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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 Go to subject web page

Bats Phil RichardsonPhil Richardson uses his experiences of bat watching around the world to describe their complex life cycles. He reveals where to watch and study bats, how to help conserve ....

112 pages | Col photos, illus | Natural History MuseumPbk | 2011 | 9565092756 | #190227A | £12.99 Add to basket

Bear Family and Me - DVD Gordon BuchananWalking in the wild with a family of American Black Bears, fear turns to fascination as Gordon Buchanan, wildlife cameraman and presenter of Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Lost ....

2 discs | BBC VideoDVD | 2011 | #190062A | £19.99 Add to basket

Coyote at the Kitchen Door Living with Wildlife in Suburbia Stephen DeStefanoA moose frustrates commuters by wandering onto the highway; a cougar stalks his prey through suburban backyards; an alligator suns himself in a strip mall parking lot. Such ....

176 pages | 13 halftones | Harvard UPHbk | 2010 | 0674035569 | #181329A | £18.95 Add to basketPbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0674060180 | #190217A | £14.95 Add to basket

Donkey Jill BoughThis book follows the story of this incredibly hard-working animal. Jill Bough reveals the animal's historic significance in Ancient Egypt where they were once highly regarded ....

224 pages | 100 col & b/w illus | Reaktion BooksPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1861898037 | #190147A | £9.99 Add to basket

Das Eichhörnchen (the Squirrel) Stefan Bosch and Peter WW LurzMonograph on the squirrel. ....

200 pages | Col & b/w illus | Westarp WissenschaftenPbk | 2011 | 3894321644 | #190205A | £41.50 Add to basket

Identification of Marine Mammals of India P Jayasankar and B AnoopAccurate taxonomy is fundamental to the conservation efforts on marine mammals, which are listed in Schedule I of the Indian Wild Life Act 1972. It is still unclear as to how ....

134 pages | col figs, tabs | NarendraHbk | 2010 | 8190795287 | #190023A | £49.00 Add to basket

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The Illustrated Guide to Pigs How to Choose Them - How to Keep Them Celia LewisThe Illustrated Guide to pigs covers the 35 most familiar breeds of pigs in Europe and North America. The breed profiles are written in engaging text that covers the history ....

176 pages | 150+ full colour paintings | A & C BlackHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1408140403 | #189983A | £16.99 Add to basket

Manipulative Monkeys The Capuchins of Lomas Barbudal Susan Perry and Joseph H MansonWith their tonsured heads, white faces, and striking cowls, the monkeys might vaguely resemble the Capuchin monks for whom they were named. How they act is something else ....

358 pages | 16 col illus, 15 halftones | Harvard UPHbk | 2007 | 0674026640 | #168535A | Normally £36.95NHBS OFFER PRICE: £21.99Pbk | 2011 | 0674060385 | #190222A | £16.95 Add to basket

Pig Brett MizelleThis insightful book traces the natural and cultural history of the pig, focusing on the contradictions between our imaginative representation of pigs and the ways in which pigs ....


Rabbits The Animal Answer Guide Susan Lumpkin and John SeidenstickerThis book offers answers - from the mundane to the unbelievable - to many important questions about the world of lagomorphs. To some, rabbits are simply a docile pet for ....

272 pages | 35 col & 74 b/w photos, 6 illus | Johns Hopkins UPHbk | NYP 03/2011 | 0801897882 | #190265A | £23.50 Add to basketPbk | NYP 03/2011 | 0801897890 | #190266A | £12.99 Add to basket

The Wolf Within How I Learned to Talk Dog Shaun EllisTo wolf expert Shaun Ellis, wolves aren't just his work, they're also his family. Shaun has been fascinated by wolves all his life, even living as part ....

288 pages | Harper CollinsPbk | 2011 | 000732717X | #190254A | £8.99 Add to basket

Birds Go to subject web page

An Analysis of the Numbers and Distribution of Seabirds within the British Fishery Limit Aimed at Identifying Areas that Qualify as Possible Marine SPAs K Kober, A Webb, I Win, M Lewis, S O'Brien, LJ Wilson and JB ReidThe aim of this report is to document the analysis conducted by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) in 2007-2009 for the identification of the most suitable ....

JNCCPbk | 2010 | #190027A | £14.99 Add to basket

Der Baumfalke (Hobby) Dietrich Fiuczynski and Paul SömmerNew edition of a definitive work. ....

400 pages | B/w photos, figs, tabs | Westarp WissenschaftenHbk | 2011 | 3894322292 | #190203A | £69.95 Add to basket

The Bird Species / Die Vogelarten Systematics of the Bird Species and Subspecies of the World, Volume 1: Charadriiformes / Systematik der Vogelarten und -unterarten der Erde, 1: CharadriiformesNorbert BahrThis multivolume series by Norbert Bahr provides an overview of the systematics and taxonomy of all bird species and subspecies of the world based on current knowledge. ....

128 pages | Christ Media NaturHbk | NYP 08/2011 | 3923757115 | #190013A | Normally £31.99NHBS OFFER PRICE: £24.50

Birds of Trinidad and Tobago Floyd E Hayes, Martyn Kenefick and Robin L RestallA comprehensive and portable field guide to all the birds of Trinidad and Tobago. ....

