nhbs monthly catalogue new and forthcoming titles Issue: 2016/08 August 2016 www.nhbs.com [email protected]+44 (0)1803 865913 Welcome to the August 2016 edition of the NHBS Monthly Catalogue. This monthly update contains all of the wildlife, science and environment titles added to nhbs.com in the last month. Editor's Picks - New in Stock this Month ● Antelope Conservation: From Diagnosis to Action ● Bird Brain: An Exploration of Avian Intelligence ● Birds: A Complete Guide to Their Biology and Behaviour ● Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories ● Dipterocarp Biology, Ecology, and Conservation ● Field Guide to the Amphibians & Reptiles of Britain and Europe ● Global Deforestation ● Integrating Biological Control Into Conservation Practice ● An Introduction to Primate Conservation ● Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2014-2016 ● Wood Ant Ecology and Conservation Stock titles ● A-Z of Tree Terms: A Companion to British Arboriculture ● Bat Walks in Derbyshire ● Carnivorous Plants of Britain and Ireland ● Core Standardized Methods For Rapid Biological Field Assessment ● Lapwings, Loons & Lousy Jacks: The How And Why of Bird Names ● The Mammals of India: A Systematic & Cartographic Review New editions ● Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea (2nd edition) New in paperback ● Inglorious: Conflict in the Uplands ● In Pursuit of Butterflies: A Fifty-Year Affair ● Rainbow Dust: Three Centuries of Delight in British Butterflies Reissues ● Pocket Photo Guide to the Birds of Borneo ● Pocket Photo Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka ● Pocket Photo Guide to the Birds of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos ● Pocket Photo Guide to the Mammals of Sri Lanka Find out more about services for libraries and organisations: NHBS LibraryPro Best wishes, -The NHBS Team View this Monthly Catalogue as a web page or save/print it as a .pdf document. Zoology: Mammals Birds Reptiles & Amphibians Fishes Invertebrates Palaeontology Marine & Freshwater Biology General Natural History Regional & Travel Botany & Plant Science Animal & General Biology Evolutionary Biology Ecology Habitats & Ecosystems Conservation & Biodiversity Environmental Science Physical Sciences Sustainable Development Data Analysis Reference Mammals
Welcome to the August 2016 edition of the NHBS Monthly Catalogue. This monthly update contains all of the wildlife, science and environment titles added to nhbs.com in the last month. Editor's Picks - New in Stock this Month
● Antelope Conservation: From Diagnosis to Action● Bird Brain: An Exploration of Avian Intelligence● Birds: A Complete Guide to Their Biology and Behaviour● Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories● Dipterocarp Biology, Ecology, and Conservation● Field Guide to the Amphibians & Reptiles of Britain and Europe● Global Deforestation● Integrating Biological Control Into Conservation Practice● An Introduction to Primate Conservation● Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2014-2016● Wood Ant Ecology and Conservation
Stock titles
● A-Z of Tree Terms: A Companion to British Arboriculture● Bat Walks in Derbyshire● Carnivorous Plants of Britain and Ireland● Core Standardized Methods For Rapid Biological Field Assessment● Lapwings, Loons & Lousy Jacks: The How And Why of Bird Names● The Mammals of India: A Systematic & Cartographic Review
● Inglorious: Conflict in the Uplands● In Pursuit of Butterflies: A Fifty-Year Affair● Rainbow Dust: Three Centuries of Delight in British Butterflies
Reissues
● Pocket Photo Guide to the Birds of Borneo● Pocket Photo Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka● Pocket Photo Guide to the Birds of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos● Pocket Photo Guide to the Mammals of Sri Lanka
Find out more about services for libraries and organisations: NHBS LibraryPro Best wishes, -The NHBS Team View this Monthly Catalogue as a web page or save/print it as a .pdf document.
Zoology: Mammals Birds Reptiles & Amphibians Fishes Invertebrates Palaeontology Marine & Freshwater Biology General Natural History Regional & Travel Botany & Plant Science Animal & General Biology Evolutionary Biology Ecology Habitats & Ecosystems Conservation & Biodiversity Environmental Science Physical Sciences Sustainable Development Data Analysis Reference
A Catalogue of Chromosome Numbers of Indian MammalsPart 1: Orders Carnivora and Chiroptera, Part 2: Orders: Cetacea, Insectivora, Lagomorpha, Pholidota, Primates, ProbosciAshok K Singh, R Banerjee and RK KackerA number of mammalian species occurring in the Indian subcontinent have been studied for their chromosomes during the past 3-4 decades. However, a systematic compilation of accumulated information in the form of a compendium for research ...
82 pages | no illustrations | Paperback | 01/1999 | 9788185874166 | #231077A | £20.99 Add to basket
A Naturalist's Guide to the Mammals of IndiaChris R Shepherd and Bikram GrewalThis easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 mammal species most commonly seen in India is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from India's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species ...
Bat Walks in DerbyshireSteven RoeThis publication has been created to encourage the general public to discover the world of bats in Derbyshire for themselves, to share good batwatching sites with other bat workers and conservationists visiting the area and to allow new ...
Being a DogFollowing the Dog into a World of SmellAlexandra HorowitzAlexandra Horowitz, the author of the lively, highly informative New York Times bestselling blockbuster Inside of a Dog, explains how dogs perceive the world through their most spectacular organ the nose and how we humans can put our under-used ...
Census Survey and Populations Ecology of Bonnet Macaque Macaca radiata (E. Geoffroy) in South AsiaGU KurupPopulations of the commoner species of non-human primates like, Rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta, Bonnet macaque Macaca radiata, and Hanuman langur Presbytis entellus living in a feral condition, and also as ...
Deer and PeopleKaris Baker, Ruth Carden and Richard MadgwickDeer have been central to human cultures throughout time and space: whether as staples to hunter-gatherers, icons of Empire, or the focus of sport. Their social and economic importance has seen some species transported across continents ...
Die Kleine Wildnis: Einblicke in die Lebensgemeinschaft der Kleinen Raubsauger und ihrer Beutetiere in MitteleuropaHelen MuriSmall mammals (e.g. martens, weasels, mice and shrews) are of utmost importance to ecosystems, in particular as an important food source for birds of prey and predatory mammals. The author explains both the peculiarities and strategies ...
For the Love of LemursMy Life in the Wilds of MadagascarPatricia Chapple WrightIn 1986, primatologist, Patricia Chapple Wright, was given a seemingly impossible task:to travel to the rainforests of Madagascar and find the greater bamboo lemur, a species that hadn't been seen in the wild for thirty years. Not only did Wright ...
Kalahari CheetahsAdaptations to an Arid RegionGus Mills and Margaret MillsThe cheetah, the fastest terrestrial animal, has widespread appeal amongst wildlife biologists and enthusiasts alike. However, like all all large carnivores, it is increasingly threatened by habitat loss and its status is now classified ...
Killers in EdenThe Story of a Rare Partnership Between Men and Killer WhalesDanielle ClodeFor a century, the killer whales of Twofold Bay herded baleen whales towards the harpoons of local whalers, helping them hunt and sharing the rewards. It was a life of industry, adventure and a strange and rare partnership between whales ...
Mammals of the North WoodsA Handy Field Reference to All 68 of Our Northern MammalsRoger A PowellFrom the massive moose to the miniscule mole, 68 species of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan mammals are described in vivid detail by mammalogist Roger Powell of Ely, Minnesota. Roger is a Professor Emeritus of North Carolina State University ...
Marder, Iltis, Nerz und Wiesel: Kleine Tiere, grosse Jaeger [Martens, Polecats, Minks And Weasels: Small Animals, Big HuPaul Marchesi, Claude Mermod and Hans C SalzmannMartens, polecats, minks and weasels are nimble animals and agile hunters. They are – with the possible exception of the stone marten, which often resides in residential areas and causes trouble there – difficult to ...
Neotropical and Caribbean Aquatic MammalsPerspectives from Archaeology and Conservation BiologyA Sebastian Munoz, Christopher Markus Gotz and Elizabeth Ramos RocaThe relationships between humans and aquatic mammals in the Neotropics has been important since archaic times in the American continent, but also varied across time and space, a fact taken on by this publication.
Population and Habitat of Amur Leopard in China [English / Chinese]Jiang GuangshunThe Amur leopard may well be one of the world's rarest big cats. Although the Amur leopard is critically endangered, its status has been unknown to most people, and our understanding of the habitat and living conditions of the population ...
Przewalski's Horses in EurasiaPluralism in International Reintroduction BiologyMichael L ZukoskyPrzewalski's Horses in Eurasia draws on more than two years of ethnographic research to examine the reintroduction of Prezewalski's horses – a highly endangered breed that is a genetically distinct and distant relation ...
The Biology and Identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Marsupials of the WorldDonald W DuszynskiThe Biology and Identification of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Marsupials of the World contains the most up-to-date information on the former order marsupial that is now partitioned by mammalogists into seven separate orders that ...
The Law of the Whale HuntDispute Resolution, Property Law, and American Whalers, 1780-1880Robert DealWhale oil lit the cities and greased the machines of the Industrial Revolution. In light of its importance, competition between whalers was high. Far from courts and law enforcement, competing crews of American whalers not known for their ...
The Mammals of IndiaA Systematic & Cartographic ReviewAnwaruddin Choudhury and Colin P GrovesThe Mammals of India: A Systematic & Cartographic Review is a major definitive work on the mammals of India. The range of all the species have been mapped in full colour. The style of presentation of the range maps is different ...
328 pages | 32 plates with 442 colour distribution maps; 134 colour photos, 9 colour illustrations, 3 | Hardback | 01/2016 | 9789380652047 | #230984A | £66.99 Add to basket
The Wild Mammals of MissouriCharles W Schwartz, Elizabeth R Schwartz, Debby K Fantz and Victoria L JacksonSince its initial publication in 1959, The Wild Mammals of Missouri by Charles W. Schwartz and Dr. Elizabeth R. Schwartz has become the definitive guide to the identification of these animals, and it continues to be a source of ...
Tracking the TigerBob Rupani and Dhritiman MukherjeeThe tiger is one of the world's most spectacular, iconic and endangered species, and fortunately conservation efforts are on to protect it. Saving the tiger also means protecting the forests of India along with all the other wild animals ...
Whitetail DeerJack BallardWhitetail Deer presents readers with substantive yet easily digestible information on this medium-size animal. Where do they live? How do they communicate? Whitetail Deer contains all the information you need to become ...
Wild Pony WhisperingThe Real Life Story of How an Orphaned Exmoor Pony Foal Helped Us to to Tame and Understand the Wild Ponies of ExmoorDawn WestcottThis is Dawn Westcott's real-life story of Monsieur Chapeau, a wild, orphaned Exmoor pony foal found severely malnourished with pneumonia on the moors of Exmoor and how he survived and thrived beyond all expectations – bringing ...
A Field Guide to the Scarcer Breeding Birds of the New ForestJames WhitakerThis field guide is the first of a series, for the field naturalist and photographer, both beginner and experienced. It shows where breeding birds occur and also the steps which should be taken to avoid unnecessary or unlawful disturbances ...
A Guide to the Birds of North Andros IslandJoseph T Steensma, Nicholas Morken, Lawrence Wiedman and Luanettee ColebrookeThis is the most thorough guide to finding birds on the largest and most biologically diverse island in the Bahamas. Joe Steensma and Nick Morken, the leading experts of the birds of North Andros Island, offer bird-adventurers insights ...
A Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of BorneoSabah, Sarawak, Brunei and KalimantanWong Tsu ShiNow fully revised, this easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 bird species most commonly seen in Borneo (covering Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan) is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from one ...
A Rage for FalconsAn Alliance Between Man and BirdStephen J Bodio, Jonathan Wilde and Helen Macdonald Thus begins the tale by Stephen Bodio, a lover of birds and nature, of the incredible connection between man and birds of prey. Falconry can be traced back over four thousand years and, as Bodio says, "it is amazing that the practice ...
Aves Marinas: Una Guia de Identificacion [Seabirds: An Identification Guide]Peter Harrison, MJ Forest Fortes and Roger Tory PetersonA concise and superbly illustrated account of the seabirds of the world. It is unique in that every major colour and plumage phase of the nearly three hundred species of seabirds is depicted.
Aves Pantanal Sul: Guia Fotografico do Passo do Lontra [Birds of South Pantanal: Field Guide to Passo do Lontra]Marcelo Silva OliveiraAves Pantanal Sul: Guia Fotográfico do Passo do Lontra offers more than a field guide, it reveals an extraordinary region in Brazil for birdwatching. The guide encourages and disseminates the practice of bird watching to ...
BirdFlyway: Un Viaje en Familia por La Ruta de las Aves [A Family Trip onAntonio Sandoval ReyHow do you like to fly? On your own or with companions? They say the best trips are those during which you discover something new about who you are and who you’d like to be. BirdFlyway is one of the most extraordinary ...
Birds of Arid and Semi-Arid TractsAjit Kumar MukherjeeA consolidated account on birds of the arid and semi-arid areas of northwestern India has been in some demand among naturalists for the past few decades. Birds of such arid areas are not restricted only to the boundries of India but are ...
Birds of the Pacific NorthwestA Photographic GuideTom Aversa, Richard Cannings and Hal OppermanDiscover more than four hundred bird species in Birds of the Pacific Northwest-the quintessential regional guide for birding devotees at any level. Join renowned bird experts Tom Aversa, Richard Cannings, and Hal Opperman as the ...
Chicago BirdsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe Windy City isn't just a hub for commercial airlines: over 8 million birds migrate through town each autumn and spring. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes an eco-regional ...
Denver BirdsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R KavanaghDenver is the permanent or migratory home of over 300 species of birds. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes a map featuring prominent bird-viewing areas. Laminated for durability ...
Dictionnaire des Oiseaux de France [Dictionary of the Birds of France]Gilles BentzFeaturing clear and concise text, this is a valuable booklet to get to know the birds of France.
Ecology and Conservation of Birds in Urban EnvironmentsEnrique Murgui and Marcus HedblomEcology and Conservation of Birds in Urban Environments provides syntheses of ecological theories and overarching patterns of urban bird ecology that have only recently become available. The numerous habitats represented in this ...
Garden Birds and Other WildlifeKate Risely and Clare SimmGardens are great places for watching wildlife and for learning more about the birds and other creatures within them. This new book brings together the latest information on garden birds, much of it drawn from the British Trust for Ornithology ...
Gartenvogel: Erleben, Beobachten, Schutzen - Mit 44 Vogelportraets [Garden Birds: Experiencing, Observing, ProtectingDaniela StraussGarden birds fascinate us throughout the year. In the spring, we welcome the returning migratory birds, in summer we intently watch the hatching and breeding season, in autumn the garden offers a lot of food for birds, and in winter we ...
Green Guide to Birds of Britain and EuropeJim JM Flegg and Martin WoodcockWith their diversity of form, colour, behaviour and song, birds are an endless source of fascination, but telling apart the different thrushes, finches, wagtails, warblers, tits and terns often stumps novices. The Green Guide to Birds makes ...
Hawai'i's KoleaThe Amazing Transpacific Life of the Pacific Golden-PloverOscar W Johnson and Susan ScottOscar "Wally" Johnson, the undisputed world expert on Pacific Golden-Plovers, and Susan Scott, a popular-science writer, have combined their knowledge and enthusiasm to create a book for everyone who admires the exceptional bird ...
Identification of Some Small Mammal Species Through Owl Pellet AnalysisSS Talmale and MS PradhanContributions on owl pellet analysis and identification of small mammals on the basis of key bone pieces collected from the pellets have been made by various workers. In India, most of the work has been concentrated on feeding habit ...
Illinois BirdsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe Prairie State's diverse habitats are the permanent or migratory home of 440 species of birds, including the state bird – the northern cardinal. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species ...
Iowa BirdsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe Hawkeye State is the permanent or migratory home of 425 species of birds, including the state bird – the American goldfinch. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes an ...
Kansas BirdsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungKansas is the permanent or migratory home of 472 species of birds, including the state bird – the western meadowlark. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes a map featuring ...
Kentucky BirdsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe Bluegrass State is the permanent or migratory home of 368 species of birds, including the state bird – the northern cardinal. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes an ...
Louisiana BirdsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungLouisiana is the permanent or migratory home of 471 species of birds, including the state bird, the brown pelican. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes a map featuring prominent ...
Magyarorszag Ragadozo Madarai [Birds of Prey of Hungary]Papp Gabor, Kovacs Andras and Turny ZoltanA photographic identification guide to the birds of prey found in Hungary.
200 pages | 300+ colour photos, colour distribution maps | Paperback | 01/2016 | #230843A | £42.99 Add to basket
Make Your Own Bird FoodSimple Recipes to Entice Birds to Your GardenMark GolleyBirds are the life and soul of any garden, whatever its size or location, and one thing can be guaranteed: if food is on offer, birds will visit. With this in mind, Make Your Own Bird Food brings you some of the most popular and successful ...
Maryland & DC BirdsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungMaryland & DC are the permanent or migratory home of 443 species of birds, including Maryland's state bird – the Baltimore oriole. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes ...
Our Love of LoonsStan TekielaStunningly beautiful and very unique, loons have captured our hearts. We await their spring return and delight in hearing their calls across our northern lakes. Acclaimed naturalist and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela shares his up-close ...
Panama BirdsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe isthmus of Panama – where North and South America meet – is the permanent or migratory home of more bird species than all of North America – a total of 985 species! This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over ...
Puerto Rico BirdsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is the permanent or migratory home of over 350 species of birds, 17 of which are endemic. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes a map featuring ...
Reducing Avian Collisions with Power LinesThe State of the Art in 2012Reducing Avian Collisions with Power Lines (Collision Manual) was first published by the Avian Power Line Interaction Committee (APLIC) and Edison Electric Institute (EEI) in 1994 under the title ...
Siberia's SpriteA History of Fascination and DesireAndy StoddartThrough a unique combination of rarity value, great aesthetic appeal and enduring scientific interest, the Pallas's Warbler has for more than two centuries exercised the most remarkable hold on our collective imagination.
Siegertypen: Uberlebensstrategien der Greifvogel [Winners: Survival Strategies of Raptors]Dietmar Nill, Thorsten Prohl and Bernhard ZieglerThe fascinating skills and survival strategies of raptors are the focus of this extraordinary photographic volume. Dietmar Nill and Bernhard Ziegler showcase amazing scenes, which one gets only with great patience and the right equipment ...
Something About EmusIndigenous Knowledge of Emus from Western Arnhem LandMurray GardeThe emu is an iconic Australian bird of significance to all Australians, but especially so to indigenous Australians who have had a special relationship with this curious animal for thousands of years. In this bilingual, highly illustrated ...
Southern Illinois BirdsAn Annotated List and Site GuideW Douglas RobinsonDesigned to help bird watchers in the field and at home discover the significance of their observations, Southern Illinois Birds documents current knowledge of the birds of southern Illinois by surveying both the published literature ...
