first semester undergraduates enrolled in general biology courses focusing on cell biology. This laboratory curriculum ...

Environmental Management for Collections

Alternative Conservation Strategies for Hot and Humid Climates

Shin Maekawa, Vincent L Beltran and Michael C Henry

In recent years more cultural institutions in hot and humid climates have been installing air-conditioning systems to protect their collections and provide comfort for both employees and visitors. This practice, however, can pose complicated ...

How to Write and Illustrate a Scientific Paper

Bjorn Gustavii

This compact and easy-to-read book contains essential advice on how to take a manuscript from planning right through to publication. It will help both first-time writers and more experienced authors to present their results more effectively ...

PhD by Published Work

A Practical Guide for Success

Susan Smith

More researchers and academics than ever are now choosing to collate their accumulated published work into a PhD. Universities offer a range of pathways to achieving a PhD by Published Work but there is little guidance available for potential ...

Saving the Earth as a Career

Advice on Becoming a Conservation Professional

Jr.,Malcolm L Hunter, David B Lindenmayer and Aram JK Calhoun

Written in an informal and engaging style, Saving the Earth as a Career is an ideal resource for students and professionals pursuing a career in conservation. The book explores the major skills needed to become an effective ...