256 pages | 107 col plates, maps | Christopher HelmPbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1408152096 | #189984A | £24.99 Add to basket

Birds of the World 365 Days Philippe J DuboisBirds 365 gives this perennially popular subject the 365 treatment: ornithologist and conservationist Philippe J. Dubois presents a "day in the life" of a different species ....

744 pages | 365 col photos | AbramsHbk | 2011 | 0810996138 | #190210A | £19.99 Add to basket

Conservation of Grassland Birds in North America Understanding Ecological Processes in Different Regions, Report of the AOU Committee on ConservationRobert A Askins et al

54 pages | illustrations | Princeton UPPbk | 2011 | 0943610788 | #190336A | £13.95 Add to basket

Cyprus Bird Report 2009 Edited by Colin RichardsonIncludes a systematic list, the island checklist, reports of rare birds and an article on the Cyprus Scops Owl. ....

160 pages | Col photos, figs | BirdLife CyprusPbk | 2010 | #190246A | £26.50 Add to basket






























Extreme Birder One Woman's Big Year Lynn E BarberIn 2008, Lynn Barber's passion for birding led her to drive, fly, sail, walk, stalk, and sit in search of birds in twenty-five states and three provinces. Traveling more than ....

288 pages | 140 col photos | Texas A&M UPPbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1603442618 | #190066A | £26.50 Add to basket

Der Haubentaucher (Great Crested Grebe) Manfred Melde1995 reprint. ....

126 pages | 64 b/w photos, tabs, figs & maps | Westarp WissenschaftenPbk | 2011 | 3894328177 | #190208A | £28.50 Add to basket

How Fast Can a Falcon Dive? Fascinating Answers to Questions About Birds of Prey Peter Capainolo and Carol A ButlerThis book explores the world of raptors in a way that will appeal to bird lovers and biology enthusiasts alike. Ornithologist Peter Capainolo and science writer Carol A. ....

248 pages | photos, illus | Rutgers UPPbk | 2010 | 0813547903 | #190273A | £19.50 Add to basket

Hunting Tactics of Peregrines and Other Falcons Dick DekkerThis dissertation describes the foraging habits and capture rates of four species of bird-hunting falcons; Peregrine (Falco peregrinus), Merlin (Falco colum-barius), ....

200 pages | 15 photos, 13 illus | Hancock HousePbk | 2009 | 088839683X | #190004A | £44.00 Add to basket

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds of Britain, Europe and Africa David AldertonThe habitats of Great Britain, Europe and Africa boast some of the most interesting and adaptable members of the avian world. This accessible and fully illustrated guide ....

264 pages | over 535 colour illustrations & photographs | SouthwaterPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1780190042 | #190226A | £9.99 Add to basket

Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding Kenn KaufmanBirders can memorize hundreds of details and still not be able to identify birds if they don't really understand what's in front of them. Today birders have access to almost too ....

448 pages | Houghton MifflinHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0547248326 | #190144A | £17.99 Add to basket

Kukila, Volume 14 Edited by Richard Noske and Bas van BalenMain articles in this edition: ....

102 pages | Col photos | Indonesian Orn UnionPbk | 2009 | #178748A | £12.95 Add to basket

Monographie des Fringilles, Volume 2: Carduélinés Histoire Naturelle et Photographies Michel OttavianiThis second volume deals with greenfinches, goldfinches, Venturoni, redpolls, siskins and Linnets of the Old and New Worlds, all belonging to the genus Carduelis (33 species) ....

286 pages | Col illus | Editions PrinPbk | 2011 | #190286A | £54.50 Add to basket

Monographie des Fringilles, Volume 3: Carduélinés Histoire Naturelle et Photographies Michel OttavianiThis third volume contains the linurge oriole (an ancient canary), the neospize Sao Tome (a giant canary) and all the Eurasian and African canaries of the genus Serinus (46 ....

320 pages | Col photos | Editions PrinPbk | 2011 | #190288A | £54.50 Add to basket

Oiseaux de Mauritanie / Birds of Mauritania Paul Isenmann et alThis book is an annotated checklist of the 506 species (of which 155 are breeding, 103 presumed breeding and 86 species previously not considered) recorded in Mauritania. ....

SEO| #190243A | £68.00 Add to basket

The Painted Stork Ecology and Conservation AJ UrfiThe Painted Stork is a large, eye-catching, colonially nesting wading bird found across large parts of South and South East Asia, particularly India and Sri Lanka. Listed as ....

400 pages | SpringerHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1441984674 | #190089A | £132.50 Add to basket

Vulture Thom van DoorenThe vulture is commonly thought to dwell outside the community of living beings. These birds are seen to have no real relationship with humans; instead, they are simply ....


Watching Waterbirds with Kate Humble and Martin McGill 100 Birds ... in Just One Day! Kate Humble and Martin McGillThis book introduces some 75 species of wetland birds to readers through the eyes of Kate Humble. As she freely admits herself, Kate is still learning her birds, so to find ....