Stable Isotopes to Trace Migratory Birds and to Identify Harmful DiseasesAn Introductory GuideGerrit J Viljoen, AG Luckins and I NaletoskiStable Isotopes to Trace Migratory Birds and to Identify Harmful Diseases discusses the potentials of the approaches as mentioned below to monitor avian influenza viruses (AIVs) in wild migratory waterfowl (WMW). Molecular diagnosis ...
The 100 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast AsiaYong Ding Li and Albert LowSoutheast Asia has a vast diversity of birdlife, comprising roughly one fifth of the world's 10,000 living species, and of which over 850 are endemic, making the region a richly rewarding destination for birdwatchers. This fully illustrated ...
The Golden Eagle and Sea EagleJ WhitakerIt is fair to say that the Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) and the White-tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) have always commanded a special interest for British field ornithologists. The majesty of these splendid ...
Warblers in Your PocketA Guide to the Wood-Warblers of the Upper MidwestDana Gardner and Holly CarverRobins may be the official harbingers of spring, but the arrival of the wood-warbler signifies the real beginning of the season. These brightly colored songsters, most of whom have migrated extremely long distances to reach their summer ...
Zum Einfluss von Kitesurfen auf Wasser- und Watvogel: Eine Ubersicht [On The Influence of Kitesurfing on Water andThorsten KrugerKitesurfing is a relatively new recreational activity that emerged internationally at the end of the 1990s and has been applied at many European spots in the early 2000s for the first time. Very soon it became obvious that kitesurfing ...
Amphibians and Reptiles of BangladeshA Field GuideMd Kamrul Hasan, M Monirul H Khan and Mohammed Mostafa FeerozAmphibians and reptiles are often dubbed as the 'neglected elders, because they were the earliest vertebrates to colonize on land from water and gave rise to birds and mammals, but they are not sufficiently studied and conserved in ...
Amphibians and Reptiles of The US-Mexico Border States / Anfibios y Reptiles de Los Estados de la Frontera Mexico-Julio A Lemos-EspinalIn the first bilingual work on the reptiles and amphibians of the US–Mexico border, top herpetologists come together to describe the herpetofauna of the states of this region, which includes more than 600 species of toads, frogs ...
Amphibians of Costa RicaA Field GuideTwan LeendersAmphibians of Costa Rica is the first in-depth field guide to all 206 species of amphibians known to occur in Costa Rica or within walking distance of its borders. A diminutive nation with abundant natural wealth, the country is ...
Aposematic Poison Frogs (Dendrobatidae) of the Andean CountriesColombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and VenezuelaTed R Kahn, Enrique La Marca, Stefan Lotters, Jason L Brown, Evan Twomey and Adolfo AmezquitaAposematic Poison Frogs (Dendrobatidae) of the Andean Countries describes species occurring in Andean countries in full colour. Students and professionals from over eight countries and dozens of institutions and universities ...
Catalogue of the Protozoans Occurring in Reptiles from IndiaFatik Baran Mandal, NC Nandi and AK MandalThis list names and unnames protozoan species in two parts – a systematic list of protozoans in reptilian hosts and vice versa.
HerpetologyF Harvey Pough, Robin M Andrews, Martha L Crump, Alan H Savitzky, Kentwood D Wells and Ma BrandleyHerpetology, Fourth Edition presents a functional understanding of amphibians and reptiles – what they do and how they do it, and how those attributes are related to their ecology and evolutionary history.
Illustrated Guide to the Snakes of the Western Ghats, IndiaTSN MurthyFrom the introduction: "The snake fauna of the Western Ghats is amazingly rich in number and diversified, with as many as 91 species out of the nearly 240 species occuring in the Republic of India. Due to the current interest ...
Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American TurtlesJuliana Sterli, Marcelo de la Fuente and Ignacio ManielThe extended continental South American turtle record (Norian to Lujanian) allows us to follow the evolution of this reptile clade from its origins. Several significant stem turtle taxa such as Palaeochersis talampayensis and ...
Snakes of the SoutheastWhit Gibbons and Mike DorcasFifty-three kinds of snakes can be found in the Southeast, almost half of all species native to North America. Filled with more than 300 color photographs and written by two renowned herpetologists, this new edition is the most comprehensive ...
A Sujtasos Kusz [The Rifle Minnow]Wilhelm SandorA monograph on the rifle minnow, Alburnoides bipunctatus, a showy, small fish found in clear, fast flowing waters.
A Torpeharcsa [The Catfish]Wilhelm SandorThis is a monograph on the catfish. North America's largest catfish family (Fam. Ictaluriadae) contains seven living genera including 48 species: Ictalurus (7 species), Ameiurus (7 species), Noturus (29 species) ...
Atlas of Chinese Goldfish [Chinese]Wang HongyuanThis hardcover reference book contains a comprehensive colour photo compilation of all types of Chinese goldfish known to the China Fisheries Society Aquarium Fish Committee. Complete with a list naming each rare and common goldfish variety ...
Atlas of the Fishes and their Biology in Daya Bay [English / Chinese]Xu Gongzhao, Zheng Wenlian and Huang GuocaiLocated to the east of the Pearl River mouth, Daya Bay is one of the largest bays in Guangdong Province, with an area of 600 km2. It remains a clean bay with pure and fresh water until now. Fishes play an extremely significant ...
Biology and Ecology of Venomous StingraysRamasamy SanthanamThis comprehensive book on the venomous stingrays of the world seas and freshwater systems provides first-hand information on the diversity, biology, and ecology of venomous stingrays of freshwater, brackish, and marine ecosystems.
Chinese Goldfish [English / Chinese / Japanese]Zhang KeqingGoldfish are native to China and are also its national fish. Goldfish have the reputation of being auspicious, beautiful, noble and lovely fish. They are also a component of commercial culture and symbolize luck and happiness. Each year ...
Contribution to the Fish Fauna of India (Including Adjacent Countries) Order MastacembeliformesGM YazdaniThis volume describes the members of the order Mastacembeliformes, an group of spiny eels, as found in India.
Electricity in Fish Research and ManagementTheory and PracticeWRC BeaumontElectricity in Fish Research and Management, 2nd Edition provides a comprehensive discussion of the uses of both electricity and electrical principles in fishery management and research. It covers electric fishing (including theory, equipment ...
Electrophysiology and Fish BehaviorKamakhya Pada BiswasElectrophysiology and Fish Behavior encompasses 19 chapters, focusing on two main parts, namely electrophysiology and fish behavior. In the first part, the history and behavior of electric fishes is traced out together ...
Fish Diversity in the Selected Streams of Chakrata and Shiwalik Hills (District Dehradun, Uttaranchal) IndiaDevi Prasad Uniyal and Arun KumarThis contribution summarises fish diversity in selected streams of Chakrata and Shiwalik Hills, District Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India.
Fishes From Nansha Islands to South China Coastal Waters, Volume 1 [English / Chinese]Chen QingchaoNansha Islands, China's only sea region close to the equator, is abundant in Indo-Malay tropical fauna with high biodiversity. Fishes living in the vast sea regions of Nansha Islands northward to Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands ...
Fishes From Nansha Islands to South China Coastal Waters, Volume 2 [English / Chinese]Chen QingchaoFishes from Nansha Islands to South China Coastal Waters II reports 236 species of fishes. The appendix of book II incorporates a careful revision of some species in book I and lists of both book I and II facilitate reader access ...
Magyarorszag Halai [Fishes of Hungary]Pinter KarolyThe author began to systematically carry out observations in the waters on Hungary in the mid-1970s, and put together domestic and international literature data as well. The manuscript was completed in 1985 and published in 1992. A lot of ...
Monogeneans of Chinese Marine Fishes [English / Chinese]ZJ YingThe book describes 198 species, of which 30 are new to science. It comprises of following chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Monocotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 3. Capsalidae Barid , 1853 4. Dionchidae Bychowsky, 1957 ...
New Zealand's Great White SharkHow Science is Revealing Their SecretsAlison BallanceGreat white sharks are one of the world's most impressive and familiar predators – but until recently we knew surprisingly little about them. New Zealand's Great White Shark changes all that, opening a window into ...
Paddlefish AquacultureSteven D Mims and William L SheltonPaddlefish have become of increasing interest to the aquaculture community in recent years, particularly as a potential new source of seafood and caviar. Native to North America, paddlefish show great promise both domestically and internationally ...
Reef Fishes of South-East AsiaIncluding Marine Invertebrates and CoralsElizabeth Wood and Michael AwVisitors to South-East Asia are usually astonished at the profusion of marine life that exists in this biodiversity hot-spot. Reef Fishes of South-East Asia is a comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide to this rich diversity. Covering the waters ...
Saskatchewan FishesA Folding Pocket Guide to All Known Native and Introduced SpeciesChristopher Somers and Matthew MorrisSaskatchewan's 100,000 lakes and rivers are home to at least 58 native fish species from 15 different families, and humans have introduced at least 9 more species. This beautifully illustrated guide is a quick-reference tool to identify ...
The Fishes of PennsylvaniaJr.,Jay R Stauffer, Robert W Criswell, Douglas P Fischer and Nevin WelteThe "Fishes of Pennsylvania" is certainly not a new subject. Edward D. Cope (1881) and Tarleton H. Bean (1892) authored early inclusive accounts of the fishes from Pennsylvania. Henry W. Fowler authored multiple reports and ...
The Fourth Asian Fisheries ForumZhou YingqiThe Fourth Asian Forum (FAFF) was held from 16-20 Oct 1995 in Beijing, China. Oral papers and posters were presents, of which 181 are contained in the Proceedings of the FAFF. Some not included were either withdrawn (for technical reasons ...
Welcher Fisch ist das? Die Susswasserfische Mitteleuropas [What Fish is That?: The Freshwater Fish of Central Europe]Matthias Bergbauer200 excellent colour photos show the 100 most common freshwater fish of Central Europe in their natural habitat. The pictures are accompanied by concise information on morphology, behaviour, range and directions for species conservation.
Wild Salmonids in the Urbanizing Pacific NorthwestJ Alan Yeakley, Robert M Hughes and Kathleen G Maas-HebnerWild salmon, trout, char, grayling, and whitefish (collectively salmonids) have been a significant local food and cultural resource for Pacific Northwest peoples for millennia. The location, size, and distribution of urban areas along ...
A Check-List of Hover-Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Eastern HimalayasBulganin Mitra, M Mukherjee and D BanerjeeKnowledge of the syrphid fauna of the Eastern Himalayan Region is poor. The literature on the flower flies of this region is diffuse and scattered in the state fauna series of the Zoological Survey of India. The present check-list is ...
47 pages | no illustrations | Paperback | 01/2008 | 9788181711908 | #230816A | £14.99 Add to basket
A Collection of Cumacea from the South West and South East Coasts of IndiaA Radha Devi and CV KurianThe Cumacea, an order of small marine crustaceans of the superorder Peracarida, dealt with in this paper are mostly from collections obtained from Karwar, Calicut, Cochin, Purakkad, Quilon, Vizhinjom, Cape Comorin, Tuticorin and ...
A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of IndiaPeter SmetacekThis easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 butterfly species most commonly seen in India is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from India's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed ...
A Passion for ButterfliesThe Life and Travels of a Butterfly ArtistIan D Loe and Sir Ghillean T PranceA magnificent synthesis of outstanding entomological art and a life spent pursuing butterflies across the world. This finely produced, large-folio publication is limited to 255 signed and numbered copies. The quality of butterfly painting ...
A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia: Part 1, StigmoderiniMark R GoldingPart one of this ongoing series of guides on beetles focuses on the tribe Stigmoderini.
A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia: Part 2, CicindelidaeMark R GoldingPart two of this ongoing series of guides on beetles focuses on the subfamily Cicindelidae. or tiger beetles.
A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia: Part 3, ChalcophorinaeMark R GoldingPart three of this ongoing series of guides on beetles focuses on the subfamily Chalcophorinae.
A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia: Part 4, BolboceratinaeMark R GoldingPart four of this ongoing series of guides on beetles focuses on the subfamily Bolboceratinae.
A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia: Part 5, CetoniidaeMark R GoldingPart five of this ongoing series of guides on beetles focuses on the Cetoniidae or flower chafers.
Bee TimeLessons from the HiveMark L WinstonBeing among bees is a full-body experience, Mark Winston writes – from the low hum of tens of thousands of insects and the pungent smell of honey and beeswax, to the sight of workers flying back and forth between flowers and the ...
Biology of OystersBrian BayneBiology of Oysters is a definitive and comprehensive resource that offers deep insight into the scientific structure of oysters. Written by an expert in the field of shellfish research, this book presents more than 50 years of ...
Bogarak a Pannon Regioban [Beetles of the Pannonian Region]Otto Merkl and Karoly VigAll superfamilies and families (114) found in the Pannonian biogeographical region are reviewed in detail. Nearly 700 original photographs and paintings About 1800 species mentioned and treated ...
494 pages | ~700 colour photos and colour illustrations | Hardback | 01/2011 | #230885A | £100.00 Add to basket
Bombyces and Sphinges of the Alps and their Larvae, Pupae and Cocoons / Bombici e Sfingi delle Alpi: E Loro Larva, PupePaolo PaolucciThis guide covers around 16 families of moths, traditionally gathered under general names of Bombyces and Sphinges. About 350 species of alpine moths are illustrated with more than 2,000 color original drawings showing the adults, larvae ...
Caracoles y Babosas de la Peninsula Iberica y Baleares [Snails and Slugs of the Iberian Peninsula and the BalearicJordi Cadevall and Albert OrozcoThe most comprehensive and updated study on snails and slugs in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, with the participation of 23 experts and scientists, 21 photographers and various European natural science museums.
Catalogue des Colopteres du Maroc, Volume 1: Coleoptera, Bruchidae [Catalogue of Coleoptera of Morocco, Volume 1:Rafael Yus Ramos and Harold LabriqueThis book includes 12 plates showing 80 imagos (the last stage during metamorphosis) in colour. The comprehensive index lists all families, subfamilies, tribes, genera, and sub-genera covered in the catalog.
Commercial and Medicinal Important Molluscs of SundarbansAnirudha DeyThis is the first comprehensive report regarding the commercial and medicinal important molluscs of the Sundarbans. It deals with 16 species of molluscs, of which 6 species are from freshwater and 10 species are from estuarine and marine ...
Conservation of the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly in AustraliaDonald PA Sands and Tim R NewThis survey of one the longest insect conservation campaigns in Australia deals with recovery of one of the most iconic endemic butterflies, the Richmond birdwing, threatened by clearance and fragmentation of subtropical rainforest in ...
Contribution to the Knowledge of Indian Marine Molluscs, Part 4: Family TellinidaeA DeyThe objective of this paper is to update our knowledge on tellinids of lndia. The present account deals with the species inhabiting the Indian sea and estuaries. lt includes their up-to-date nomenclature, synonymy, distinctive features ...
Das Geheime Leben der Insekten: Luftakrobaten und Kletterkunstler in Unseren Garten [The Secret Life of Insects:Monique Berger and Michel GaudichonYour garden is a jungle of spiders and insects such as butterflies, bumblebees and wild bees, who lead a secretive life here. Immerse yourself in their world, take a look behind the scenes of insects hotels and plaster cracks, experience ...
Diversity of Bee-flies (Bombyliidae: Diptera) in IndiaDhriti Banerjee and Bulganin MitraThe bee-flies or Bombyliidae constitute one of the large and diverse families of brachycerous diptera. In general, the bombyliids are colourful flies with dense pubescence and marbled wings, and occur over a wide variety of habitats.
Echinodermata of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bay of BengalAn Annotated ListDRK SastryAccounts on the echinoderms of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands off the coast of India are widely scattered in the literature and not easily available. As a result, researchers, conservation and management personnel as well as others ...
Fauna Sinica Invertebrata, Volume 55: Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conidae [Chinese]Li Fenglan and Lin MinyuThis volume deals with the species of Conidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of China seas based mainly on the colletions of the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in the past years. A total of 128 species are recorded and described ...
285 pages | 2 plates with illustrations | Hardback | 06/2016 | 9787030488701 | #230960A | £77.50 Add to basket
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 63: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae (I) [Chinese]Ren GuodongThe beetle tribe Blaptini Leach, 1815, belongs to the Tenebrionidae, Polyphaga, Coleoptera, and is an important genus of ornamental and pharmaceutical insect. In this volume of Fauna Sinica, Chinese Blaptini is fairly completely ...
608 pages | 48 plates with colour & b/w photos; 248 b/w photos and b/w line drawings | Hardback | 06/2016 | 9787030488718 | #231212A | £130.00 Add to basket
For the Love of Rhinoceros and Stag Beetles [English / Chinese]Jonathan Ting Lai and Ko Hsin-PingFor the Love of Rhinoceros and Stag Beetles is the number one reference in the world for the keeping and breeding of Dynastines (rhinoceros beetles), Lucanids (stag beetles), Cetoniines (flower beetles), Rutelines (metallic beetles ...
Geographical Distribution and Zoogeography of Odonata (Insecta) of Meghalaya, IndiaTridib Ranjan MitraThe first record of Odonata from the Indian state of Meghalaya was made by Selys and Hagen in 1853 (Lahiri 1987). Lahiri (op. cit) compiled as well as studied the available materials from the state and reported 147 species and subspecies ...
History of Bee-Keeping in BritainH Malcolm FraserMalcolm Fraser, a past President of the British Beekeepers Association has written a most interesting account of the development of beekeeping in Great Britain. Through these pages past beekeepers come to life as the real people who have ...
Hyppivat ja Hohtavat: Suomen Sepat, Sepikat, Rikkasepat ja Jalokuoriaiset [Jumpers and Glowers: Finnish Click BeetlesKari Heliovaara, Ilpo Mannerkoski, Jyrki Muona, Juha Siitonen and Hans SilverbergThis is the first time the Finnish beetle fauna of click beetles, false click beetles (Eucnemidae), false metallic wood-boring beetles (Throscidae), and bright metallic jewel beetles (Buprestidae) are presented in book form. This book ...
Illinois Butterflies & MothsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungIllinois' state butterfly – the Monarch – is one of over 480 species of butterflies and moths found in this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 70 familiar and unique species and includes information ...
Indiana Butterflies & MothsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe huge, stunning, green luna moth, is one of over 600 species of butterflies and moths found in the diverse ecosystems of this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 70 familiar and unique species and includes information ...
Kansas Butterflies & MothsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe sky blue spring azure – one of the earliest spring butterflies, is one of over 380 species of butterflies and moths found in the diverse ecosystems of this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 70 familiar ...
Key to the Genera of Pteromalidae of India and the Adjacent Countries (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)PM Sureshan and TC NarendranFrom the introduction: "The family Pteromalidae is one of the largest and taxonomically difficult families of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) to deal with. They are distributed in all biogeographical areas of the world and ...
Maine Butterflies & MothsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe gorgeous rosy maple moth is one of over 500 species of butterflies and moths found in this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 70 familiar and unique species and includes information on their life cycle and ...