256 pages | Col photos, col illus | A & C BlackPbk | NYP 04/2011 | 140813022X | #189981A | £12.99 Add to basket

Reptiles & Amphibians Go to subject web page

Amphibians and Reptiles of Tibet Pipeng Li and Ermi Zhao

251 pages | photos | CSBSHbk | 2010 | 7030268407 | #190067A | £92.00 Add to basket

































Atlas de Répartition des Amphibiens et Reptiles d'Alsace Edited by Jacques Thiriet and Jean-Pierre VacherAlsace houses not less than 18 species of amphibians and 7 species of indigenous reptiles. This distribution atlas, resulting from the collective work of the ....

273 pages | Col photos, maps | BUFOHbk | 2010 | 2746625016 | #190057A | £38.50 Add to basket

The Crested Newt A Dwindling Pond Dweller Robert Jehle, Burkhard Thiesmeier and Jim FosterFor a small, inconspicuous and largely nocturnal animal, the crested newt attracts considerable attention. Scientists from many countries have spent decades in the field ....

152 pages | Col plates, figs, tabs | LaurentiPbk | 2011 | 3933066441 | #190248A | £34.00 Add to basket

Frogs The Animal Answer Guide Mike Dorcas and Whit GibbonsFrogs are amazingly diverse, ranging from the massive Goliath frog, which weighs several pounds, to the recently discovered gold frog, which measures a mere three-eighths of an ....

208 pages | 27 col & 70 b/w photos | Johns Hopkins UPHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0801899354 | #190267A | £23.50 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0801899362 | #190268A | £12.99 Add to basket

Hunters in the Trees A Natural History of Arboreal Snakes Richard A SajdakReadable up-to-the-minute compendium of what we know about tree snakes written in a clear, nontechnical style for an adult audience of nature lovers and reptile ....

192 pages | KriegerHbk | 2011 | 1575243032 | #190335A | £59.95 Add to basket

The Private Life of Adders Rodger McPhailThe common European adder (Vipera berus) is found throughout Europe and northern Asia. Despite its widespread distribution, and its notoriety as one of Europe's few truly ....

112 pages | Col photos | Merlin UnwinHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 1906122296 | #190092A | £14.99 Add to basket

Saving Sea Turtles Extraordinary Stories from the Battle Against Extinction James R SpotilaIn April 2007, eleven leatherback turtles captured the imagination of the public worldwide as they 'raced' from Costa Rica toward the Galapagos Islands. Known as the ....

224 pages | 12 col plates | Johns Hopkins UPHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0801899079 | #190271A | £12.99 Add to basket

Der Teichmolch (Smooth Newt) G E Freytag

71 pages | B/w plates, illus | Westarp WissenschaftenPbk | 2011 | 3894324767 | #190206A | £41.50 Add to basket

Fishes Go to subject web page

Do Fish Sleep? Fascinating Answers to Questions About Fishes Judith S WeisThis book is organized in an easy-to-read and accessible question-and-answer format, filled with more than 55 photographs and over 100 interesting facts from fish biology ....

240 pages | 30 col & 29 b/w photos | Rutgers UPPbk | NYP 03/2011 | 0813549418 | #190274A | £19.50 Add to basket

Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology From Genome to Environment Edited by Anthony P FarrellFish form an extremely diverse group of vertebrates. At a conservative estimate at least 40 percent of the world's vertebrates are fish. On the one hand they are united by their ....

2500 pages | Academic PressHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0123745454 | #189525A | £730.00 Add to basket

Invertebrates Go to subject web page

Atlas of Japanese Scarabaeoidea, Volume 3 Phytophagous Group II Edited by Hirokazu Kobayashi and Takeshi MatsumotoThis series is a comprehensive colour photographic catalogue of Japanese Scarabaeoidea. This volume contains all known 131 species and 13 subspecies of Japanese Melolonthinae. ....

178 pages | Col illus | Roppon-Ashi Entomological BookHbk | 2011 | #166052A | £339.00 Add to basket

Blackflies of Northern Europe (Diptera: Simuliidae) JE Raastad, ZV Ussova and K KuuselaBlackflies are a family of homogenous small dipteran flies, usually quite darkly colored, hence the vernacular family name. Females of many species are vicious ....

ETICD | 2010 | 9490137022 | #190290A | £93.60 Add to basket

British and Irish Moths: An Illustrated Guide to Selected Difficult Species Martin Townsend, John Clifton and Brian GoodeyThis guide brings together information on the identification of difficult macro-moths, beyond what is currently available in moth field guides. It features 72 larger moth ....

91 pages | Col illus | Butterfly ConservationSpiralbound | 2011 | 0956221661 | #190160A | £19.99 Add to basket

Cephalopod Biology and Fisheries in Europe Edited by GJ Pierce et al

181 pages | col photos, figs | ICES2010 | 8774820788 | #189942A | £36.50 Add to basket
































Common Dragonflies of California A Beginners Pocket Guide Kathy BiggsThis revised, updated and expanded version of the 2000 first edition covers 100 California species of dragonflies and damselflies. 200 all NEW LARGE full-color ....

96 pages | Col photos, illus | Azalea Creek PublishingPbk | 2009 | 0967793467 | #189949A | £15.99 Add to basket

A Concise Field Guide to Indian Insects and Arachnids Meenakshi VenkataramanThis guide assists in the identification of insects and arachnids found mainly in the southern states of India. ....

591 pages | 350 col photos, illus | Vedams2010 | 8178780100 | #190112A | £69.00 Add to basket

Cricket Radio Tuning in the Nightsinging Insects John HimmelmanAt a time when night-singing insects have slipped beyond our notice, John Himmelman seeks to reconnect us to creatures whose songs form a part of our own natural history. ....

272 pages | 53 col illus, 24 halftones, 18 illus | Belknap PressHbk | NYP 03/2011 | 0674046900 | #190212A | £16.95 Add to basket

A Dipterist's Handbook Edited by Peter ChandlerThis Handbook provides a work of reference for everyone interested in the study of flies, both beginners and experienced dipterists. The first edition appeared in 1978, ....

525 pages | 32 col plates, 45 figs | AESHbk | 2010 | 0900054778 | #190151A | Normally £52.00NHBS OFFER PRICE: £49.99

Ecology of Marine Bivalves An Ecosystem Approach Edited by Richard F DameConsidering the ecology of bivalves from an ecosystem view, this book explores the potential use of bivalves as indicators and monitors of ecosystem health and describes ....

254 pages | 70 tabs, figs | CRC PressHbk | 1996 | 0849380456 | #059414A | £127.00 Add to basketHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1439839093 | #189298A | £63.99 Add to basket

Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Hemiptera - Heteroptera Illustrated Keys to Known Families, Genera, and Species in South America Charles W HeckmanHemiptera - Heteroptera encompasses the three well-defined suborders of the true bugs which are adapted to an aquatic or littoral habitat. ....

680 pages | 820 illus | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 9400707045 | #190055A | £153.00 Add to basket

Fauna Iberica, Volume 32: Phthiraptera Ischnocera MP Martín MateoIncludes 179 species of which 164 were collected from birds and 15 from mammals. All these species belong to 52 genera and 12 families. ....

368 pages | Line illus | MNCNHbk | 2009 | 8400089227 | #186944A | £88.00 Add to basket

Fauna Iberica, Volume 33: Crustacea, Copépodos marinos II. Non Calanoida The second part of the study of marine Copepoda found throughout the Iberian and Balearic area. ....

492 pages | 209 illus | MNCNHbk | 2010 | 8400092546 | #190277A | £63.00 Add to basket

Fauna of the European North-East of Russia: Volume 10 Odonata AG Tatarinov and OI KulakovaA guide to all 50 species of dragonflies and damselflies occurring in the European North-East of Russia, with data on their distribution, ecology and phenology. ....

214 pages | 60 figs, 50 maps, 6 tabs | Nauka2009 | 5030363521 | #190167A | £73.00 Add to basket

Honeybees of Asia Edited by H Randall Hepburn and Sarah E RadloffA multi-authored work on the basic biology of Asian honeybees, written by expert specialists in the field, this book highlights phylogeny, classification, mitochondrial ....

669 pages | Col & b/w figs, tabs | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 3642164218 | #189961A | £153.00 Add to basket

I Macrolepidotteri del Piemonte Ferruccio Hellmann and Paolo Parenzan

1057 pages | map | Torino MRSNHbk | 2010 | 8897189008 | #190162A | £95.00 Add to basket

Insects in Chongqing Municipality Chen at al BinThis book covers 4576 species from 2483 genera found in Chongqing, the biggest city in southwest China. ....

331 pages | CCPHHbk | 2010 | 7030291824 | #189951A | £68.00 Add to basket

Lobster Richard J KingThis book takes us on a journey through the history, biology, cuisine and culture of lobsters, and their economic and environmental status worldwide. Richard J. King ....


Manual of Lepidoptera Classification of the Butterflies and Moths of the World John HeppnerMoths and butterflies make up one of the most pertinent order of insects. Manual of Lepidoptera: Classification of the Butterflies and Moths of the World offers the most ....

800 pages | CRC PressHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0849321611 | #166845A | £95.00 Add to basket































Mariposas del Uruguay, Argentina, Brasil y Paraguay Maria Gabriela Betancur ViglioneThe first pocket guide to butterflies of Uruguay, clearly and concisely presented for easy identification. It is compact and easy to use, with over 100 high-quality photos of ....

96 pages | Col illus | GuyunusaPbk | 2011 | #190283A | £34.99 Add to basket

Monitoring Climate Change with Dragonflies Edited by Jürgen OttThis book combines papers from two symposia of the World Wide Dragonfly Association (WDA) in Pontevedra (2005) and Swakopmund (2007) - which were compiled by the editor, as ....

286 pages | Col & b/w figs, tabs | PensoftPbk | 2010 | 9546423238 | #173826A | £98.00 Add to basket

Les Nouveaux Cahiers Magellanes, No. 2 P Téocchi et al

116 pages | 32 col pages | Magellanes| 2353870813 | #190064A | £49.00 Add to basket

Philippine Marine Mollusks, Volume 4 Bivalva Part 2, Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Cephalopoda Guido T PoppeBivalves include Mytilidae, Propeamussidae, Veneridae and Cardiidae. In total covers 80 families. ....

676 pages | Col figs | ConchBooksHbk | 2011 | 3939767298 | #190245A | £126.00 Add to basket

Recent Advances in Entomological Research From Molecular Biology to Pest Management Edited by Tong-Xian Liu and Le KangIn recent years the field of entomology, due in part to the penetration of other disciplines, has made rapid progress. This volume includes 25 chapters contributed by ....