Marine ProtistsDiversity and DynamicsSusumu Ohtsuka, Toshinobu Suzaki, Takeo Horiguchi, Noritoshi Suzuki and Fabrice NotThis comprehensive book provides a unique overview of advances in the biology and ecology of marine protists. Nowadays marine protistology is a hot spot in science to disclose life phenomena using the latest techniques. Although many ...
Massachusetts Butterflies & MothsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe unusual American snout butterfly is one of over 1,200 species of butterflies and moths found in this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 70 familiar and unique species and includes information on their life cycles ...
Mealybugs of the Indian Agriculture and HorticultureM Mani and C ShivarajuMealybugs and Their Management in Agricultural and Horticultural Crops is a compilation of information on all basic aspects of mealybugs, as well as management strategies for mealybug species affecting different crop plants in ...
Minnesota Butterflies & MothsA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungMinnesota's state insect – the monarch butterfly – is one of over 880 species of butterflies and moths found in this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 70 familiar and unique species and includes ...
Mites: Ecology, Evolution & BehaviourLife at a MicroscaleDavid Evans Walter and Heather Coreen ProctorWhat creatures live in the dark depths of the ocean, in the lungs of birds, in the canopies of rainforests and in the pillow beneath your head? MITES. Wherever biologists have peered, from forest floors to facial pores, they have found these tiny ..
Monografie Donacilla cornea [German]Werner HuberA monographic treatment of Donacilla cornea with a focus on the amazing variability of this bivalve species.
120 pages | plates with colour photos | Hardback | 07/2016 | #230830A | £200.00 Add to basket
Mononchida (Nematoda) of West Bengal, IndiaTaxonomy and EcologyTiasi Jana, Amalendu Chartterjee and Buddhadeb MannaMononchida are a group of predatory nematodes. Knowledge on their taxonomy rapidly became available during the 1970s as a result of the work of nematologist communities around the world. This contribution lays out the taxonomy and ecology ...
Processionary Moths and Climate ChangeAn UpdateAlain RoquesBecause of its peculiar biology, its negative impacts on forestry, and its urticating larvae affecting human and animal health, pine processionary moth has largely been studied in many European countries during the last century.
Quantitative and Qualitative Studies on Plant and Soil Nematodes Associated with Crops of Economic Importance in RajasthPadma BohraThis volume reports the results of quantitative and qualitative studies on plant and soil nematodes associated with crops of economic importance in Rajasthan, India.
SOS Abeilles: 100 Problemes et Solutions [SOS Bees: 100 Problems and Solutions]James E Tew, Denis Richard and Arnaud AsselinIdentify problems early and treat them quickly to keep bees healthy and hives clean. This practical guide provides the necessary help to solve the 100 most commonly encountered problems and provides concrete solutions. Issues addressed ...
Spiders of Western CanadaJohn Hancock and Kathleen HancockSpiders are creepy, weird creatures that inspire fear and fascination in everyone from the very young to adults. Some are beneficial yet we're still terrified of them. Some are harmless and others can poison much larger species with ...
Studies on Freshwater Prawns of Family Atyidae and Palaemonidae from Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur districts, Tamil Nadu,N Mariappan and Richard JDuring research work from 1990 to 1997 on freshwater prawns of the family Atyidae and Palaemonidae from Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, India, one new species of the genus Caridina H. Milne Edwards was discovered ...
Studies on Oriental Dermaptera Preserved in the B.P. Museum, Hawaii, U.S.A.GK SrivastavaA total of 90 species belonging to 40 genera are dealt with in this paper of which 40 are from China, 32 from Thailand, 28 from Vietnam, 17 from Laos, 4 from Hong Kong, 3 from India and 1 from Cambodia. Out of these altogether 16 species ...
Studies on Symbiotic Flagellates from some Indian TermitesPatralekha Mukherjee and PK MaitiThe present paper deals with a taxonomic study of the symbiotic flagellates from some wood-inhabiting termites of the families Kalotermitidae and Rhinotermitidae from different parts of India. Altogether 48 species of flagellates recovered ...
Studies on Taxonomy, Biology, and Ecology of Grasshoppers Infesting Field Crops and Vegetables with Notes on Nymphal TaxSK Mondal, Ashis Kumar Hazra and SK TandonThe short horned grasshoppers belong to the superfamiiy Acridoidea under the Order Orthoptera. The Acrididae and Pyrgomorphidae are exclusively herbivorous occuring abundantly and are most injurious to agricultural crops, vegetables and ...
Taxonomic Revision and Distribution of Family Lycaenidae (Papilionoidea: Lepidoptera) from Indian HimalayaAvtar Kaur Sidhu and Charn KumarThis monograph presents a thorough taxonomic revision of the Family Lycaenidae (Papilionoidea: Lepidoptera) from the Indian Himalayas.
352 pages | 36 plates with colour photos, 130 plates with b/w photos; tables | Paperback | 01/2016 | 9788181714367 | #231261A | £135.00 Add to basket
Termite Fauna of North Eastern IndiaGeeta BoseAs many as 76 species of termites belonging to 27 genera of families Kalotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae, Stylotermitidae, Indotermitidae and Termitidae, have been revealed through studies of these insects. This comprises 25 percent of the ...
Terrestrial Molluscs in Yunnan [Chinese]Chen YuanxiaoTerrestrial Molluscs in Yunnan describes the terrestrial molluscs from Yunnan province, Southwest China. A total of 125 species (1 new) belonging to 55 genera, 19 families, and 3 orders are described. Their Chinese name, Latin name ...
The Enigma That Was Thomas William CowanRJ HawkerThomas William Cowan was head of the beekeeping establishment in Britain for the first fifty years of its existence, and had a substantial influence on the manner in which honey bees are domestically kept today. In this volume Bob Hawker ...
The Ixodid Ticks of Zambia (Acarina: Ixodidae)A Study of Distribution, Ecology, and Host RelationshipsSK TandonTicks in Zambia are known to infest a large variety of domestic and wild animals causing severe economic losses to the animal industry because they harbour and transmit fatal diseases which lower the productivity in the affected animals.
The Recent Molluscan Fauna of Äle Clipperton (Tropical Eastern Pacific)Kirstie L KaiserScientific expeditions to Île Clipperton, an uninhabited 6 km2 coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Central America, were undertaken in 1994, 1998, 2005 and 2007 to investigate community composition ...
The Secret Life of FliesErica McAlisterEnter a hidden world of snail killers, silly names and crazy sex in The Secret Life of Flies. Entomolologist Erica McAlister dispels many common misconceptions and reveals how truly amazing, exotic and important these creatures ...
Welches Insekt ist das?: 170 Insekten Einfach Bestimmen [Which Insect is That? Easily Identifying 170 Insects]Heiko BellmannThe practical and competent nature guide for on the road - recommended by NABU, the German Nature Conservation Society. - Detailed: reliable identification of 170 familiar domestic insects. - Thorough: all the characteristics ...
Wetland Mosquito Fauna of Tamil NaduK IlangoThe wetlands of India are exceptionally diverse comprising 2167 natural habitats and 65,253 artificial sites, which constitute 0.47% of the land surface area. In Tamil Nadu, the wetland ecosystems comprise more than 30 natural habitats ...
ZooKeys 521: A Revision of the Australian Digger Wasps in the Genus Sphex (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)Thorleif H D rfel and Michael OhlDigger wasps of the genus Sphex (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) occur on all continents, though their species diversity is greatest in the Australian and Oceanian region. Females are gregarious and construct ground nests that are then ...
104 pages | colour photos, b/w line drawings, b/w distribution maps | Paperback | 09/2015 | 9789546427878 | #230760A | £45.50 Add to basket
Palaeontology
Atlas of Taphonomic Illustrations1001+ Images of Fossil and Recent Mammal Bone ModificationYolanda Fernandez-Jalvo and Peter AndrewsThe aim of Atlas of Taphonomic Illustrations is to provide images of taphonomic modifications, making it as comprehensive as possible with evidence presently available. This volume is intended both as a field guide for identifying ...
Dinosaurs from China [English]Dong ZhimingDinosaurs from China introduces the history of dinosaur studies in China, then chronicles, in geological sequence and by geographical area, all the discoveries made by Chinese palaeontologists, including the animals that were ...
114 pages | 180 photos and illustrations | Hardback | 01/1988 | #230655A | £38.99 Add to basket
Discrete Biochronological Time ScalesJean Guex, Federico Galster and Oyvind HammerThe object of Discrete Biochronological Time Scales is to explain how to create a synthesis of complex biostratigraphic data, and how to extract from such a synthesis a relative time scale based exclusively on the fossil content ...
Early Evolutionary History of the SynapsidaChristian F Kammerer, Kenneth D Angielczyk and Jorg FrobischNon-mammalian synapsids were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates from the Late Carboniferous to the Middle Triassic and play a key role in understanding the origin and evolution of mammals. Despite these facts and the outstanding fossil ...
Fossils: A Photographic Field GuideChris Pellant and Helen PellantThis title offers a new, reformatted and updated edition of this popular title which is suitable for experts and armchair enthusiasts alike. Fossils: A Photographic Field Guide will appeal to anyone interested in uncovering the many mysteries ...
Heyuan Dinosaurs [English / Chinese]Huang DongHeyuan Dinosaurs uses photos as its main thread. It records the whole process of the discovery of the Heyuan dinosaurs. The picture album employs detailed information and concise language to transcribe the history of Heyuan dinosaurs ...
Klima und Mensch: Eine 12.000-Jahrige Geschichte [Climate and Man: A 12,000-Year Story]Heinz WannerDuring the Holocene, the current warm period, the climate has repeatedly influenced human history and social developments significantly. The well-known climatologist Heinz Wanner describes the basic processes in the climate ...
Oviraptorid Dinosaurs from Southern China [English / Chinese]Lu JunchangHeyuannia huangi Lu, 2003 from the Late Cretaceous of Southern China is described in detail. The revised diagnosis of Heyuannia huangi includes the following characters: quadratojugal articular surface of the quadrate ...
Papers from the 2005 Heyuan International Dinosaur SymposiumLu JunchuangHeyuan Basin is one of ten basins in Guangdong Province, China, and occupies about 725 km2, consisting of the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene deposits. The Heyuan Basin has produced not only Hyyuannia, the first derived ...
Research Papers on Dinosaur in China (2)China Scientific Book Services (CSBS)This collection contains the following 18 articles: 1. Ornithopod (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) tracks from the Upper Cretaceous Zhutian Formation in the Nanxiong basin, Guangdong, China and general observations on large Chinese ...
Shantungosaurus giganteus [English / Chinese]Hu ChengzhiIn August 1964, a comprehensive research party of the Bureau of Petroleum Geology, Ministry of Geology, China, discovered a new fossiliferous site and collected some fossil remains from the Cretaceous beds in Zhucheng County, Shandong ...
157 pages | 18 plates with illustrations | Hardback | 01/1999 | #230629A | £64.99 Add to basket
The Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events, Volume 1: Precambrian and PaleozoicM Gabriela M íngano and Luis A BuatoisThe Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events: Volume 1: Precambrian and Paleozoic addresses major evolutionary changes that took place during the Ediacaran and the Paleozoic. These include discussions on the nature of ...
The Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events, Volume 2: Mesozoic and CenozoicM Gabriela M íngano and Luis A BuatoisThe Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events, Volume 2: Mesozoic and Cenozoic addresses major evolutionary changes that took place during the Mesozoic and the Cenozoic. These include discussions on major evolutionary ...
The Tyrannosaur ChroniclesThe Biology of the Tyrant DinosaursDavid HoneTyrannosaurus is by some margin the most famous dinosaur in the world, adored by children and adults alike, and it is often the only one that many people can name. An impressive beast, it topped 10 tons, was more than 15 m long ...
312 pages | 8 plates with colour photos and colour illustrations; b/w illustrations | Hardback | 04/2016 | 9781472911254 | #219000A | £11.50 Add to basketPaperback | /NULL | 9781472911261 | #219001A | £12.99 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 04/2017 | 9781472911285 | #219002A | £9.99 Add to basket
Weird DinosaursHow New Fossil Discoveries are Changing the Face of PalaeontologyJohn PickrellWe're in a golden age of dinosaur discovery and the new species being unearthed are fiercer, stranger and more diverse than anyone imagined. From the high plains of the Gobi Desert to the jungles of Madagascar and the Australian outback ...
Ethnobiology of Corals and Coral ReefsNemer E Narchi and Lisa L PriceEthnobiology of Corals and Coral Reefs explores the ethnobiology of corals by examining the various ways in which humans, past and present, have exploited and taken care of coral and coralline habitats. This book will bring the ...
Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico: Before the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Volume 1Water Quality, Sediments, Sediment Contaminants, Oil and Gas Seeps, Coastal Habitats, Offshore Plankton and Benthos, andC Herb WardThe Gulf of Mexico is an open and dynamic marine ecosystem rich in natural resources but heavily impacted by human activities, including agricultural, industrial, commercial and coastal development. Nutrients and pollutants from coastal ...
Habitats and Biota of the Gulf of Mexico: Before the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Volume 2Fish Resources, Fisheries, Sea Turtles, Avian Resources, Marine Mammals, Diseases and MortalitiesC Herb WardThe Gulf of Mexico is an open and dynamic marine ecosystem rich in natural resources but heavily impacted by human activities, including agricultural, industrial, commercial and coastal development. Nutrients and pollutants from coastal ...
Hydrography in Relation to Benthic Macro-Invertebrates in Mir-Alam Lake, Hyderabad, Andhra PradeshG Anitha, SVA Chandrasekhar and MS KodarkarThe last half of the 20th century has been witness to two phenomena of great ecological consequence: first, unprecedented population growth and second, industrialization. These two have had immediate adverse impact on fresh water ecosystems ...
Zooplankton Diversity in Floodplain Lakes of AssamSumita Sharma and BK SharmaFloodplain lakes form an integral component of major river systems of the world. In India, they are mainly distributed in Eastern Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Northeastern India. Although limnological investigations in India begin ...
A Century of ParasitologyDiscoveries, Ideas and Lessons Learned by Scientists Who Published in the Journal of Parasitology, 1914-2014Jr.,John Janovy and Gerald W EschReviews key areas in ecological, medical and molecular parasitology - Features essays from some of the world's leading parasitologists - Each topic is set in context by featuring a key paper from the Journal of Parasitology ...
Aconcagua: Summit of South AmericaHarry KikstraOf the seven continental summits, Aconcagua (at 6962 m / 22,840 ft) lies second only to Everest. Yet it is surprisingly free of snow and ice, and experienced hikers can reach the roof of the Americas without technical expertise.
An Adventurous Life of Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky, Described by Himself [Russian]VA KrivokhatskyMemoirs of Victor Motschulsky (1910-1871), a famous Russian officer who travelled all over the world and, as an amateur, collected and described hundreds of species, mainly beetles, but also some more insect and other terrestrial arthropods ...
Anthology of FlowersJane Field-Lewis and Richard MaxtedInspired by classic illustrated botanical volumes, this is a modern celebration of wild, garden and exotic flowers. A single photographic image captures the intricate detail, form, texture and colour of each flower. The hauntingly beautiful ...
Arctic SonFulfilling the DreamJean AspenThe chronicle of a family's first year alone in Alaskan wilderness, here is a poetic exploration into what we value in life. In 1992 Jean Aspen took her husband, Tom, and their young son to live in Alaska's interior mountains where ...
Being a BeastCharles HW FosterCharles Foster wanted to know what it was like to be a beast: a badger, an otter, a deer, a fox, a swift. What it was really like. And through knowing what it was like he wanted to get down and grapple with the beast in us all.
Brilliant BirdsAn amazing collection of more than 300 of the most colourful, beautiful and bizarre birds on earth. From novel nesters to soaring sensations, birds from around the globe are grouped to show off the features that make them special.
British WildlifeAn amazing visual collection of the colourful, curious and varied wildlife that calls Britain 'home'. From familiar friends to the rare and elusive, from foxes to fungi and fish to flowers, the British Isles are bursting with ...
British Wildlife Photography Awards, Collection 7This superb collection of imagery showcases the very best of the BritishWildlife Photography Awards, an annual competition celebrating thebreathtaking diversity of the natural history of the British Isles.The photographs within the book ...
Call of the WildA Celebration of British LandscapesRoly Smith and Sir Chris BoningtonWhere in the crowded British Isles would you look for wildernesss? Surprisingly, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland have a variety of wild landscapes unrivalled anywhere in the world. Call of the Wild was published to celebrate ...
Climates, Landscapes, and CivilizationsLiviu Giosan, Dorian Q Fuller, Kathleen Nicoll, Rowan K Flad and Peter D CliftClimates, Landscapes, and Civilizations brings together a collection of studies on the history of complex interrelationships between humans and their environment by integrating Earth science with archeology and anthropology.
Denali / Mount McKinleySummit of North AmericaHarry KikstraAt 6194 m (20,320 ft) Denali (Mt McKinley) is the highest mountain in North America. Its arctic latitude makes for extreme weather conditions and its remote location in the Alaskan wilderness means that climbing teams must be self-reliant ...
Driven WildHow the Fight Against Automobiles Launched the Modern Wilderness MovementPaul S Sutter and William CrononIn its infancy, the movement to protect wilderness areas in the United States was motivated less by perceived threats from industrial and agricultural activities than by concern over the impacts of automobile owners seeking recreational ...
Environment, Society and the Black DeathAn Interdisciplinary Approach to the Late-Medieval Crisis in SwedenPer LagerasIn the mid-fourteenth century the Black Death ravaged Europe, leading to dramatic population drop and social upheavals. Recurring plague outbreaks together with social factors pushed Europe into a deep crisis that lasted for more than ...
Everest: Summit of the WorldHarry KikstraAt 8848 m (29,028 ft) Mount Everest has the world's highest summit. Trying to reach it means facing extreme conditions and the utmost physical demands. The author explains how to plan and prepare, and how to deal with altitude sickness ..
Explore Mount KilimanjaroMarangu, Machame, Lemosho and RongaiJacquetta MegarryAt 5895 metres (nearly 4 miles) above sea level, the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest point on earth that a walker can reach. Success is not guaranteed, because each person's response to rapid altitude gain is different.
Explore the Great WallJacquetta MegarryThe Great Wall of China is the largest construction on earth, yet myths about it are more widely known than facts. The best way to appreciate the Great Wall is to explore it on foot. This richly illustrated book focuses on especially rewarding ...
Explore the Inca TrailJacquetta Megarry and Roy DaviesThe third edition of this popular guidebook contains everything the walker needs to plan and enjoy hiking the Inca trail to Machu Picchu in Peru, with three routes taking from 2-7 days. It includes advice on how to prevent and manage altitude ...
Explore the Tour of Mont BlancGareth McCormackThe Tour of Mont Blanc is Europe's most popular long-distance walk, encircling the highest mountain in the Alps (and arguably in the continent). This classic alpine route runs for 170 km (106 miles) and can be completed in 11 days.
From Moa to DinosaursExplore & Discover Ancient New ZealandGillian Candler and Ned BarraudFrom Moa to Dinosaurs, the fifth title in the acclaimed Explore & Discover series for children, looks back in time to reveal what lived in ancient New Zealand. The book begins with a glimpse of the animals that live ...