500 pages | 86 b/w illus | SpringerHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 3642178146 | #190084A | £153.00 Add to basket

Revision of the Palearctic Chaetocnema Species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) AS Konstantinov, A Baselga, VV Grebennikov, J Prena and SW Lingafelter75 species are revised and seven new species are described. ....

360 pages | 3 col figs, b/w figs, maps | PensoftHbk | 2011 | 9546425672 | #190157A | £97.00 Add to basket

The Stag Beetles of Southern South America (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) MJ PaulsenThis monograph is a compilation of original and recent research on southern South American stag beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae). In the study area, the ....

148 pages | 130 illus, 29 maps | Nebraska USMPbk | 2010 | #189977A | £49.00 Add to basket

Water Beetles of New Caledonia Part 1 Edited by MA Jäch and M BalkeThis volume is entirely dedicated to the Water Beetles of New Caledonia. It is based mainly on two field surveys carried out by the editors in 2001 and 2009. It includes 23 ....

161 col photos, maps | Vienna NHM (Entomology)2010 | #190109A | £91.00 Add to basket

ZooKeys 72 Advances in the Systematics of Diplopoda III Edited by Sergei I Golovatch and Robert Mesibov

68 pages | Col & b/w figs | PensoftPbk | 2010 | #190159A | £26.50 Add to basket

Palaeontology Go to subject web page

Biomolecular Archaeology An Introduction Terry Brown and Keri A BrownIllustrated thoroughly, Biomolecular Archaeology is the first book to clearly guide students through the study of ancient DNA: how to analyze biomolecular evidence (DNA, ....

336 pages | Wiley-BlackwellPbk | 2011 | 1405179600 | #190306A | £29.99 Add to basket

Extinction and Radiation How the Fall of Dinosaurs Led to the Rise of Mammals J David ArchibaldIn the geological blink of an eye, mammals moved from an obscure group of vertebrates into a class of planetary dominance. This provocative study identifies the fall of ....

128 pages | illus, figs, maps, photos | Johns Hopkins UPHbk | NYP 03/2011 | 0801898056 | #190272A | £38.99 Add to basket

Fossil Flora of China, Volume 1 Fossil Plants from Coal Balls in China Jinzhong Cui and Wang Shijun

141 pages | 81 plates | CSBSHbk | 2009 | 7040263262 | #190073A | £50.00 Add to basket

Fossil Flora of China, Volume 2 Fossil Pteridophytes in China Sun Keqin


Fossil Ostracoda of China, Volume 3 Palaeozoic Entomozoacea and Leperditicopida (Ostracoda) of China Wang Shangqi


Jurassic Ammonites of Tibet Yin Jiarun

247 pages | CSBSHbk | 2010 | 7116067671 | #190072A | £36.50 Add to basket




































Late Cainozoic Floras of Iceland 15 Million Years of Vegetation and Climate History in the Northern North Atlantic T Denk, R Zetter, LA Simonarson and F GrimssonBeing the only place in the northern North Atlantic yielding late Cainozoic terrestrial sediments rich in plant fossils, Iceland provides a unique archive for vegetation and ....

450 pages | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 9400703716 | #190051A | £135.00 Add to basket

The Other Saber-tooths Scimitar-tooth Cats of the Western Hemisphere Edited by Virginia L Naples, Larry D Martin and John P BabiarzLike the better-known Smilodon, or saber-tooth cat, the scimitar-tooth cats of the New World were fierce predators that killed and consumed the largest of North America's ....

320 pages | 65 col illus, 65 halftones, 2 line drawings | Johns Hopkins UPHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0801896649 | #190269A | £57.00 Add to basket

Proceedings of the Twelth Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Edited by Dong Wei

307 pages | CSBSHbk | 2010 | 7502777989 | #190070A | £45.50 Add to basket

Quantifying the Evolution of Early Life Numerical Approaches to the Evaluation of Fossils and Ancient Ecosystems Edited by Marc Laflamme, James D Schiffbauer and Stephen Q DornbosThis volume provides a detailed description of a wide range of numerical, statistical or modeling techniques and novel instrumentation separated into individual chapters written ....

360 pages | 59 b/w & 41 col illus | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 9400706790 | #190052A | £135.00 Add to basket

Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L: Mollusca 4 (Revised), Carboniferous and Permian Ammonoidea | Volume 2 Edited by Paul A Seldon

287 pages | 139 figs, 1 tab | GSA2009 | 1891276611 | #190177A | £105.00 Add to basket

Marine & Freshwater Biology Go to subject web page

Great British Marine Animals Paul NaylorThe wonderful diversity of animals that live in British seas are colourful, beautiful and have an amazing range of intriguing lifestyles. Even those we think of as familiar ....