Great ExpeditionsCelebrating 40 Official and Amateur Journeys Around the World in Rare Artworks and Photographs, Classic Texts and TravelBeau RiffenburghDiscover some of the great archival treasures of the Royal Geographical Society. Some of the greatest expeditions are described and illustrated with maps, photographs and illustrations by official artists and photographers, and members ...
Industrial ScarsPhotographs of the Hidden Costs of ConsumptionJ Henry Fair, Bill McKibben and Lewis SmithIndustrial Scars is the work of environmentalist and photographer, J Henry Fair, who brings our attention to the tragic effects created by the human impact on our planet. Each of Fair's striking images are accompanied by ...
Invisible CountrySouthwest Australia: Understanding a LandscapeBill BunburyWhen Europeans first settled in Australia, the land withheld many of its secrets from these new arrivals. There were broad rivers, wide plains and tall forests, all of which, to European eyes, suggested promising sites for settlement.
Is No Problem...Simon Davey"Don't worry... Is no problem!" – the laid-back reply often voiced by local reps eager to help when the author was seeking advice on his travels around the world as a natural history tour guide. Yet, inevitably, the ...
Kilimanjaro: Summit of AfricaJacquetta MegarryAt 5895 m (19340 ft) Mount Kilimanjaro is the summit of Africa, yet accessible to hikers who are determined and well-prepared. The author explains how to plan and prepare, and how to deal with altitude sickness. She describes the ascent ...
Les Requins: Les Connaitre pour les Comprendre [Sharks: Knowing Them in Order to Understand Them]Bernard Seret and Julien SSoIt has only been twenty years that sharks have been a real object of scientific research. No less than 16% of species known to date have been discovered during the past fifteen years. And the census is far from over! This cartoon describes ...
Living FossilsClues to the PastCaroline Arnold and Andrew PlantLiving fossils are modern-day animals that very closely resemble their ancient relatives. Meet the coelacanth, horseshoe crab, dragonfly, tuatara, nautilus, and Hula painted frog. All are living fossils. Why have they changed so little ...
Minh Hausler: The Fusion of Flora and ArtMinh H ñusler"Ikebana" means living flowers. This literal meaning discloses a form of artistic expression in which the natural beauty of the flowers and blossoms unfolds in conversation with the artist's powerful formal language.
Mountain MenStories from the Tasmanian High CountrySimon Cubit and Nic HaygarthMountain Men tells the stories of ten men who lived, worked and played in the Tasmanian high country from 1870 to 1990. Hunters, mineral prospectors, guides, rangers and tourism operators, horse riders and walkers, they all play ...
Now You See Them, Now You Don'tPoems About Creatures That HideDavid L Harrison and Giles LarocheAnimals and insects use camouflage to hide from hunters or to ambush prey. Stealth is a very useful technique when it comes to survival. In this fun and informative collection of poems, we meet animals such as the polar bear and the octopus ...
Opening Space ResearchDreams, Technology, and Scientific DiscoveryGeorge H LudwigOpening Space Research: Dreams, Technology, and Scientific Discovery is George Ludwig's account of the early development of space-based electromagnetic physics, with a focus on the first U.S. space launches and the discovery ...
Os Mastodontes de Barriga Cheia e Outras Historias: Cronicas de Biologia e Conservacao da NaturezaFernando FernandezOs Mastodontes de Barriga Cheia e Outras Histórias is the highly anticipated new book of popular science author Fernando Fernandez, author of the surprise hit ...
Pantanal: Aves e Cores [Pantanal: Birds and Colours]Marcelo Silva Oliveira, Fl ívio Augusto Teixeira de Barros and Thomas Thauan KillWith texts by researcher Thauan Kill Thomaz and images recorded through the lens of photographer and environmentalist Marcelo Silva de Oliveira, Pantanal: Aves e Cores invites the reader to a journey through the colours and wealth ...
Paper Zoo500 Years of Animals in ArtCharlotte SleighThe Paper Zoo traces the varied and vital role of natural history illustration in science and art since the fifteenth century. Sumptuous images from giants of the genre – such as the birds of John J. Audubon, or the insects ...
Pop-Up PlanetFrom the Highest Mountain to the Deepest OceanCamilla de la BedoyereGo on a pop-up journey through the habitats of the world, from the tip of the highest mountain down to the bottom of the deepest ocean. This new book combines a non-fiction element with gorgeous illustrations and fascinating pop-up scenes ...
Sacred IbisThe Ornithology of Canon Henry Baker Tristram, DD, FRSWilliam G HaleHenry Baker Tristram was a surprising and remarkable man: explorer, ornithologist, and priest. With his wild beard (for which he required special permission from his bishop) he undertook expeditions to the Sahara and Palestine at a time ...
Sand County Revisited: Stories from the Leopold ShackEstella B LeopoldIn 1949, Oxford University Press published ecologist and writer Aldo Leopold's (1887-1948) classic work, A Sand County Almanac. The book, which has sold over two million copies worldwide, develops Leopold's @land ethic@, calling for a responsible ...
Selfie mit Lowenzahn: Entdecke die Natur mit Smartphone und Tablet [Selfie with Dandelions: Discover Nature withFrauke Hohberger and Rita LuderCameras help you see, while the recording function lets you listen to playbacks – this will make children stroll attentively through flowering meadows and dense forests, or sit quietly on rocks and discover nature.
Settle to Carlisle WayWalk the Famous RailwayVivienne Crow and WR MitchellThe Settle to Carlisle Way is a newly developed route that runs from station to station, mostly within sight of the famous railway. It goes for 97 miles (156 km) northward from Settle, soon enjoying great views of the Three Peaks as it ...
Sharks: Get Up Close to Nature's Fiercest PredatorsBen HubbardSharks are the most awe-inspiring creatures on Earth. Killer machines built of tonnes of solid muscle with thousands of teeth and a bite that can crush any sea (or land) animal, these animals are nature's top predators of the sea.
South Downs WayFiona BarltropThis popular National Trail follows undulating terrain from the cathedral city of Winchester to the chalk cliffs at Eastbourne. The book has background on geology, scenery and wildlife, with detailed route description and over 80 photographs ...
Spontaneous Urban PlantsWeeds in NYCDavid SeiterAlthough we tend to think of our cities as concrete jungles, our post-new urban environment is awash in plant life. Wild urban plants have taken root along roadsides and chain-link fences, between cracks of pavement, and within vacant ...
Tewkesbury WalksAn Exploration of Biogeography and EvolutionBernard MichauxTewkesbury Walks is composed of eight chapters, each of which are organised as walks around the Tewkesbury (UK) countryside, which move from the specific to increasingly broader ideas. So, the MS starts with an individual's ...
The Book of TidesA Journey Through the Coastal Waters of Our IslandWilliam ThomsonThis is a book for those who want to understand better how the waters surrounding us affect our daily lives, how it imperceptibly but crucially shapes our actions, and has shaped our landscape for millenia. It's for anyone who knows ...
The Botany of Empire in the Long Eighteenth CenturyYota Batsaki, Sarah Burke Cahalan and Anatole TchikineThe Botany of Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century brings together an international body of scholars working on eighteenth-century botany within the context of imperial expansion. The eighteenth century saw widespread exploration ...
The Drone Camera HandbookA Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Aerial Photography and FilmmakingIvo Marloh, Michael Sanderson and Roger A DeakinsPhotography drones, quadcopters or unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are currently changing film and photography forever, and amateurs and professionals alike are scrambling to get to grips with this new and fast-evolving technology.
The Edge of EvolutionAnimality, Inhumanity, & Doctor MoreauRonald EdwardsThe Edge of Evolution presents a re-reading of H. G. Wells' novel The Island of Doctor Moreau as a key to addressing the controversies of our own humanity. Ron Edwards is a broadly-experienced researcher and teacher ...
The History of the State Darwin Museum in Photographs: Album / Istoriia Darvinovskogo Muzeia v Fotografiiakh: Al'bomAnna Iosifovna KliukinaThis album contains photos from the history of the State Darwin Museum, a natural history museum in Moscow, and gives a brief history of the formation of its collections. The book introduces the reader to the founder of the museum ...
The January ManA Year of Walking BritainChristopher Somerville"In January 2006, a month or two after my father died, I thought I saw him again – a momentary impression of an old man, a little stooped, setting off for a walk in his characteristic fawn corduroys and shabby quilted jacket.
The Man Who Ate the ZooFrank Buckland, Forgotten Hero of Natural HistoryRichard GirlingFrank Buckland was an extraordinary man – a surgeon, a natural historian, a sell-out lecturer, a bestselling writer, a museum curator... and a conservationist, before the concept even existed. Eccentric, revolutionary, popular ...
The Mystery of John ColterThe Man Who Discovered YellowstoneRonald M Anglin and Larry E MorrisFrom the first account of "Colter's Run," published in 1810, fascination with John Colter, one of America's most famous and yet least known frontiersmen and discoverer of Yellowstone Park, has never waned. Unlike other ...
The Natural History Diaries of Willoughby VernerWilloughby VernerWilloughby Verner is undoubtedly best known for his classic work My Life Among the Wild Birds in Spain which was publishedin 1909. He enjoyed the reputation of being a committed “hunter-naturalist” as well as a hardened ...
The Nature of AutumnJim CrumleyIn autumn nature stages some of its most enchantingly beautiful displays; yet it's also a period for reflection, melancholy even, as the days shorten and winter's chill approaches. Taking in September to November, Jim Crumley tells ...
The Pacific RaincoastEnvironment and Culture of an American EdenRobert BuntingThe Pacific Northwest has always invoked images of lush forested landscapes and travelog vistas. More recently, such images have been marred by much-publicized controversies pitting spotted owls and salmon against logging interests and ...
The People and the BayA Social and Environmental History of Hamilton HarbourNancy B Bouchier, Ken Cruikshank and Graeme WynnThe People and the Bay explores the complicated relationship between Hamilton Harbour and the people who came to reside on its shores. From the time of European settlement through to Hamilton's rise as an industrial city ...
The Rhinoceros and the MegatheriumAn Essay in Natural HistoryJuan Pimentel and Peter MasonOne animal left India in 1515, caged in the hold of a Portuguese ship, and sailed around Africa to Lisbon – the first of its species to see Europe for more than a thousand years. The other crossed the Atlantic from South America to ...
The Speyside WayJacquetta Megarry and Jim StrachanThe Speyside Way runs for 80 miles (129 km) from the fishing port of Buckie to Aviemore in the foothills of the Cairngorms. Following the lovely valley of the River Spey, you walk through countryside rich in malt whisky and wildlife ...
The Valley of Mutum: Atlantic Forest Birds / Vale do Mutum: Aves da Mata Atlantica [English / Portuguese]Tavinho Moura and Marcio BorgesComposer, singer, instrumentalist and passionate photographer, Tavinho Moura spent three years makeing about 50 trips to record the biodiversity of the Atlantic Forest. "I was able to work in a wide area and live the excitement of ...
The West Highland WayJacquetta MegarryThe West Highland Way is Scotland's most popular long-distance walk, running 96 miles (155 km) from Glasgow, Scotland's largest city, through its first National Park, across the western Highlands to the foot of its highest mountain ...
The Wicklow WayJacquetta Megarry and Sandra BardwellThe Wicklow Way is Ireland's first and most popular Waymarked Way, running between Marlay Park (Dublin) and Clonegal, 82 miles (132 km) to the south. It offers varied and scenic walking on the flanks of the Wicklow mountains with ...
Theodor Cantor: Zoology of Chusan (China)Theodore Cantor (1809-1860), discoverer of the king cobra, authored major early works on the vertebrates – especially the amphibians and reptiles – of China, India, and the Malay Peninsula. He was a Danish physician and naturalist ...
Trek to EverestMax Landsberg and Jacquetta MegarryThe world's highest mountain has lured visitors from all over the world ever since its discovery. Attempting its summit is dangerous and requires special skills and experience, but the trek to its Base Camp in Nepal can be completed ...
Welche Tierspur ist das?: 106 Tierspuren Einfach Bestimmen [Which Animal Track is That?: Easily Identifying 106 AnimalKlaus Richarz and Alfred LimbrunnerThe practical and competent nature guide for on the road - recommended by NABU, the German Nature Conservation Society. - Detailed: reliable identification of 106 familiar animal tracks and traces - Thorough: all the characteristics ...
White EskimoKnud Rasmussen's Fearless Journey into the Heart of the ArcticStephen R BownAmong the explorers made famous for revealing hitherto impenetrable cultures – T. E. Lawrence and Wilfred Thesiger in the Middle East, Richard Burton in Africa – Knud Rasmussen stands out not only for his physical bravery but ...
William Wordsworth and the Ecology of AuthorshipThe Roots on Enviromentalism in Nineteenth-Century CultureScott HessIn William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship, Scott Hess explores Wordsworth's defining role in establishing what he designates as "the ecology of authorship" a primarily middle-class, nineteenth-century ...
Wondrous TruthsThe Improbable Triumph of Modern ScienceJD TroutA fresh, daring, and genuine alternative to the traditional story of scientific progress. Explaining the world around us, and the life within it, is one of the most uniquely human drives, and the most celebrated activity of ...
iExplore - Ocean MonstersNicola DaviesiExplore: Ocean Monsters is packed with fascinating information about the biggest, fiercest and strangest sea creatures, and is sure to inspire a sense of wonder and awe in nature. This book also brilliantly harnesses the wonder ...
A Century of Maritime ScienceThe St. Andrews Biological StationJennifer Hubbard, David Wildish and Robert L StephensonLocated on the Bay of Fundy, the St. Andrews Biological Station is Canada's oldest permanent marine research institution. A Century of Maritime Science reviews the fisheries, environmental, oceanographic, and aquaculture ...
Alaska: A Visual Tour of America's Great LandBob DevineAn amazing tour through its history, culture and landscape, Alaska's stunning imagery and informative text makes it the perfect book for those who dream of visiting the 49th state and those who want to celebrate its singular beauty ...
Big Sur WildlifeA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar AnimalsJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungOne of the most varied and spectacular natural areas in California, Big Sur's pristine beaches and rich forests are teeming with unique wildlife including sea otters, elephant seals, California condors and hundreds of species of butterfly ...
Birds of Golden Gate ParkA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe Golden Gate Park National Recreation Area is the permanent or migratory home of over 250 species of birds. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes a map of the park.
Bradt Travel Guide: Chile: Carretera AustralA Guide to One of the World's Most Scenic Road TripsHugh Sinclair, Warren Houlbrooke and Douglas R TompkinsThis is the first guidebook focussed entirely on the magnificent and historic road uniting northern and southern Patagonia. The few hardy travellers that embark on this journey struggle to find even basic information about the region.
Bradt Travel Guide: The Ivory CoastTom SykesThis is the only English-language guidebook to focus solely on Ivory Coast, a country of crimson savannas, sublime mountains and cream-hued beaches that is becoming popular for ecotourism and wildlife, surfing and off-the-beaten track ..
Dead in Good CompanyA Celebration of Mount Auburn CemeteryJohn Harrison and Kim NagyA series of essays on birds and wildlife at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Illustrated with colour phots on the numerous birds and mammals observed at the oldest landscaped cemetery in the United States.
East Devon & the Jurassic Coast - Slow TravelLocal, Characterful Guides to Britain's Special PlacesHilary Bradt and Janice BoothEast Devon & the Jurassic Coast – Slow Travel is the most comprehensive – and only standalone-guide available to this region. Publication is timed to coincide with the opening of the Seaton Jurassic Visitor ...
Ellavut / Our Yup'ik World & WeatherContinuity and Change on the Bering Sea CoastAnn Fienup-Riordan and Alice ReardenEllavut / Our Yup'ik World and Weather is a result of nearly ten years of gatherings among Yup'ik elders to document the qanruyutet (words of wisdom) that guide their interactions with the environment. In an effort to ...
Ghosts of GondwanaThe History of Life in New ZealandGeorge W GibbsHave you ever wondered why New Zealand's plants and animals are so different from those in other countries? Why kakapo is the only parrot in the world that cannot fly, or why the kiwi lives here and nowhere else? New Zealand is an ...
Idaho WildlifeA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar AnimalsJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe state fish – the cutthroat trout – is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Gem State. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species ...
Illinois WildlifeA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe state mammal – the white-tailed deer – is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Prairie State This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique ...
Indiana WildlifeA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe familiar raccoon is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Hoosier State. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of mammals, birds ...
Iowa WildlifeA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungIowa has seven national wildlife refuges and one wetland management district totaling 110,000 acres. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and ...
Kansas WildlifeA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe state mammal – the bison – is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout Kansas. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of mammals ...
Kentucky WildlifeA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe ubiquitous gray squirrel is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout Kentucky. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of mammals, birds, reptiles ...
Louisiana WildlifeA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar AnimalsJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungWith more than 900 vertebrate species recorded in the state, Louisiana is a wildlife watching mecca. Louisiana Wildlife offers beautiful illustrations of over 140 familiar species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, butterflies ...
Maine WildlifeA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe state mammal – the moose – is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found thoughout Maine. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of mammals ...
Maryland & DC WildlifeA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungWith habitats from tidal marshes, to grasslands to old growth forests, Maryland is home to a wide range of species. Maryland's state reptile – the diamondback terrapin – is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting ...
Massachusetts WildlifeA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe state insect – the ladybug – is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Bay State. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of ...
Michigan WildlifeA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe state reptile – the painted turtle – is one of thousands of species of animals inhabiting the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Great Lakes state. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and ...
Pacific: The Ocean of the FutureSimon WinchesterThe Pacific is a world of tsunamis and Magellan, of the Bounty mutiny and the Boeing Company. It is the stuff of the towering Captain Cook and his wide-ranging network of exploring voyages, Robert Louis Stevenson and Admiral Halsey.
Peak District - Slow TravelLocal, Characterful Guides to Britain's Special PlacesHelen MoatBradt's Peak District – Slow Travel brings a new perspective to this much-loved area. Slow down and let expert local author Helen Moat guide you to not just all the well-known places, but away from the crowds to uncover ...
Shropshire - Slow TravelLocal, Characterful Guides to Britain's Special PlacesMarie KreftWith no directly competing titles, Bradt's Shropshire – Slow Travel fills a much-needed gap in the market for a guide to an area that, of all of the UK's regions, is perhaps most synonymous with 'Slow'.
South Africa WildlifeA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar AnimalsJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungEco-tourists, adventurers, and nature lovers will find African Wildlife to be the ideal pocket-sized, folding guide to refer to while driving or trekking through this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar ...
The Everglades HandbookUnderstanding the EcosystemThomas E Lodge and Nathaniel P ReedThe fourth edition presents expanded treatment of subjects where our knowledge of the Everglades and its restoration has greatly improved. This more detailed coverage includes: - Computer modeling and its applications to the Everglades ...
The South Pole: Nature and CultureElizabeth LeaneThe Geographic South Pole is a place of paradox. It is a point around which the earth quite literally pivots; yet it has a habit of falling off the edge of our maps. An invisible spot on a high, featureless ice plateau, the Pole has no ...
The Story of AlderleyLiving with the EdgeAJNW PragIn 1953 the schoolboy Alan Garner rediscovered a wooden shovel originally found in the Alderley copper mines in 1875. In 1991 he presented it to the Manchester Museum in the University of Manchester: this – and the discovery of a ...
1064 pages | 32 plates with 65 colour photos and colour illustrations; b/w photos, b/w illustrations | Hardback | 02/2016 | 9780719091711 | #230759A | £49.99 Add to basket
Visitors Guide to Mammals of Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer ZoneAng Rita Sherpa 'Khunde'The Sagarmatha National Park is a protected area in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal that is dominated by Mount Everest. This visitor's guide introduces the mammals visitors to the park might encounter.
44 pages | plates with colour photos | Paperback | 01/2016 | 9789937004435 | #231206A | £48.50 Add to basket
Why the Porcupine Is Not a BirdExplorations in the Folk Zoology of an Eastern Indonesian PeopleGregory ForthWhy the Porcupine Is Not a Bird is a comprehensive analysis of knowledge of animals among the Nage people of central Flores in Indonesia. Gregory Forth sheds light on the ongoing anthropological debate surrounding the categorization ...
A Koros-Maros Nemzeti Park Novenyvilaga [The Flora of Koros-Maros National Park]Jakab GusztavKörös-Maros National Park, one of the 10 national parks in Hungary, located in Békés county, hides a valuable richness of plant species. This richly illustrated book shows 112 protected or endangered plant species ...
A Naturalist's Guide to the Trees & Shrubs of IndiaPradeep SachdevaThis easy-to-use identification guide to the 280 tree and shrub species most commonly seen in India is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High quality photographs from India's top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed ...
A-Z of Tree TermsA Companion to British ArboriculturePhilip John WilsonThis book is for everyone in Britain with a serious interest in trees. This second edition is almost half as long again as the first, containing well over 4000 terms. It contains more entries for air quality, alien invasive species ...
341 pages | no illustrations | Paperback | 09/2015 | 9780957178410 | #230768A | £44.99 Add to basket
Album of Pteridophytes: Sporophyte & Prothallus [English / Chinese]Yu Jiao, Hui Wang and Shou-Zhou ZhangPteridophytes (lycophytes and ferns) are a unique group in the plant world. They have independent prothallus and sporophytic stages in their life-cycles. Prothallus has significant differences with its sporophyte in morphological structure ...
Archaeology of African Plant UseDorian Q Fuller, Chris J Stevens, Sam Nixon and Mary-Anne MurrayThe first major synthesis of African archaeobotany in decades, Archaeology of African Plant Use focuses on Paleolithic archaeobotany and the relationship between agriculture and social complexity. It explores the effects that plants ...
Atlas of Wood, Bark and Pith Anatomy of Eastern Mediterranean Trees and Shrubswith a Special Focus on CyprusAlan Crivellaro and Fritz Hans SchweingruberAtlas of Wood, Bark and Pith Anatomy of Eastern Mediterranean Trees and Shrubs presents anatomical descriptions of the xylem, bark and pith of 264 species belonging to 71 families. It highlights the anatomical diversity of trees ...
Azarbaycanin Bitki Alami: Ali Bitkiler - Embryophyta [Flora of Azerbaijan: Higher Plants - Embryophyta]Aydin AsgarovThe book covers the rich and diverse flora of Azerbaijan. Since 1970, findings by botanists and the author's own research, have identified more than 900 new taxa and 250 new genera. This book includes wild flora prevalent in ...
Baume und Ihre Bewohner: Der Naturfuhrer zum Reichen Leben an Baumen und Strauchern [Trees and their TenantsMargot Spohn and Roland SpohnFrom root to branch tip, every tree and every bush offers a rich habitat for fungi, plants, butterflies, beetles, birds, small mammals and many others. Some of them turn out to be enemies, others friends, and often guests and hosts benefit ...
Catalogue of Brazilian Plants Collected by Prince Maximilian of WiedPedro Luis Rodrigues de MoraesThe Catalogue of Brazilian Plants Collected by Prince Maximilian of Wied gives information on over 1274 plant species. It is a compilation of all available literature and herbarium data, fleshed out with the results of a search ...
Cellular Slime MoldsJohn Tyler BonnerA reprint of a classical work in the Princeton Legacy Library. Originally published in 1967. Professor Bonner has rewritten more than half of this standard treatise to take account of the great amount of recent research ...
Common Rangeland Plants of West Central TexasGeorge ClendeninWell-managed ranch lands or rangeland in Texas capture the rain that permeates our soils, sustains creeks and rivers, and replenishes aquifers, which, in turn, water our cities. The stewardship of the region is the focus of ...
Distribution, Ecology and Status of 51 Macromycetes in EuropeResults of the ECCF Mapping ProgrammeA Fraiture and P OttoThe European Council for the Conservation of Fungi (ECCF) mapping project was launched with the goal of producing European distribution maps of 51 species of macromycetes, and to bring together information on the ecology and status of each ...
247 pages | colour photos, colour distribution maps | Paperback | 01/2015 | #230577A | £41.50 Add to basket
Economic BotanyA Comprehensive StudySL KochharEconomic Botany offers an up-to-date account of important crops grown worldwide. It provides detailed discussion on the history of plant exploration, migration, domestication and distribution, and crop improvement. The text starts ...
Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants, Volume 9: Modified Stems, Roots, BulbsVolume 9, Modified Stems, Roots, BulbsTK LimVolume 9 is part of a multicompendium Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants, on plants with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs from Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceae (tabular) and 32 selected species in Alismataceae, Amaryllis ...
Endemic Vascular Plants of IndiaP Singh, K Karthigeyan, P Lakshminarasimhan, SS Dash, BS Kholia and RC SrivastavaAbout 25% of vascular plants of India are found nowhere else or are otherwise endemic to India. These living natural treasures are an important part of our heritage. The book Endemic Vascular Plants of India enumerates 4381 taxa ...
Ethnobotany of India, Volume 1Eastern Ghats and DeccanT Pullaiah, KV Krishnamurthy and Bir BahadurEthnobotany of India: Volume 1: Eastern Ghats and Adjacent Deccan, the first of a five-volume set, provides an informative overview of human-plant interrelationships in this southern area of India. The volume looks at the ethnic ...
Ethnobotany of India, Volume 2Western Ghats and West Coast of Peninsular IndiaT Pullaiah, KV Krishnamurthy and Bir BahadurThis is the second of a five-volume set. This series of volumes on the ethnobotany of different regions of India melds important knowledge in one place. India is one of the most important regions of the old world and has culturally rich ...
Ethnobotany of India, Volume 3North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar IslandsT Pullaiah, KV Krishnamurthy and Bir BahadurEthnobotany of India: Volume 3: North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the third of a five-volume set of Ethnobotany of India. Bringing together in one place the important information on the ethnobotany of the North ...
Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5Western and Central HimalayasT Pullaiah, KV Krishnamurthy and Bir BahadurEthnobotany of India: Volume 5: Western and Central Himalayas is the last of the 5-volume set, an informative book series on the ethnobotanical aspects of India. Each volume looks at the important ethnic plants of the ...
Fleurs et Insectes: Decouvrir 80 Plantes et Leurs Hotes [Flowers and Insects: Discover 80 Plants and Their Hosts]Margot Spohn and Roland SpohnA hive of activity can be found near each plant: all kinds of insects, small animals or microorganisms took up residence or are visiting plants, from the top of flowers to the tips of roots. How do plants and animals build their relationships ...
Flora Escursionistica dell'Italia, Prima Parte: Italia Centrale: Testo per la Determinazione delle Specie Vegetali per[Excursion Flora of Italy, Volume 1: Central Italy: Text for Determination of Plant Species of the Autochthonous ExoticAlfred MeyerThis in-depth flora covers 5431 plant taxa, 231 plant families, and 719 cultivated and ornamental plants, including rapidly spreading exotic plant species. It contains 12,541 synonyms of valid species names and vernacular names in Italian ...
2118 pages | 408 b/w line drawings | Hardback | 01/2015 | 9783981570809 | #231235A | £159.00 Add to basket
Flora of Cold Deserts of Western Himalaya, India, Volume 2SK MurtiCold deserts are fragile ecosystems in the rain shadow regions of the Trans-Himalayan zone characterized by extreme low temperature, great diurnal fluctuations, scanty and erratic rainfail, and heavy snowfall. It covers only about 2% of ...
Flora of West Bengal, Volume 3Apiaceae to BoraginaceaeVinay Ranjan, P Lakshminarasimhan, SS Dash and HJ ChowdheryThe second part of flora deals with the families Apiaceae to Boraginaceae. See the table of contents for a complete listing.
Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, Volume 3: Loganiaceae - AsteraceaeShahina A GhazanfarThe third part of the Flora of the Sultanate of Oman finishes the treatment of the dicots. It contains descriptions of 23 families and 376 taxa in the subclass Asteridae. For each family, identification keys are present for ...
386 pages | b/w distribution maps, colour photos on CD-ROM | Paperback | 01/2015 | #230573A | £39.99 Add to basket
Garden Plants: Flowers & Trees in IndiaPremananda Das, Rupinder Khullar and Reeta KhullarThis book describes the flowers and trees typically found in Indian gardens.
Geholze von A-Z: 1500 Baume und Straucher [Woody Plants from A to Z: 1500 Trees and Shrubs]Andreas BartelsThere is a wide variety of trees and shrubs for the garden. This valuable reference book helps in giving an overview and selecting the right plant for each garden situation. There are 1500 deciduous trees and conifers described that thrive ...
Genetic Diversity and Erosion in Plants, Volume 2Case HistoriesMR Ahuja and Shri Mohan JainGenetic erosion is the loss of genetic diversity within a species. It can happen very quickly, due to catastrophic events, or changes in land use leading to habitat loss. But it can also occur more gradually and remain unnoticed for a ...
Global Vegetation DynamicsConcepts and Applications in the MC1 ModelDominique Bachelet and David TurnerGlobal Vegetation Dynamics: Concepts and Applications in the MC1 Model describes the creation the mid 1990s, architecture, uses, and limitations of the MC1 dynamic global vegetation model (DGVM) that is being used by an increasing ...
Green Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and EuropeGordon Dickson and Catherine SladeA huge array of mushrooms and toadstools grow in our woodlands and fields, from the deadly poisonous to the delicious delicacy, and correct identification is crucial. The Green Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools makes identifying them ...
Guizhou Moraceae Plants Resources Atlas and Utilization Status [Chinese]Xie Hua and Sun ChaoThis book collates information on previously acquired plant specimens and research contributions to form the basis for a scientific classification and identification system of plants from Guizhou province, southwestern China. These plants ...
Handbook of CucurbitsGrowth, Cultural Practices, and PhysiologyMohammad PessarakliThe Handbook of Cucurbits: Growth, Cultural Practices, and Physiology contains information on cultural practices, nutrition, and physiological processes of cucurbits under both normal and stressful conditions. It presents the ...
Higher Plants of China in Colour (9-Volume Set) [English / Chinese]Higher Plants of China in Colour contains nearly 20,000, presenting the cream of wild higher plants and important cultivated plants in China, the species of which number more than 10,000. Each of the species is concisely introduced ...
Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 1: Bryophytes [English / Chinese]Li Zhang and Qin ZuoThis volume describes 614 species of bryophytes distributed in China, including 130 species of liverworts, 477 species of mosses and 7 species of hornworts. Each species is illustrated by one or two close-up images taken in the wild and ...
Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 2: Pteridophytes - Gymnosperms [English / Chinese]Zhang XianchunVolume 2 covers 40 pteridophyte families, and 11 gymnosperm families. The set of pictorial books is another monumental work on plant taxonomy, after Iconographia Cormophytorum Sinicorum, Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae ...
Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 3: Angiosperms: Casuarinaceae - Hernandiaceae [English / Chinese]Wentsai Wang and Bing LiuVolume 3 is the first one to deal with the angiosperms, covering Casuarinaceae to Hernandiaceae (see table of contents for the complete listing).
Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 4: Angiosperms: Papaveraceae - Dichapetalaceae [English / Chinese]Yu ShengxiangVolume 4 is the second one to deal with the angiosperms, covering Papaveraceae to Dichapetalaceae (see table of contents for the complete listing).
Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 5: Angiosperms: Euphorbiaceae - Cornaceae [English / Chinese]Liu BoVolume 5 is the third one to deal with the angiosperms, covering Euphorbiaceae to Cornaceae (see table of contents for the complete listing).
Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 6: Angiosperms: Diapensiaceae - Solanaceae [English / Chinese]Li ZhenyuVolume 6 is the fourth one to deal with the angiosperms, covering Diapensiaceae to Solanaceae (see table of contents for the complete listing).
Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 7: Angiosperms: Scrophulariaceae - Compositae [English / Chinese]Chen YoushengVolume 7 is the fifth one to deal with the angiosperms, covering Scrophulariaceae to Compositae (see table of contents for the complete listing).
Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 8: Angiosperms: Typhaceae - Velloziaceae [English / Chinese]Zhang ShurenVolume 8 is the sixth one to deal with the angiosperms, covering Typhaceae to Velloziaceae (see table of contents for the complete listing).
Higher Plants of China in Colour, Volume 9: Angiosperms: Taccaceae - Orchidaceae [English / Chinese]Xiaohua JinVolume 9 is the seventh and final one to deal with the angiosperms, covering Taccaceae to Orchidaceae (see table of contents for the complete listing).
Identifying FungiA Clinical Laboratory HandbookGuy St-GermainDiseases caused by fungi have become a significant medical problem and are increasing at an alarming rate. The number of fungal species reported to cause disease is greater than ever some of these species had previously been considered ...
Illinois Trees & WildflowersA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe state flower, the violet, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout Illinois. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of trees, shrubs and ...
Indiana Trees & WildflowersA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe state tree, the tulip-poplar, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout Indiana. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of trees, shrubs and ...
Iowa Trees & WildflowersA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe state flower, the Prairie rose, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout Iowa. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of trees, shrubs and ...
Kansas Trees & WildflowersA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar PlantsJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe appropriately-selected state flower, the sunflower is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Sunflower State. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and ...
Kentucky Trees & WildflowersA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar PlantsJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe state flower, the goldenrod, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Bluegrass State. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of trees ...
Le Jardin des Plantes Remedes de Grand-Mere [Plant Remedies from Grandmother's Garden]Alexandre BezinNature can help relieve many ills, and prevent other and can easily accompany conventional treatment when it becomes necessary.
Louisiana Trees & WildflowersA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar PlantsJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe state flower, the magnolia, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout Louisiana. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of trees, shrubs and ...
Maine Trees & WildflowersA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar SpeciesJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe state tree, the eastern white pine, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout the Pine Tree State. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of ...
Maryland & DC Trees & WildflowersA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar PlantsJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungMaryland's state flower, the black-eyed Susan, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout the region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species ...
Massachusetts Trees & WildflowersA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar PlantsJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungNot surprisingly, the 'Mayflower' (or Trailing Arbutus) is the state flower of Massachusetts. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of trees, shrubs and wildflowers and also includes ....
Mauvaises Herbes, Je Vous Aime!: Du Bon Usage des Plantes Sauvages au Jardin et a la Ville [Weeds, I Love You!Brunhilde Bross-BurkhardtWith the help of this practical guide, you can transform the weeds in your garden into allies. For the first time, a guide presents weeds in a beneficial light. It advocates a soft control of these plants rather than mere eradication ...
Medicinal Orchids of AsiaEng Soon TeohThis unique book brings together a wealth of data on the botanical, ethno-medicinal and pharmacological aspects of over 500 species of Asian medicinal orchids. It starts off by explaining the role and limitations of complimentary and herbal ...
Mediterranean Wild Edible PlantsEthnobotany and Food Composition TablesMaria de Cortes Sanchez-Mata and Javier TardioMediterranean Wild Edible Plants is the result of collaboration between botanists and food chemists, with the purpose of improving the knowledge of the main wild species of traditional use as foods in the Mediterranean area ...
Michigan Trees & WildflowersA Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar PlantsJames R Kavanagh and Raymond LeungThe state tree, the white pine, is one of thousands of species of plants growing in the diverse ecosystems found throughout Michigan. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species of trees, shrubs and ...
Mycology GuideKey Terms and ConceptsNatalia Vargas, Martha Cardenas, Pedro Jimenez, Robert K Noyd and Silvia RestrepoKeep this easy-to-use set of mycology reference cards nearby as a helpful study aid and diagnostic tool. Mycology Guide: Key Terms and Concepts presents updated illustrated classifications of the major fungi phyla covering ...
Orchid: A Cultural HistoryJim EndersbyAt once delicate, exotic, and elegant, orchids are beloved for their singular, instantly recognizable beauty. Found in nearly every climate, the many species of orchids have carried symbolic weight in countless cultures over time.
Orquideas Colombianas: Ilustraciones de Helmuth Schmidt-Mumm [Colombian Orchids: The Illustrations of Helmuth SchmidtHelmuth Schmidt-Mumm, Duque Mejia and Eduardo LuisThe coloured full-page plates cover 127 pages of this book. They have been reproduced from Helmut Schmidt-Mumm's orchid drawings done before 1960. Information is given on 'origin, altura, habitat'.
Orquideas del Valle de Aburra, Medellin, Colombia [Orchids of Aburr í Valley, Medellin, Colombia]Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideologia (SCO)The Valle de Aburrá is a subregion of the central south of the departamento de Antioquia, Colombia, in the middle of the central Cordillera de los Andes, altitudes between 1300 and 2800 m above sea level. This books is well illustrated ...
Palmeiras Nativas do Brasil [Native Palms of Brazil]Ricardo Lopes, Maria do Socorro Padilha de Oliveria, Marcelo Mattos Cavallari and Lia BarbieriPalm trees are among the most important group of plants to humans. They provide food, material for construction, various utensils, luxury jewelry, oil for medicinal use and energy, lubricants and many other industrial products. In addition ...
Pareys Buch der Pilze [Parey's Book of Mushrooms]Marcel BonMore than 2,400 detailed drawings help in the straightforward and reliable identification of more than 1,500 species of fungi. Precise descriptions of characteristics, occurrence, food value and the level of danger of European culinary ...
Pawpaw: In Search of America's Forgotten FruitAndrew Moore and Michael W TwittyThe largest edible fruit native to the United States tastes like a cross between a banana and a mango. It grows wild in twenty-six states, gracing Eastern forests each fall with sweet-smelling, tropical-flavored abundance. Historically ...
Pflanzenparasitische Kleinpilze: Bestimmungsbuch fur Brand-, Rost-, Mehltau-, Flagellatenpilze Und Wucherlingsverwandte[Small Plant Parasitic Fungi: Identification Guide to the Ustilaginomycotina, Rust Fungi, Erysiphales, ChytridiomycotaFriedemann Klenke and Markus SchollerThis is a comprehensive work to the species of small mushrooms from the German-speaking countries in central Europe. A general part is followed by an extensive special part with identification keys. Starting from the respective host plant ...