320 pages | 600 col photos, 7 line illus | Sound Diving PublicationsPbk | 2005 | 0952283158 | #151672A | £15.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 03/2011 | 0952283166 | #190230A | £15.99 Add to basket

Integrated Ecosystem Assessments of Seven Baltic Sea Areas Covering the Last Three Decades Edited by Rabea Diekmann and Christian Möllmann

90 pages | col figs | ICESPbk | 2010 | 8774820761 | #189941A | £40.50 Add to basket

Monograph of the Gonostomatidae and Kahliellidae (Ciliophora, Hypotricha) Helmut BergerThe book covers the Gonostomatidae, the Kahliellidae, and some taxa of unknown position in the hypotrichs. In total 68 species distributed in 21 genera and subgenera are ....


Resolving Climate Impacts on Fish Stocks Edited by AD Rijnsdorp, MA Peck, GH Engelhard, C Möllmann and JK Pinnegar

372 pages | Col & b/w figs | ICESPbk | 2010 | 8774820710 | #189940A | £65.00 Add to basket

ZooKeys 68 Skeletons in Confusion: A Review of Astrophorid Sponges with (Dicho-)Calthrops as Structural Megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida)RWM Van Soest et al

88 pages | Col & b/w figs | PensoftPbk | 2010 | #190158A | £39.50 Add to basket

General Natural History Go to subject web page

100 Places to Go Before they Disappear Patrick Drew and Archbishop Desmond TutuWhat would our world look like if the planet's average temperature were to rise by only a few degrees? Cities including Venice, Bangkok, London, Chicago, and New York would ....

256 pages | 100 colour photographs | AbramsHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1419700030 | #190211A | £15.99 Add to basket

100 Ways to Take Better Nature and Wildlife Photographs Guy EdwardesThis is a practical, accessible guide to photographing nature and wildlife from one of the UK's top nature photographers. Suitable for all levels of photographer, "100 Ways to ....

144 pages | 110 photographs | David & CharlesHbk | 2009 | 0715331485 | #182635A | £24.99 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 0715331493 | #190293A | £14.99 Add to basket

Arctic Bruce Parry and Huw Lewis-JonesExplorer Bruce Parry takes an epic seven-month journey around the Arctic Circle - a passage of some 11,000 miles - taking in Greenland, Canada, Alaska, Russia and Northern ....

272 pages | 200 photos & illus | Conway Maritime PressHbk | 2010 | 1844861309 | #190063A | £19.99 Add to basket



































Arctic Labyrinth The Quest for the Northwest Passage Glyn WilliamsFor centuries British navigators dreamt of finding the Northwest Passage - the route over the top of North America that would open up the fabulous wealth of Asia to British ....

464 pages | 16 pp colour illustrations | PenguinPbk | 2011 | 0141037156 | #190305A | £10.99 Add to basket

Arctic with Bruce Parry - DVD A Journey across the World's Last Great Wilderness Bruce ParryPresenter Bruce Parry turns his attention to the Arctic Circle. Indigenous ways of life that have remained virtually unchanged for millennia will cease within our lifetimes. ....

295 minutes | BBC VideoDVD | 2011 | #190061A | £16.33 Add to basket

Born Wild The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Passion for Lions and for Africa Tony FitzjohnThis book is a story of passion, adventure and skulduggery on the frontline of African conservation. Following the author's journey from London bad boy to African wildlife ....

332 pages | Col photos | VikingHbk | 2010 | 0670918911 | #187580A | £16.99 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 0141048565 | #190295A | £7.99 Add to basket

Charles Darwin: After the Origin Sheila Ann DeanThis book focuses on the 22 years that followed the publication of the Origin of Species, often regarded as the most productive years of Darwin's life. ....

156 pages | PRI2009 | 0877104816 | #190318A | £24.50 Add to basket

Charles-Alexandre Lesueur Peintre voyageur, un trésor oublié Gabrielle Baglione and Cédric CrémièreMagnificent study of a great French explorer-artist. ....

400 pages | 620 col illus | Editions de ContiPbk | 2009 | 2351030117 | #190024A | £62.00 Add to basket

Crevasse Roulette The First Trans-Antarctic Crossing, 1957-58 Jon StephensonThe British Commonwealth-sponsored Trans-Antarctic Expedition (TAE) of 1957-58, under the leadership of Dr Vivian Fuchs, completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, ....

192 pages | 70 col & 30 b/w photos, illus, maps | Rosenberg Publishing Pty LtdPbk | 2009 | 1877058661 | #190022A | £22.50 Add to basket

Field Notes on Science and Nature Edited by Michael R CanfieldOnce in a great while, as the New York Times once noted, a naturalist writes a book that changes the way people look at the living world. John James Audubon's Birds of America, ....

280 pages | 87 col illus, 43 halftones, 1 tab | Harvard UPHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 0674057570 | #190204A | £20.95 Add to basket

Invented Knowledge False History, Fake Science and Pseudo-religions Ronald H FritzeThis book is an exploration of the murky world of fake science and pseudo-history: fields that generally rely on lost continents, ancient super-civilizations, ....

304 pages | Reaktion BooksHbk | 2009 | 1861894309 | #190149A | £19.95 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 1861898177 | #190150A | £14.95 Add to basket

Living at Micro Scale The Unexpected Physics of Being Small David B DusenberyKermit the Frog famously said that it isn't easy being green, and in Living at Micro Scale David Dusenbery shows that it isn't easy being small-existing at the size of, say, ....