Plant EcologyOrigins, Processes, ConsequencesPaul A KeddyPresenting a global and interdisciplinary approach to plant ecology, this much-awaited new edition of Plants and Vegetation integrates classical themes with the latest ideas, models, and data. Keddy draws on extensive teaching experience ...
Plantes Medicinales Caribeennes, Tome 1 [Medicinal Plants of the Caribbean, Volume 1]Jean-Louis LonguefossePlantes Médicinales Caribéennes is the first illustrated book that deals with this flora, bridging popular knowledge and scientific research. Presented in three volumes, it describes 300 medicinal plants and their ...
Plantes Medicinales Caribeennes, Tome 2 [Medicinal Plants of the Caribbean, Volume 2]Jean-Louis LonguefossePlantes Médicinales Caribéennes is the first illustrated book that deals with this flora, bridging popular knowledge and scientific research. Presented in three volumes, it describes 300 medicinal plants and their ...
Plantes Medicinales Caribeennes, Tome 3 [Medicinal Plants of the Caribbean, Volume 3]Jean-Louis LonguefossePlantes Médicinales Caribéennes is the first illustrated book that deals with this flora, bridging popular knowledge and scientific research. Presented in three volumes, it describes 300 medicinal plants and their ...
Pollen MicroscopyNorman ChapmanPollen is fascinating material for anyone interested in looking down a microscope, or discovering where their bees have been foraging. The variety of sizes and shapes give clues as to the ingenious ways plants utilise the weather and insects ...
RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden PlantsChristopher BrickellThe RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants remains the ultimate plant guide for gardeners. The most definitive work of garden reference has been completely revised and refreshed for this 4th edition, bringing it up-to-date with ...
RHS Practical Latin for GardenersMore Than 1,500 Essential Plant Names and the Secrets They ContainThe Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and James ArmitageRHS Practical Latin for Gardeners is a unique guide to plant binomials based on the bestselling RHS Latin for Gardeners. It contains 1,500 of the most useful and most widespread Latin names, organized into thematic chapters including ...
River AlgaeJr.,Orlando NecchiThe content is focused on benthic communities showing how they play an in important role in the river ecosystems. Provides also information on taxonomy of river-inhabiting algal groups, including phylogeny, distribution, collection ...
Russulales 2010Proceedings of the Congress held in Massembre (Belgium) 7-12 September 2010A FraitureThis volume contains the proceedings of the international congress Russulales 2010, held in Massembre (Heer-Agimont, Belgium) from 7-12 September 2010. The congress was organised by the "Association des Mycologues Francophones de Belgique' ...
Science and Technology of WoodStructure, Properties, UtilizationGeorge TsoumisThe field of science and technology of wood is very broad. Separate books exist that cover subjects dealt with in only chapters or parts of this book. For example, there are books dealing with anatomical structure, wood—water relations ...
Sedges: CarexRobert H MohlenbrockSince the first edition of 1999, 34 additional species of plants have been recognized in Illinois. Some are from recent field work, some are from more thorough searches of herbaria, and others are due to different taxonomic philosophies.
Stem Anatomical Features of DicotyledonsXylem, Phloem, Cortex and Periderm Characteristics for Ecological and Taxonomical AnalysesAlan Crivellaro, Fritz Hans Schweingruber and Tommaso AnfodilloClassification of wood anatomical features has a long tradition. Nevertheless, a comprehensive list of stem anatomical features of plants from diverse environments (e.g. from swamps to deserts) is still lacking. The present key has been ...
Taming the Wild GrapeBotany and Horticulture in the VitaceaeJean M Gerrath, Usher Posluszny and Louis H MelvilleTaming the Wild Grape places grapes in the context of their family, the Vitaceae. It begins by focusing on the relationship of the family to other angiosperms and the interrelationships and characteristics of its genera.
The Mycota, Volume 14: Evolution of Fungi and Fungal-Like OrganismsStefanie Poggeler and Johannes WostemeyerBased on sequence analyses of many different genes, the past decade has provided us with a profound knowledge of fungal systematics and phylogeny. In addition, a number of sequences of complete fungal genomes have been identified and ...
The New Wild GardenNatural-Style Planting and PracticalitiesIan HodgsonThe New Wild Garden combines new approaches to a more naturalistic design with the practical side of growing wildflowers and shows how to incorporate wildflowers, real meadows and a looser prarie-style planting into gardens and ...
The OnionNK Krishna Kumar, Jai Gopal and VA ParathasarathyThe name “Onion” originated from the Latin name Unio, meaning oneness or unity, or a kind of single onion. A native of Central Asia, onion is now grown in more than 140 countries under temperate to tropical conditions. In India ...
The Plant Lover's Guide to ClematisLinda BeutlerWith their sumptuous colours and generous display of flowers, clematis are unrivaled among climbing (and sometimes shrubby) plants. Whether you favor the spectacular large-flowered hybrids or the elegant small-flowered hybrids and species ...
The Plant Lover's Guide to MagnoliasAndrew BuntingMagnolias are the most magnificent flowering woody plants for temperate gardens and landscapes. Presented here are an expert's 146 top choices, from large shrubs to towering trees, along with essential information about how to care for ...
The Plant Lover's Guide to PrimulasJodie Mitchell and Lynne LawsonPrimulas are so much more than just brightly colored bedding plants. The older varieties of polyanthus are perfect for spring mixed borders, and the long-stemmed candelabra primulas add beauty to waterside and bog gardens. Then there are ...
The RoseThe History of the World's Favourite Flower in 40 Captivating Roses with Classic Texts and Rare Beautiful PrintsBrent ElliottThis remarkable book reveals the history of the rose through the tale of 40 of the most popular and interesting species and hybrids. Arranged chronologically in the order in which a particular rose arrived in European gardens ...
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The Wondrous World of WeedsPat CollinsIn The Wondrous World of Weeds you will discover that the perceived weeds that grow around us hold special significance and wonderful medicinal values.
Trees: A Complete Guide to Their Biology and StructureRoland EnnosTrees are vital components of the landscape and have been exploited by humans since the beginning of our history. They cover huge areas of the globe, from the rainforests of the central tropics to the conifer forests of the subarctic ...
Tropicales de Salon: Origine & Diversite des Gesneriacees [Tropicales de Salon: Origins and Diversity of Gesneriads]This brochure, limited to 5000 copies, was put together for the exhibition "Tropicales de Salon". The exhibition is dedicated to a family of plants named Gesneriads, in honour of Conrad Gessner, a Zurich naturalist of international ...
Using Cones to Identify the Indigenous Cycads of South AfricaCornia HugoSouth Africa is considered a critical centre of cycad diversity. Of the 37 cycad species occurring in South Arica, 29 species are endemic to the country, i.e. they occur nowhere else in the world. Five of South Africa's cycad species ...
Von Baum zu Baum: Ein Fuhrer zu Besonderen Baumen Zurichs [From Tree to Tree: A Guide to Special Trees in Zurich]Walburga Liebst and Lorenz Andreas FischerThe approximately 80,000 trees in the streets, parks and the Old and New Botanical Garden make the Swiss city of Zürich a green city where it is good living, working and studying. Zürich trees are not only beautiful but are also ...
Welche Beeren und Wildkrauter sind Das?: 130 Essbare Pflanzen und Beeren Einfach Bestimmen [Which Berries and Herbs areEva-Maria DreyerThe practical and competent nature guide for on the road – recommended by NABU, the German Nature Conservation Society. - Detailed: reliable identification of 106 familiar animal tracks and traces - Thorough: all the ...
Welche Blume ist Das?: 170 Wildblumen Einfach Bestimmen [Which Flower is That?: Easily Identifying 170 Wild Flowers]Eva-Maria Dreyer and Wolfgang DreyerThe practical and competent nature guide for on the road – recommended by NABU, the German Nature Conservation Society. - Detailed: reliable identification of 106 familiar animal tracks and traces - Thorough: all the ...
Wood Anatomy of Eastern Mediterranean SpeciesUnal Akkemik and Barbaros YamanThe eastern Mediterranean Basin has a rich woody flora including Mediterranean-type vegetation and locally mesomorphic woody taxa. The wood anatomy of these taxa is crucially important to understand their nature and formation. Wood anatomy ...
Wood: Chemistry - Ultrastructure - ReactionsDietrich Fengel and Gerd WegenerPaperback reprint of the 1984 hardback. Wood is an ancient raw material, but in many respects it is also very modern. As the world supply of raw materials continues to dwindle, interest in renewable natural resources has increased remarkably ...
Uj Magyar Fuveszkonyv: Magyarorszag Hajtasos Novenyei: Hatarozokulcsok [New Hungarian Herbal: The Vascular PlantsKiraly GergelyAggtelek National Park is a national park in Northern Hungary. The Aggtelek National Park Directorate care has published this new Hungarian herbal to the vascular plants found in the park. The material resulted from a collaboration of ...
Uj Magyar Foveszkonyv: Magyarorszag Hajtasos Novenyei: Abrak [New Hungarian Herbal: The Vascular Plants of HungaryGergely Kiraly, Viktor Virok and Attila Molnar VAggtelek National Park is a national park in Northern Hungary. The Aggtelek National Park Directorate care has published this new Hungarian herbal to the vascular plants found in the park. The material resulted from a collaboration of ...
Biology: The Dynamic SciencePeter J Russell, Paul E Hertz and Beverly McMillanRussell/Hertz/McMillan, Biology: The Dynamic Science 4e and MindTap teach Biology the way scientists practice it by emphasizing and applying science as a process. You learn not only what scientists know, but how they know it ...
Culture of Animal CellsA Manual of Basic Technique and Specialized ApplicationsR Ian FreshneySince the publication of the sixth edition of this benchmark text, numerous advances in the field have been made – particularly in stem cells, 3D culture, scale-up, STR profiling, and culture of specialized cells.
DendritesGreg Stuart, Nelson Spruston and Michael HausserDendrites are complex neuronal structures that receive and integrate synaptic input from other nerve cells. They therefore play a critical role in brain function. Although dendrites were discovered over a century ago, due to the development ...
Ehrlich's GeomicrobiologyHenry Lutz Ehrlich, Dianne K Newman and Andreas KapplerAdvances in geomicrobiology have progressed at an accelerated pace in recent years. Ehrlich's Geomicrobiology, Sixth Edition surveys various aspects of the field, including the microbial role in elemental cycling and in the ...
Encyclopedia of Cell BiologyRalph A Bradshaw and Philip A StahlThe Encyclopedia of Cell Biology offers a broad overview of cell biology, offering reputable, foundational content for researchers and students across the biological and medical sciences. This important work includes 285 articles ...
Environmental Microbiology for EngineersVolodymyr IvanovUpdated edition includes a new chapter and enhanced study material The second edition of Environmental Microbiology for Engineers explores the role that microorganisms play in the engineered protection and enhancement ...
Food Safety Risks from WildlifeChallenges in Agriculture, Conservation, and Public HealthMichele Jay-Russell and Michael P DoyleFoodborne illnesses caused by zoonotic pathogens associated with wildlife hosts are an emerging microbial food safety concern. Transmission of foodborne pathogens can occur through ingestion, or improper handling, of contaminated game ...
Genetic Diversity and Erosion in Plants, Volume 1Indicators and PreventionMR Ahuja and Shri Mohan JainGenetic erosion is the loss of genetic diversity within a species. It can happen very quickly, due to catastrophic events, or changes in land use leading to habitat loss. But it can also occur more gradually and remain unnoticed for a ...
Hare Brain, Tortoise MindWhy Intelligence Increases When You Think LessGuy Claxton'Learning to loaf' – Hare Brain, Tortoise Minds explores the ways of knowing that require more time, the ways we have unlearned or ignore, but that are crucial to our complete mental development. The human brain-mind ...
ImmunityWilliam E PaulThis significant book conveys Dr. William E. Paul's enduring enthusiasm for the field of immunology, the incredible accomplishments of the past half-century, and the future's untapped promises. The immune system has ...
Inside the CellThe Dark Side of Forensic DNAErin E MurphyJosiah Sutton was convicted of rape. He was five inches shorter and 65 pounds lighter than the suspect described by the victim, but at trial a lab analyst testified that his DNA was found at the crime scene. His case looked like many others ...
Intelligence in the FleshWhy Your Mind Needs Your Body Much More Than it ThinksGuy ClaxtonIf you think that intelligence emanates from the mind and that reasoning necessitates the suppression of emotion, you'd better think again – or rather not "think" at all. In his provocative new book, Guy Claxton draws ...
Introduction to Modern VirologyNigel J Dimmock, Andrew J Easton and Keith N LeppardPraised forits clarity of presentation and accessibility, Introduction to Modern Virology has been a successful student text for over 30 years. It provides a broad introduction to virology, which includes the nature of viruses ...
Microbes de l'Enfer [Microbes from Hell]Patrick ForterreAt the close of the 1970s, the two-domain classification scheme long used by most biologists – prokaryotes versus eukaryotes – was upended by the discovery of an entirely new group of organisms: archaea. Initially thought to ...
Microbes from HellPatrick Forterre and Teresa Lavender FaganAt the close of the 1970s, the two-domain classification scheme long used by most biologists – prokaryotes versus eukaryotes – was upended by the discovery of an entirely new group of organisms: archaea. Initially thought to ...
Mobile DNA IIINancy L Craig, Michael Chandler, Martin Gellert, Alan M Lambowitz, Phoebe A Rice and Suz SandmeyerThis new edition of the bestselling series on movable genetic elements highlights the many exciting advances in the field over the last decade, including conservative site-specific recombination, programmed rearrangements, DNA-only ...
Music as BiologyThe Tones We Like and WhyDale PurvesThe universality of musical tones has long fascinated philosophers, scientists, musicians, and ordinary listeners. Why do human beings worldwide find some tone combinations consonant and others dissonant? Why do we make music using only ...
Myelinated Fibers and Saltatory Conduction in the ShrimpThe Fastest Impulse Conduction in the Animal KingdomKe Xu and Susumu TerakawaIn 1961, neurobiologists found that the conduction velocity of the nerve impulse in the giant nerve fiber of the Penaeus shrimp abdominal nerve cord was over 200 m/s, the highest speed of information transmission ever observed in the animal ...
Neurobiology: A Functional ApproachGeorg F StriedterFocusing on the problems that brains help organisms solve, Neurobiology: A Functional Approach asks not only how the nervous system works but also why it works as it does. This text introduces readers to neurobiology through ...
NeurogenesisFred H Gage, Gerd Kempermann and Hongjun SongIn discrete locations of the adult brain, new neurons are born from stem cells that differentiate, migrate, and integrate into the existing neural network. This process is implicated in normal brain functions such as memory formation and ...
Principles of Molecular VirologyAlan J CannPrinciples of Molecular Virology, Sixth Edition, provides an easily accessible introduction to modern virology, presenting principles in a clear and concise manner. This fully updated edition explores and explains the fundamental ...
Principles of Virology (2-Volume Set)S Jane Flint, Lynn W Enquist, Vincent R Racaniello, Glenn F Rall and Anna Marie SkalkaThese books teach virology by stressing principles: the rules for reproduction that EVERY virus must follow. While noting the differences by which some viruses accomplish each step, the textbook reveals unity from this diversity.
The Telomerase RevolutionThe Enzyme That Holds the Key to Human Ageing... and Will Soon Lead to Longer, Healthier LivesMichael FosselScience is on the cusp of a revolutionary breakthrough. We now understand more about ageing – and how to prevent and reverse it – than ever before. Twenty years ago, there was still considerable debate of the nature of human ...
A New History of LifeThe Radical New Discoveries About the Origins and Evolution of Life on EarthPeter Ward and Joe KirschvinkAn estimated 4.6 billion years ago, the Earth and Moon were formed in a violent impact. On this, many agree, and even more that a long time after that, life began. However, few know that the first life on the Earth may not have emerged ...
Chordate Origins and EvolutionThe Molecular Evolutionary Road to VertebratesNoriyuki SatohChordate Origins and Evolution: The Molecular Evolutionary Road to Vertebrates focuses on echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins, and others), hemichordates (acorn worms, etc.), cephalochordates (lancelets), urochordates or tunicate ...
Do Elephants Have Knees?And Other Darwinian Stories of OriginsJr.,Charles R AultThinking whimsically makes serious science accessible. That's a message that should be taken to heart by all readers who want to learn about evolution. Do Elephants Have Knees? invites readers into serious appreciation of ...
Events of Increased BiodiversityEvolutionary Radiations in the Fossil RecordPascal NeigeThe fossil record offers a surprising image: that of evolutionary radiations characterized by intense increases in cash or by the sudden diversification of a single species group, while others stagnate or die out. In a modern ...
Evolutionary Games in Natural, Social, and Virtual WorldsDaniel Friedman and Barry SinervoOver the last 25 years, evolutionary game theory has grown with theoretical contributions from the disciplines of mathematics, economics, computer science and biology. It is now ripe for applications.
Evolutionary PsychologyThe New Science of the MindDavid M BussThis book examines human psychology and behavior through the lens of modern evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary Psychology: The New Science of the Mind, 5th edition, provides students with the conceptual tools of evolutionary ...
Evolutionary TheoryA Hierarchical PerspectiveNiles Eldredge, Telmo Pievani, Emanuele Serrelli and Ilya TemkinThe natural world is infinitely complex and hierarchically structured, with smaller units forming the components of progressively larger systems: molecules make up cells, cells comprise tissues and organs that are, in turn, parts of individual ...
Making FacesThe Evolutionary Origins of the Human FaceAdam S Wilkins and Sarah KennedyHumans possess the most expressive faces in the animal kingdom. Adam Wilkins presents evidence ranging from the fossil record to recent findings of genetics, molecular biology, and developmental biology to reconstruct the fascinating story ...
Origins: The Search for Our Prehistoric PastFrank HT Rhodes"Fossils are the fragments from which, piece by laborious piece, the great mosaic of the history of life has been constructed. Here and there, we can supplement these meager scraps by the use of biochemical markers or geochemical ...
Photosynthesis in Bryophytes and Early Land PlantsDavid T Hanson and Steven K RiceBryophytes, which are important constituents of ecosystems globally and often dominate carbon and water dynamics at high latitudes and elevations, were also among the pioneers of terrestrial photosynthesis. Consequently, in addition to ...
Population WarsA New Perspective on Competition and CoexistenceGreg Graffin and Caroline GreevenFrom the very beginning, life on Earth has been defined by war. Today, those first wars continue to be fought around and literally inside us, influencing our individual behavior and that of civilization as a whole. War between populations ...
Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary InnovationSpeciation and MorphogenesisLynn Margulis and Rene FesterOriginally published in hardback in 1991, this book is a departure from mainstream biology. The idea of symbiosis – as in the genetic and metabolic interactions of the bacterial communities that became the earliest eukaryotes and ...
The Origins of FairnessHow Evolution Explains Our Moral NatureNicolas BaumardIn order to describe the logic of morality, "contractualist" philosophers have studied how individuals behave when they choose to follow their moral intuitions. These individuals, contractualists note, often act as if they have ...
Biogeography and Evolution in New ZealandMichael HeadsBiogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time. It is an integrative field of inquiry that unites concepts and information from ecology, evolutionary biology, and ...
Contemporary Ecology Research in ChinaWenhua LiThe Chinese government is increasingly focusing on ecological construction and has subscribed to a national "Ecological Civilization Construction". Ecological research and protection practice develop so fast and achieve a lot ...
Foundations of Restoration EcologyMargaret A Palmer, Joy B Zedler, Donald A Falk and Karen HollThe practice of ecological restoration, firmly grounded in the science of restoration ecology, provides governments, organizations, and landowners a means to halt degradation and restore function and resilience to ecosystems stressed by ...
Lake InvadersInvasive Species and the Battle for the Future of the Great LakesWilliam RapaiThere are more than 180 exotic species in the Great Lakes. Some, such as green algae, the Asian tapeworm, and the suckermouth minnow, have had little or no impact so far. But a handful of others – sea lamprey, alewife, round goby ...
Soundscape EcologyPrinciples, Patterns, Methods and ApplicationsAlmo FarinaSoundscape Ecology represents a new branch of ecology and it is the result of the integration of different disciplines like Landscape ecology, Bioacoustics, Acoustic ecology, Biosemiotics, etc. The soundscape that is the object ...
A Kiskunsagi Nemzeti Park Igazgatosag Negyven Eve [Forty Years of The Kiskunsag National Park Directorate]Ivanyosi Szabo AndrasIn 2015, Kiskunság National Park, a national park located in Danube–Tisza Interfluve mainly in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary, celebrated its 40th anniversary. It was created in 1975 and declared a biosphere reserve ...
Afforestation, Reforestation and Forest Restoration in Arid and Semi-arid TropicsA Manual of Technology & ManagementPanna Ram SiyagThis groundbreaking work offers a practical manual for implementing afforestation and reforestation programs in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The comprehensive text covers both the technical and managerial aspects of afforestation ...
Analyzing Natural SystemsAnalysis for Regional Residuals - Environmental Quality ManagementDaniel J Basta and Blair T BowerThis report was undertaken on local, regional, state and federal levels in the United States to analyse the impact residuals have on environmental quality and to emphasise the need for Residuals-Environmental quality management (REQM).
Die Ausgewechselte Landschaft: Vom Umgang der Schweiz mit Ihrer wichtigsten Naturlichen Ressource [The Substitued LandsKlaus C Ewald and Gregor KlausDie Ausgewechselte Landschaft in an impressive and never before seen way documents the development of the Swiss landscape during the last two centuries. Landscape changes and its causes are discussed by means of consolidated findings ...
Forest Dreams, Forest NightmaresThe Paradox of Old Growth in the Inland WestNancy Langston and William CrononAcross the inland West, forests that once seemed like paradise have turned into an ecological nightmare. Fires, insect epidemics, and disease now threaten millions of acres of once-bountiful forests. Yet no one can agree what went wrong.
Forest Landscapes and Global ChangeChallenges for Research and ManagementJo úo Azevedo, Ajith H Perera and M Alice PintoClimate change, urban sprawl, abandonment of agriculture, intensification of forestry and agriculture, changes in energy generation and use, expansion of infrastructure networks, habitat destruction and degradation, and other drivers of ...
Forest Resources Management in Indonesia (1968-2004)A Political Ecology ApproachHerman HidayatForest Resources Management in Indonesia (1968-2004) explores the forestry sector and its context, investigating the management of forest resources in Indonesia. It covers topics including forest fires, deforestation, water pollution ...
Gebirgsnadelwalder: Praxisorientierter Leitfaden fur eine Standortgerechte Waldbehandlung [Coniferous Mountain ForestsErnst Ott, Monika Frehner, Hans-Ulrich Frey and Peter Urs LuscherThis book aims to provide an understanding of the complex processes in mountainous forests and to explain their care in a simple and understandable form. It also shows the pleasure and joy in observing and monitoring them. With the help ...
Geodiversity of Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein / Geodiversitat von Vorarlberg und LiechtensteinArie C Seijmonsbergen, Matheus GG De Jong, Leo WS de Graaff and Niels S AndersThe geodiversity of Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein is large. Small and large landforms tell the story of how these mountain landscapes have emerged. They are witnesses to of a dramatic change in climate since the last ice age. The authors ...
Guide des Parcs de Berne: Visite Guidee de 38 Jardins, Parcs et Espaces Verts [Field Guide to the Parks of Bern:Experience Berns many green sides: this handy guide will take you on a journey through the most beautiful gardens, parks and green spaces of the city and its surroundings. The Guide des Parcs de Berne describes 38 places in vivid ...
Impact of Some Heavy Metals and Microbial Flora on Soil Microfauna in Reclaimed Wetland Embankment of KolkataAshis Kumar Hazra, Gurupada Mandal and Dhrubajyoti PahariSeveral authors have studied the impact of heavy metals on microfauna and microflora. From this literature it was assumed that the research soil biology has tried to assess the impact of different biotic and abiotic factors on the distribution ...
Jack Ward ThomasThe Journals of a Forest Service ChiefJack Ward Thomas and Harold K SteenJack Ward Thomas, an eminent wildlife biologist and U.S. Forest Service career scientist, was drafted in the late 1980s to head teams of scientists developingstrategies for managing the habitat of the northern spotted owl. That assignment ...
Mapping WildernessConcepts, Techniques and ApplicationsStephen J Carver and Steffen FritzWilderness mapping may sound like a bit of an esoteric topic, but when you think carefully about it, it is a fundamental theme within environmental science and management. Wilderness is in many ways the pristine resource. It is where we ...
Marine EcosystemsDiversity and FunctionsAndre Monaco and Patrick ProuzetMarine ecosystems are rich in biodiversity, habitat diversity, structures and food webs. From pelagic and benthic ecosystems, to coral reefs and seagrass beds, and oases formed by hydrothermal vents. Appropriate observation ...
Novel Methods for Monitoring and Managing Land and Water Resources in SiberiaLothar Mueller, Askhad K Sheudshen and Frank EulensteinNovel Methods for Monitoring and Managing Land and Water Resources in Siberia presents an analysis of land and water resources in Siberia, initially characterizing the landscapes, their ecosystems, crucial processes, human impacts ...
Parkfuhrer Bern: Ein Wegweiser zu 38 Garten, Parks und Grunraumen [Field Guide to the Parks of Bern: A Guide to 38Experience Berns many green sides: this handy guide will take you on a journey through the most beautiful gardens, parks and green spaces of the city and its surroundings. The Parkführer Bern describes 38 places in vivid ...
Prescribed Burning in Russia and Neighbouring Temperate-Boreal RussiaJohann Georg GoldammerThis volume consists of 5 parts covering: - Use of prescribed fire in forestry in Russia, - Description of the first phase of a long-term fire experiment in Siberia - Fire history and research in Mongolia - Use of ...
Soil Health, Soil Biology, Soilborne Diseases and Sustainable AgricultureA GuideGraham Stirling, Helen Hayden, Tony Pattison and Marcelle StirlingOur capacity to maintain world food production depends heavily on the thin layer of soil covering the Earth's surface. The health of this soil determines whether crops can grow successfully, whether a farm business is profitable and ...
Soil Water Measurement in the FieldA Practical HandbookJ David CooperSoil Water Measurement in the Field is written for all those involved in measurement of soil water phenomena, whether they be environmental scientists, field technicians, agronomists, meteorologists, hydrogeologists, foresters ...
Sredniaia Aziia i Evraziiskaia Step' v Drevnosti [Middle Asia and the Eurasian Steppes in Antiquity]Igor' Vasil'evich P'iankovThis book includes works of IV Pyankova, published at different times in different Russian and foreign publications – magazines, anthologies, and collective works. Many of these publications are now available in almost their ...
Stromend Landschap: Vloeiweidenstelsels in Nederland en Belgie [Flowing Landscape: Water Meadow Systems in theGJ Baaijens, E Brinckmann, P Dauvellier and PC van der MolenWater meadow systems have put their mark on the Dutch landscape. For centuries farmers have watered their meadows with stream water to increase their harvests. Only with the advent of artificial fertilisers did this practice end.
The Brazilian AmazonPolitics, Science and International Relations in the History of the ForestJoana BezerraThe aim of The Brazilian Amazon: Politics, Science and International Relations in the History of the Forest is to analyse the current development scenario in the Amazon, using Terra Preta de Índio as a case study.
The Long-Term Adequacy of World Timber SupplyRoger A Sedjo and Kenneth S LyonProjecting modest future growth for both prices and harvest levels, this study, first published in 1990, provides theoretical and empirical justification for challenging the conventional wisdom that real timber prices will rise for the indefinite ...
The Royal Botanic Garden SydneyThe First 200 YearsJennie ChurchillThere is much more to the Garden than the living collection on open air display. This beautiful hardcover book provides a fascinating insight into the rich and colourful history of the Garden through intriguing stories and over 200 images ...
Tropical Peatland EcosystemsMitsuru Osaki and Nobuyuki TsujiTropical Peatland Ecosystems is an excellent resource for scientists, political decision makers, and students interested in the impact of peatlands on climate change and ecosystem function, containing a plethora of recent research ...
Un Tejido Magico: El Bosque Tropical de Isla Barro Colorado [A Magic Web: The Tropical Forest of Barro Colorado Island]Christian Ziegler, Jr.,Egbert Giles Leigh and Maria Marta KandlerBarro Colorado Island is the crown jewel of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and the most thoroughly studied tropical rainforest on Earth. This book reveals the extreme interconnections of life in a tropical forest, with lavish ...
Vegetation Fires and Global ChangeChallenges for Concerted International Action - A White Paper directed to the United Nations and International OrganizJohann Georg GoldammerThis White Paper is a global state-of-the-art analysis of the role of vegetation fires in the Earth System and is published as a collective achievement of the world’s most renowned scientists and research groups working in fire science ...
Waldreservate: 50 Jahre Naturliche Waldentwicklung in der Schweiz [Forest Reserves: 50 Years of Natural Forest DevelopmPeter Brang, Caroline Heiri and Harald BugmannNatural forest reserves are protected areas in which man uses no wood and nature can simply be nature. The forest ecosystem can develop unaffected by man – and as a result show a striking dynamics. Understanding this is of central ...
Wasserfalle: Okologische und Sozio-Kulturelle Leistungen eines Bedrohten Naturmonumentes [Waterfalls: Ecological andRaimund Rodewald and Bruno BaurThis book uses an interdisciplinary approach to study the importance of waterfalls and their environmental and socio-cultural qualities. It shows which plant and animal species occur in the spray areas of waterfalls. Touristical and ...
Wildfire InvestigationGuidelines for PractitionersCornelis de Ronde and Johann Georg GoldammerThis book is a publication of the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC). It aims at sharing experiences of wildfire investigation in South Africa over two decades with other regions and countries of the world. The guidelines are a contribution ...
Wildnis Schaffen: Eine Transnationale Geschichte des Schweizerischen Nationalparks [Wilderness Creation: A TransnationalPatrick KupperWhen Swiss naturalista founded its national park in the early 20th century, they had a vision: sealed off from human influence, nature should restore to own original nature. This intention was radically different from the US national park ...
Zeitspuren im Entlebuch: Waldentwicklung und Landschaftswandel im 20. Jahrhundert [Traces of Time in Entlebuch:Peter HahnThe forest is considered a largely static landscape element. Viewed over a period of a hundred years, though, it is easy to determine striking changes. In Entlebuch, a municipality in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland, extensive ...
Animals in Human SocietyAmazing Creatures Who Share Our PlanetDaniel MooreheadIncluding the work of 12 authors from institutions such as Colorado State University, Frostburg State University, Michigan State University, Salisbury University, Texas Woman's University, University of Birmingham, University of California ...
Biocultural Diversity in EuropeMauro Agnoletti and Francesca EmanueliBiocultural Diversity in Europe collects a selection of the papers presented at the meeting held in the context of the Joint Programme on the Links between Biological and Cultural Diversity (JP-BiCuD). Recognizing the inextricable ...
BiodiversityDan Cogalniceanu and David DuthieFrom the foreword: "The word biodiversity, an abbreviation of biological diversity, emerged first as a purely scientific term in the late 1980s, but became the key term of an international environmental law signed at the Rio Earth ...
Biodiversity of Protected Areas of Bangladesh (3-Volume Set)Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz, Md Kamrul Hasan and M Monirul H KhanEach volume of this series covers both floral and faunal diversity of a particular Protected Area of Bangladesh. The main objective of this series of books is to photographically document the biodiversity in these Protected Areas.
Core Standardized Methods For Rapid Biological Field AssessmentTrond Halvor LarsenReliable, standardized and replicable methodologies for quickly assessing key ecosystem values in the field are essential for conservation planning and decision-making at the local to regional scale at which most threats occur. Rapid biological ...
Creer la Nature: Guide Pratique de Promotion de la Biodiversite en Suisse [Creating Nature: A Practical Guide forGregor Klaus and Nicolas GattlenPushed back, isolated, destroyed: In Switzerland, too, biodiversity is on the decline. To retain the remaining diversity, it needs not only government action, but the commitment of each individual. Every action counts!
Evidenzbasierter Artenschutz: Begriffe, Konzepte, Methoden [Evidence-Based Wildlife Conservation: Terms, ConceptsUlrich HoferEvidence-based means "on the basis of scientific findings" and is the antidote to a way of working that is based on user experience and what we is generally call "common sense". In applied species conservation, evidence ...
Forderung der Biodiversitat im Siedlungsgebiet: Gute Beispiele und Erfolgsfaktoren [Promoting Biodiversity in UrbanManuela Di GiulioSettlements are increasing in surface area worldwide and are becoming increasingly important for the preservation and promotion of biodiversity. In the future, settlements must be upgraded to offer habitat to a large variety of plants and ...
Half-EarthOur Planet's Fight for LifeEdward O WilsonHistory is not a prerogative of the human species, Edward O. Wilson declares in Half-Earth, a brave work that becomes a radical redefinition of human history. Demonstrating that we blindly ignore the histories of millions of other species ...
Handbuch Zoo: Moderne Tiergartenbiologie [Zoo Handbook: Modern Zoo Biology]Jorg MeierOases in the city, ambassadors for nature and environmental protection, partners in conservation programmes, places of learning and recreation – Nowadays more than ever zoos have to fulfill important and versatile functions.
Indigenous Peoples' Governance of Land and Protected Territories in the ArcticThora Martina Herrmann and Thibault MartinIndigenous Peoples' Governance of Land and Protected Territories in the Arctic addresses critical questions and analyses key issues regarding Indigenous/Aboriginal Peoples and governance of land and protected areas in the ...
Invasive Species in the New Caledonian Archipelago: A Major Economic and Environmental Hazard / Les Especes EnvahissantMarie-Laure Beauvais, Alain Coleno and Herve JourdanCaledonian biodiversity, recognized as one of the most exceptional with its high rate of endemism, is being threatened by the introduction of new species. It is therefore important to protect the Caledonian ecosystem, which is both rich ...
Mehr Platz fur Weniger Tiere!: Geschichte des Tierparks Bern [More Space for Fewer Animals!: The Story of Tierpark BernSebastian BentzWhat would be the federal capital of Switzerland be without their Tierpark Bern? Since its foundation in 1935, it brings together wild animals and humans. With roughly three million visitors a year ...
Natur Schaffen: Ein Praktischer Ratgeber zur Forderung der Biodiversitat in der Schweiz [Creating Nature: A PracticalGregor Klaus and Nicolas GattlenPushed back, isolated, destroyed: In Switzerland, too, biodiversity is on the decline. To retain the remaining diversity, it needs not only government action, but the commitment of each individual. Every action counts!
Natura 2000 Fajok es Elohelyek Magyarorszagon [Natura 2000 Species and Habitats in Hungary]Haraszthy LaszloNatura 2000 areas are designated to preserve species and habitats listed in the EU Birds and Habitats Directives annexes. The goals of this volume is to present the animal species and habitats present in Hungary, explain the threats to ...
955 pages | colour photos, distribution maps | Hardback | 01/2014 | #230884A | £72.99 Add to basket
Naturschutzgenetik: Ein Handbuch fur die Praxis [Conservation Genetics: A Practical Guide]Rolf Holderegger and Gernot SegelbacherConservation genetics is a relatively new branch of ecology which has rapidly gained in importance for nature and wildlife conservation. This discipline reveals genetic structures within populations and how these change over the population ...
The Animal TradeClive JC PhillipsTrade is an inevitable part of human activity and evolution, but when it involves animals there are important ethical issues that have to be considered. Animal trade is often for economic reasons only, and may be hard to justify ethically ...
The Oyster WarThe True Story of a Small Farm, Big Politics, and the Future of Wilderness in AmericaSummer BrennanIt all began simply enough. In 1976 the Point Reyes Wilderness Act granted the highest protection in America to more than 33,000 acres of California forest, grassland and shoreline – including Drakes Estero, an estuary of stunning ...
The Paradox of PreservationWilderness and Working Landscapes at Point Reyes National SeashoreLaura Alice Watt and David LowenthalPoint Reyes National Seashore has a long history as a working landscape, with dairy and beef ranching, fishing, and oyster farming; yet, since 1962 it has also been managed as a National Seashore. The Paradox of Preservation ...
Tropical ConservationPerspectives on Local and Global PrioritiesA Alonso Aguirre and Raman SukumarTropical Conservation: Perspectives on Local and Global Priorities is intended to be a key resource on the biodiversity conservation crisis in the tropics and subtropics for university professors, university students, researchers ...
Une Promesse de Nature: Du Zoo au Bioparc, une Revolution [A Promise of Nature: From the Zoo to the BioparkPierre GayWhile showing animals in the former Falun quarries, the father of Pierre Gay hit upon an idea. Gradually, the Zoo of Doué-la-Fontaine expanded, becoming a biopark: a forum to facilitate the immersion of visitors in animal enclosures ...
Wilde Apen: Van Dood Land naar Levende Natuur [Wild Primates: From Dead Lands to Living Nature]Frank BerendseAlot of conservation efforts are being made on European hamsters, otters and storks, but who care for yellow-wort, hare's ear (a mushroom) or migrant hawker? It's high time to take the next step in our civilsation, from being ...
Wildlife and Wind Farms - Conflicts and Solutions, Volume 1Onshore: Potential EffectsMartin PerrowWind farms are an essential component of global renewable energy policy and the action to limit the effects of climate change. There is, however, considerable concern over the impacts of wind farms on wildlife, leading to a wide range of ...
Wildlife and Wind Farms - Conflicts and Solutions, Volume 2Onshore: Monitoring and MitigationMartin PerrowWind farms are an essential component of global renewable energy policy and the action to limit the effects of climate change. There is, however, considerable concern over the impacts of wind farms on wildlife, leading to a wide range of ...