394 pages | 125 line illustrations | Harvard UPHbk | 2009 | 0674031164 | #175939A | £38.95 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 0674060210 | #190221A | £16.95 Add to basket

Madagascar For 65 million years Madagascar was lost to the world - sat in splendid isolation, undiscovered and untouched by man. Left to its own devices it became a hot bed of ....

2 discs | BBC VideoBlu-ray disc | NYP 03/2011 | #189504A | £25.00 Add to basketDVD | NYP 03/2011 | #189501A | £19.99 Add to basket

A Masterclass in Drawing and Painting Animals Jonathan Truss and Sarah HoggettJonathan Truss is an inspiring artist who specializes in oil and acrylic paintings of wild animals. He expertly guides readers through artistic basics in the tutorial ....

256 pages | Col illus | Lorenz BooksHbk | 2010 | 0754820599 | #189877A | £17.99 Add to basket

Natural Experiments of History Edited by Jared Diamond and James A RobinsonSome central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific ....

288 pages | 14 figs, 5 maps, 7 tabs | Harvard UPHbk | 2010 | 0674035577 | #181330A | £22.95 Add to basketPbk | NYP 03/2011 | 0674060199 | #190218A | £14.95 Add to basket

RSPB Nature Watch How to Discover, Explore and Enjoy Wildlife Marianne TaylorWhether you're just starting out or a seasoned wildlife watcher, this book will help you to broaden your enjoyment of your hobby and explore wildlife in a range of different ....

224 pages | 250+ illus | A & C BlackPbk | NYP 05/2011 | 140813974X | #189982A | £12.99 Add to basket

































Science-Mart Privatizing American Science Philip MirowskiThis trenchant study analyzes the rise and decline in the quality and format of science in America since World War II. ....

464 pages | 15 figs, 15 tabs | Harvard UPHbk | NYP 03/2011 | 0674046463 | #190214A | £29.95 Add to basket

Wetware A Computer in Every Living Cell Dennis BrayHow does a single-cell creature, such as an amoeba, lead such a sophisticated life? How does it hunt living prey, respond to lights, sounds, and smells, and display complex ....

267 pages | b&w illus | Yale UPHbk | 2009 | 0300141734 | #178145A | £19.99 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 0300167849 | #190331A | £12.99 Add to basket

Wild in Europe The Wildlife Art of Renso Tamse Contains some 70 superb paintings and more than 90 sketches, drawings and studies by the young Dutch wildlife artist. ....

156 pages | Col illus throughout | Langford PressHbk | 2011 | 1904078362 | #190229A | £37.99 Add to basket

Regional & Travel Go to subject web page

Atlas of Terrestrial Vertebrate Animals at Saihanwula National Nature Reserve of Inner Mongolia Bao Weidong and Li Guilin

229 pages | photos | CSBSPbk | 2010 | 7503858729 | #190071A | £26.99 Add to basket

The British Empire and the Natural World Environmental Encounters in South Asia Edited by Kumar Deepak, Vinita Damodaran and Rohan D'SouzaThis volume provides multi-layered analysis of the environmental impacts under the colonial rule. Presenting detailed case studies from across the Indian subcontinent, it ....

344 pages | OUPHbk | 2011 | 0198069707 | #190339A | £39.99 Add to basket

Chinese Precious Animals Cao Yuru

152 pages | photos | CSBSPbk | 2010 | 7502776303 | #190078A | £24.99 Add to basket

The Fauna of Hebei, China Amphibia, Reptilia and Mammalia Wu YuefengThis volume details 121 amphibian, reptile and mammal species found in the Hebei province. ....


Notebooks from New Guinea Fieldnotes of a Tropical Biologist Vojtech NovotnyThis is a unique and delightfully engaging account by a leading tropical biologist of doing science at one of the last wild frontiers in the world. Vojtech Novotny is a ....

256 pages | B/w illus | OUPHbk | 2009 | 0199561656 | #176636A | Normally £16.99NHBS OFFER PRICE: £9.99Pbk | NYP 08/2011 | 0199609640 | #189001A | £9.99 Add to basket

Botany & Plant Science Go to subject web page

African Natural Plant Products From Forests and Fields to the Marketplace Edited by James Simon, Rodolfo Juliani and Lyle E CrakerThis book is a review of the latest discoveries made through the collection, cultivation, production, processing, marketing, and commercialization of African ....

448 pages | 150 black & white illustrations | CRC PressHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 1439821763 | #189299A | £89.00 Add to basket

Aloes The Definitive Guide S Carter, JJ Lavranos, LE Newton and CC WalkerIn addition to being an important component of the floras of Africa, Arabia and Madagascar, aloes are widely cultivated by hobbyists in Europe, the Americas, ....

800 pages | 600 col photos, 10 illus | Kew RBGHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1842464396 | #189947A | £100.00 Add to basket

Boissiera Volume 63: The Genus Grimmia Hedw. (Grimmiaceae, Bryophyta) A morphological-anatomical study Eva Maier

377 pages | CB de Geneve2010 | 2827700794 | #190168A | £79.00 Add to basket

Catalogus Hasslerianus, Parte 3 Edited by L Ramella and P Perret

255 pages | CB de Geneve2010 | 2827707047 | #190169A | £35.00 Add to basket

Catálogo del Herbario de la Real Expedición Botánica de Nueva España (1787-1803) Conservado en el Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid Paloma Blanco Fernández de Caleya et alThe catalogue of the Royal Botanical Expedition to New Spain was compiled during the 18th and 19th centuries. The originals are preserved at the Royal Botanical Garden in ....