An Introduction to the Meteorology and Climate of the TropicsJim FP GalvinWhat do we mean by the tropics? The weather and the climates it produces across the tropical zone are significantly different from those experienced by the people living in higher latitudes, so forecasters across Europe and much of North ...
Assessing Surprises and Nonlinearities in Greenhouse WarmingProceedings of an Interdisciplinary WorkshopJoel Darmstadter and Michael A TomanIn 1992, Resources for the Future conducted a workshop concerning the issues of global climate change. Assessing Surprises and Non-Linearities in Greenhouse Warming, originally published in 1993, is a collection of the revised versions of ...
Climate ChangeObserved Impacts on Planet EarthTrevor M LetcherEarth's climate is always changing. As the debate over the Earth's climate has grown, the term "climate change" has come to refer primarily to changes we've seen over recent years and those that are predicted to be ...
Climate Change and MycotoxinsLuis M Botana and Maria J SainzClimate Change and Mycotoxins highlights the importance of the continuous study of climate change impacts on mycotoxigenic fungi and their toxins in food and feed crops. Changing climate conditions across every geographical zone ...
Climate Driven Retreat of Mount Baker Glaciers and Changing Water ResourcesMauri PeltoClimate Driven Retreat of Mount Baker Glaciers and Changing Water Resources presents the impact of climate change on Mount Baker glaciers, USA, and the rivers surrounding them. Glaciers are natural reservoirs that yield their ...
Climate ShockThe Economic Consequences of a Hotter PlanetGernot Wagner and Martin L WeitzmanIf you had a 10 percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you'd take necessary precautions. If your finances had a 10 percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you'd reevaluate your assets. So if we know the world is warming ...
Climate and Environmental Change in China: 1951-2012Dahe Qin, Yongjian Ding and Mu MuThrough numerous color figures and tables, Climate and Environmental Change in China: 1951-2012 presents the most up-to-date knowledge on climate and environmental change in China. It documents the evidence and attribution of ...
Climatological Atlas of Tibet Autonomous Region (1971-2000) [Chinese]Zhang HezhenThe Climatological Atlas of Tibet Autonomous Region (1971-2000) mainly includes data on basic climatology, physical climatology, climate change maps, and graphs with climate data, pictures in altogether 212 illustrations.
DDT and the American CenturyGlobal Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the WorldDavid KinkelaPraised for its ability to kill insects effectively and cheaply and reviled as an ecological hazard, DDT continues to engender passion across the political spectrum as one of the world's most controversial chemical pesticides.
Hurricane!: Coping with Disaster: Progress and Challenges Since Galveston, 1900Robert SimpsonHurricane research implicates something more than science. It is the key to saving lives and mitigating economic damage. From the Galveston catastrophe of 1900, where more than 8,000 people died, to the economic devastation wrought by Hurricane ...
Ionospheric Space WeatherLongitude and Hemispheric Dependences and Lower Atmosphere ForcingTimothy Fuller-Rowell, Endawoke Yizengaw, Patricia H Doherty and Sunanda BasuIonospheric Space Weather is the outcome of an American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on longitude and hemispheric dependence of ionospheric space weather, including the impact of waves propagating from the lower atmosphere ...
Natural Hazard Uncertainty AssessmentModeling and Decision SupportKarin Riley, Peter Webley and Matthew ThompsonUncertainties are pervasive in natural hazards, and it is crucial to develop robust and meaningful approaches to characterize and communicate uncertainties to inform modeling efforts. In Natural Hazard Uncertainty Assessment ...
Ocean Geography of China [Chinese]Wang YingThis is a new edition of a 1996 book on oceanography of the seas around China. Its contents are more systematic and comprehensive. The book contains substantial new information on marine life, the China National Offshore integrated management ...
Terrestrial Water Cycle and Climate ChangeNatural and Human-Induced ImpactsQiuhong Tang and Taikan OkiThe Terrestrial Water Cycle: Natural and Human-Induced Impacts is a comprehensive volume that investigates the changes in the terrestrial water cycle and the natural and anthropogenic factors that cause these changes.
The Climate of the ArcticRajmund PrzybylakThis book presents a comprehensive analysis of the current state of knowledge related to the climate of the Arctic, using the latest meteorological data. All meteorological elements are described in detail and an up-to-date review of the ...
The Economics of Managing ChlorofluorocarbonsStratospheric Ozone and Climate IssuesJohn H Cumberland, James R Hibbs and Irving HochChlorofluorocarbons are known to be effective spray can propellants, solvents and refrigerators and were often used in deodorants, refrigerators and other goods. However, it was not known at the beginning of their use, the complex reaction ...
The UK Pesticide Guide 2016Martin A LainsburyThe UK Pesticide Guide is a unique and authoritative source of information on pesticides and adjuvants. The 2016 edition has three new active ingredient profiles included for the first time. The additions include ...
764 pages | no illustrations | Paperback | 01/2016 | 9781780647937 | #230999A | £50.99 Add to basket
Tibet Climate [English / Chinese]Song ShanrunTibet Climate gives an overview of the data that the 39 meteorological stations in Tibet have been gathering for almost 50 years from 1961-2010. Based on the information from these automatic weather stations, meteorological data from Tibet ...
Toxic TourismRhetorics of Pollution, Travel, and Environmental JusticePhaedra Carmen PezzulloTourism is at once both a beloved pastime and a denigrated form of popular culture. Romanticized for its promise of pleasure, tourism is also potentially toxic, enabling the deadly exploitation of the cultures and environments visited.
Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the WorldBill Nye and Corey S PowellJust as World War II called an earlier generation to greatness, so the climate crisis is calling today's rising youth to action: to create a better future. In Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World ...
What We're Fighting for Now Is Each OtherDispatches from the Front Lines of Climate JusticeWendell Holmes StephensonAn urgent, on-the-ground look at some of the "new American radicals" who have laid everything on the line to build a stronger climate justice movement. The science is clear: catastrophic climate change, by any humane ...
13.8: The Quest to Find the True Age of the Universe and the Theory of EverythingJohn GribbinThe twentieth century gave us two great theories of physics. The general theory of relativity describes the behaviour of very large things; quantum theory the behaviour of very small things. In this landmark book, John Gribbin ...
254 pages | 12 plates with 35 colour & b/w photos and colour illustrations | Hardback | 10/2015 | 9781848319189 | #226326A | £16.99 Add to basketPaperback | NYP 09/2016 | 9781785781087 | #230963A | £9.99 Add to basket
A Continent on the MoveNew Zealand Geoscience RevealedIan J GrahamThis award-winning book explores the dynamic worlds of New Zealand and the submerged realm of Zealandia, their natural geological wonders, bounties and dangers. In acknowledging the achievements of New Zealand's geoscientists, from ...
Atmospheres in the Solar SystemComparative AeronomyMichael Mendillo, Andrew Nagy and Jr.,JH WaiteAtmospheres are crucial components of our universe. They are the only observable regions of stars and giant planets, both within and beyond our solar system. Some terrestrial-size bodies (Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan and Triton) have permanent ...
Auroral Phenomenology and Magnetospheric ProcessesEarth and Other PlanetsAndreas Keiling, Eric Donovan, Frances Bagenal and Tomas KarlssonMany of the most basic aspects of the aurora remain unexplained. While in the past terrestrial and planetary auroras have been largely treated in separate books, Auroral Phenomenology and Magnetospheric Processes: Earth and Other Planets ...
Cosmosapiens: Human Evolution from the Origin of the UniverseJohn HandsSpecialist scientific fields are developing at incredibly swift speeds, but what can they really tell us about how the universe began, and how we humans evolved to play such a dominant role on Earth? John Hands's extraordinarily ambitious ...
Curious Tales from ChemistryThe Last Alchemist in Paris and Other EpisodesLars OhrstromThis is a book about discovery and disaster, exploitation and invention, warfare and science – and the relationship between human beings and the chemical elements that make up our planet. Lars Ohrstrom introduces us to a variety of ...
Deep-Sea Mineral Resources in French Polynesia / Les Ressources Minerales Profondes en Polynesie FrancaisePierre-Yves Le Meur, Pierre Cochonat, Carine David, Vincent Geronimi and Sarah SamadiFrench Polynesia has an enormous exclusive economic zone, half of the vast French maritime area which is the second largest in the world. Substantial issues surround the conservation of the oceans and sustainable exploitation of marine ..
Ductile Shear ZonesFrom Micro- to Macro-ScalesSoumyajit Mukherjee and Kieran F MulchroneThe elucidation of the mechanisms and kinematics of shear zone deformation, at both local and regional scales, is the subject of a great deal of interest to scientists in the hydrocarbon industry, in seismology, and in structural geology ...
Dynamics of the Earth's Radiation Belts and Inner MagnetosphereDanny Summers, Ian R Mann, Daniel N Baker and Michael G SchulzDynamics of the Earth's Radiation Belts and Inner Magnetosphere draws together current knowledge of the radiation belts prior to the launch of Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RPSP) and other imminent space missions, making this ...
Earth Science in the CityA ReaderGrant Heiken, Robert Fakundiny and John SutterToday nearly half of the Earth's peoples live in cities, and projected trends indicate a rise to five billion city dwellers by the year 2025. All cities become increasingly coupled with and vulnerable to their environment as they grow ...
Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. HelensSteve OlsonFor months in early 1980, scientists, journalists, sightseers, and nearby residents listened anxiously to rumblings in Mount St. Helens, part of the chain of western volcanoes fueled by the 700-mile-long Cascadia fault. Still, no one was ...
Evolution der Erde: Geschichte der Erde und des Lebens [The Evolution of Earth: Stories of the Earth and of Life]Wolfgang OschmannThis book deals with the evolution of our planet Earth. Starting from a red-hot, hostile initial stage 4.5 billion years ago, the present earth has slowly developed with the familiar distribution of continents and oceans, and with its ...
Evolution of Karst in the Lower Part of Crna Reka River BasinMarjan TemovskiThis thesis addresses karst development in a terrain characterized by a highly complex geological and geomorphological evolution. It tackles the extent and complexity of both epigenic and hypogenic karst development, based on morphological ...
Extreme EventsObservations, Modeling, and EconomicsMario Chavez, Michael Ghil and Jaime Urrutia-FucugauchiExtreme Events covers the fundamentals and the consequences of extreme geophysical phenomena like asteroid impacts, climatic change, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, flooding, and space weather.
Extreme Events and Natural HazardsThe Complexity PerspectiveA Surjalal Sharma, Armin Bunde, Vijay P Dimri and Daniel N BakerExtreme Events and Natural Hazards: The Complexity Perspective examines recent developments in complexity science that provide a new approach to understanding extreme events. This understanding is critical to the development of ...
Field Guide to the Geology of Northeastern OmanGosta Hoffmann, Martin Meschede, Anne Zacke and Mohammed Al KindiThe geology of Oman is spectacular – for the touristic layman and the geologist alike. Exceptionally well exposed rocks offer a fascinating outcrop experience, second to none. The scenery is unique, and often breathtaking.
Fluid Dynamics in Complex Fractured-Porous SystemsBoris Faybishenko, Sally M Benson and John E GaleDespite of many years of studies, predicting fluid flow, heat, and chemical transport in fractured-porous media remains a challenge for scientists and engineers worldwide. This monograph is the third in a series on the dynamics of fluids ...
From the SunAuroras, Magnetic Storms, Solar Flares, Cosmic RaysSteven T Suess and Bruce T TsurutaniFrom the Sun demystifies auroras, magnetic storms, solar flares, cosmic rays and other displays of Sun-Earth interactions. The authors, all well-known figures in space science, explain how solar eruptions affect human technology ...
Geologic Tripping Guidebook to Zigong Dinosaur and the Karst Landscape in South Sichuan [English / Chinese]Chen MaoxunThis book introduces the geologic investigation route for the 30th International Geology Conference which will be held in China. South Sichuan, an important geologic scenic area in Sichuan Province, includes a group of caves of dinosaur ...
Geotrekking in Southeastern ArabiaA Guide to Locations of World-Class GeologyBenjamin R JordanPublished by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series. Geotrekking in Southeastern Arabia presents the world's most diverse geology and reveals some of the unique rocks that were ...
How to Fossilise Your HamsterAnd other amazing experiments for the Armchair ScientistMick O'HareHow can you measure the speed of light with chocolate and a microwave? Why do yo-yos yo-yo? Why does urine smell so peculiar after eating asparagus (includes helpful recipe)? How long does it take to digest different types of food?
224 pages | no illustrations | Paperback | 07/2016 | 9781473651265 | #230986A | £8.99 Add to basket
Hydrodynamics of Time-Periodic Groundwater FlowDiffusion Waves in Porous MediaJoe S Depner and Todd C RasmussenHydrodynamics of Time-Periodic Groundwater Flow introduces the emerging topic of periodic fluctuations in groundwater. While classical hydrology has often focused on steady flow conditions, many systems display periodic behavior ...
Integrated Imaging of the EarthTheory and ApplicationsMax Moorkamp, Peter G Lelievre, Niklas Linde, Amir Khan and Andre RevilReliable and detailed information about the Earth's subsurface is of crucial importance throughout the geosciences. Quantitative integration of all available geophysical and geological data helps to make Earth models more robust and ...
Intraplate Magmatism and Metallogeny of North VietnamTrong-Hoa Tran, Gleb V Polyakov, Tuan-Anh Tran, Alexander S Borisenko, Andrey E Izokh and BalykinIntraplate Magmatism and Metallogeny of North Vietnam by Vietnamese and Russian authors is the first of its kind and combines the extensive knowledge on the petrology and metallogeny of the late Paleozoic – early Mesozoic ..
Lagrangian Modeling of the AtmosphereJohn Lin, Dominik Brunner, Christoph Gerbig, Andreas Stohl, Ashok Luhar and Peter WebleyTrajectory-based ("Lagrangian") atmospheric transport and dispersion modeling has gained in popularity and sophistication over the previous several decades. It is common practice now for researchers around the world to apply ...
Low-Frequency Waves in Space PlasmasAndreas Keiling, Dong-Hun Lee and Valery NakariakovLow-frequency waves in space plasmas have been studied for several decades, and our knowledge gain has been incremental with several paradigm-changing leaps forward. In our solar system, such waves occur in the ionospheres and magnetospheres ...
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling in the Solar SystemCharles R Chappell, Robert W Schunk, Peter M Banks, James L Burch and Richard M ThorneOver a half century of exploration of the Earth's space environment, it has become evident that the interaction between the ionosphere and the magnetosphere plays a dominant role in the evolution and dynamics of magnetospheric plasma ...
Mineral and Thermal Waters of Southeastern EuropePetar PapicMineral and Thermal Waters of Southeastern Europe brings together the latest findings on mineral and thermal waters from countries in Southeastern (SE) Europe (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania ...
Mines and Minerals of the Mendip Hills (2-Volume Set)Peter S BurrThis book, which is the culmination of more than 30 years of geological and historical research, attempts to illuminate the subjects of its title from a number of different view-points, and to provide a fairly comprehensive record of a ...
Modeling Atmospheric and Oceanic FlowsInsights from Laboratory Experiments and Numerical SimulationsThomas von Larcher and Paul D WilliamsModeling Atmospheric and Oceanic Flows: Insights from Laboratory Experiments and Numerical Simulations provides a broad overview of recent progress in using laboratory experiments and numerical simulations to model atmospheric and oceanic ...
Modeling the Ionosphere-Thermosphere SystemJD Huba, RW Schunk and GV KhazanovModeling the Ionosphere-Thermosphere System brings together for the first time a detailed description of the physics of the IT system in conjunction with numerical techniques to solve the complex system of equations that describe ...
Nothing: Insights from the New Scientist into the Amazing World of NothingnessFrom Absolute Zero to Cosmic Oblivion -- Amazing Insights into NothingnessNew ScientistAll too easily, we ignore or dismiss the fascinating possibilities of emptiness and non-existence. But without nothing, or rather what we've long taken to be nothing – we'd be nowhere. For centuries, scientists have known ...
Oil and Gas ExplorationMethods and ApplicationSaid Gaci and Olga HachayOil and gas exploration or hydrocarbon exploration is the search by petroleum geologists and geophysicists for hydrocarbon deposits beneath the Earth's surface, such as oil and natural gas. The study of oil and gas complexes and ...
Plate Boundaries and Natural HazardsJoao C Duarte and Wouter P SchellartThe beginning of the new millennium has been particularly devastating in terms of natural disasters associated with tectonic plate boundaries, such as earthquakes in Sumatra, Chile, Japan, Tahiti, and Nepal; the Indian Ocean and the Pacific ...
Rare Earths IndustryTechnological, Economic, and Environmental ImplicationsIsmar Borges De Lima and Walter Leal-FilhoRare Earths elements are composed of 15 chemical elements in the periodic table. Scandium and yttrium have similar properties, with mineral assemblages, and are therefore referred alike in the literature. Although abundant in the planets ...
Seismic Inverse Q FilteringYanghua WangSeismic inverse Q filtering is a data processing technology for enhancing the resolution of seismic images. It employs a wave propagation reversal procedure that compensates for energy absorption and corrects wavelet distortion due to ...
Streetcar to Subduction and Other Plate Tectonic Trips by Public Transport in San FranciscoClyde WahrhaftigIt is hard to be unaware of the earth in San Francisco. Built on rocky hills, the city is surrounded on three sides by bay and ocean that can be seen from nearly everywhere within it. Precipitous cliffs face the city from across the Golden ...
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Analyzing Nonrenewable Resource SupplyDouglas R Bohi and Michael A TomanOriginally published in 1984, Douglas A. Bohi and Michael A. Toman have produced a convenient reference source about disparate elements in the theory of nonrenewable resource supply and about general issues that arise when applying dynamic ...
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Australian Deserts and SavannahAtlas and GuideLen Zell and Ian Glover- Full atlas of Australia at 1:1,000,000 - The most comprehensive guide to Australia's Dry Lands - Unique in-depth guides to geology, biology, habitats and human history - More than 400 photos - 33 treks and desert ...
Concise Illustrated Dictionary of Biocontrol TermsVladimir V Gouli, Svetlana Y Gouli and Jose AP MarcelinoThe Concise Illustrated Dictionary of Biocontrol Terms includes basic terminology related to the biological control of pests, together with state-of-the-art scientific and practical terms, for expedient comprehension and analysis ...
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Navigating Graduate School and BeyondA Career Guide for Graduate Students and a Must Read for Every AdvisorSundar A ChristopherGraduate school can be an exciting, challenging time for students, but it can be scary and intimidating at the same time. Navigating Graduate School and Beyond: A Career Guide for Graduate Students and a Must Read for Every Advisor ...
Next Gen PhDA Guide to Career Paths in ScienceMelanie V SincheFor decades, top scientists in colleges and universities pursued a clear path to success: enroll in a prestigious graduate program, conduct research, publish papers, complete the PhD, pursue postdoctoral work. With perseverance and a bit ...
Oxford Dictionary of ChemistryRichard Rennie and Jonathan LawFully revised and updated, the seventh edition of this popular dictionary is the ideal reference resource for students of chemistry, either at school or at university. With over 5000 entries – over 175 new to this edition ...
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