688 pages | MNCN2010 | 8400092627 | #190278A | £112.00 Add to basket

































Champion Trees of Britain and Ireland The Tree Register Handbook Edited by Owen JohnsonWhat kind of trees grow where, how long do they live, and how big do they become? This book answers these questions and more, introducing the finest examples of every kind of ....

300 pages | 200 Col photos | Kew RBGPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1842464523 | #189948A | £24.99 Add to basket

A Checklist of the Flowering Plants in Southeast Yunnan Shui Yumin

532 pages | CSBSHbk | 2011 | #190108A | £118.00 Add to basket

Climate - Vegetation Afro-Asian Mediterranean and Red Sea Coastal Lands MA Zahran and Francis GilbertDeserts are unique ecosystems with their own biotic and abiotic components, and are often rich in renewable natural resources, the appropriate management of which can ....


Conifer Treasury of the World A living Conifer Taxonomy with 200,000 images Mesterházy ZsoltDigital third edition of this important database. It contains 74 genuses with 3,5 million photos, 807 species, 15100 cultivars, 6229 of them with photos from the ....

546 pages | - | Zsolt MesterhazyCD | 2010 | #190035A | £84.00 Add to basket

Designing a New Plant Surveillance Scheme for the UK K Walker, T Dines, N Hutchinson and S FreemanSeven methods of sampling vegetation were examined in detail, all based on surveying 1km squares. From these, three design options are recommended for subsequent field-testing. ....

JNCCPbk | 2010 | #190028A | £9.99 Add to basket

The Diatom World Edited by Joseph Seckbach and Patrick KociolekDiatoms are fascinating algae, whose relevance today is greater than perhaps ever before. They are important players in a wide range of ecosystems, freshwater, brackish ....

600 pages | 40 col & b/w illus | SpringerHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 9400713266 | #190088A | £153.00 Add to basket

Ecology of Leaf Longevity Kihachiro Kikuzawa and Martin J LechowiczLeaf longevity is a fundamental process underlying patterns of variation in foliar phenology and determining the distinction between deciduous and evergreen plant species. ....


Eunotia Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyta) of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA Paula C Furey et alThis book provides an image rich documentation of the Eunotia flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Over 50 sub-generic taxa of Eunotia are presented, ....

132 pages | Figs, tabs | Gebr•der BorntraegerPbk | 2011 | 344357047X | #190247A | £70.00 Add to basket

The Far North Plant Biodiversity and Ecology of Yakutia Edited by EI Troeva, AP Isaev, MM Cherosov and NS KarpovOutside Russia very little is known about the terrestrial ecology, vegetation, biogeographical patterns, and biodiversity of the enormously extensive ecosystems of ....

400 pages | Illus, maps | SpringerHbk | 2009 | 904813773X | #190018A | £135.00 Add to basket

A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Chen Singchi Liu Zhongjian et alThis book describes more than 600 species of orchids, accompanied by a photograph for each species. ....

368 pages | col photos | CSBSPbk | 2009 | 7503857005 | #190122A | £68.00 Add to basket

Flora Graeca Sibthorpiana, Volume 5 and 6 Johannes Sibthorp, Arne Strid and Barbro StridThis annotated re-issue includes volumes 5 and 6 from the original series, complete with colour plates (100 per volume) and maps, prepared and edited by Arne and Barbro Strid. ....

413 pages | 200 col plates, 200 col maps | GantnerNYP 03/2011 | 3906166910 | #190095A | £210.00 Add to basket

Flora del Bajio y de Regiones Adyacentes Fasciculo Complementario, Estudio florístico del Pedregal de Arócutin, en la cuenca | (Volume 25) del Lago de Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico

Instituto de Ecologia| #190155A | £18.50 Add to basket

Flora del Bajio y de Regiones Adyacentes, Volume 166: Iridaceae Instituto de Ecologia| #190153A | £18.50 Add to basket

Flora del Bajio y de Regiones Adyacentes, Volume 167: Anacapsterotaceae

Instituto de Ecologia| #190154A | £18.50 Add to basket

Flora of Baramati RB Bhagat, VB Shimpale and RB DeshmukhThis book presents an up-to-date floristic account of the flowering plants of Baramati. The flora constitutes a total of 994 taxa belonging to 938 species with 42 varieties and ....

450 pages | 423 col photos, maps, figs | Vedams2008 | 8184650094 | #190106A | £69.00 Add to basket

Flora of China Illustrations, Volume 10: Fabaceae This volume encompasses one large plant family, namely, the Fabaceae or Leguminosae, with 1,673 species in China, of which 690 are endemic. The fruits come in the form of ....

696 pages | Missouri BGHbk | 2011 | 1930723989 | #186326A | £153.00 Add to basket






































Flora of Shenzhen, Volume 2 Li Pei-Qiong and Li Yong

752 pages | 702 col photos, 690 illus | CSBSHbk | 2010 | 7503858842 | #190107A | £205.00 Add to basket

Flora of Thailand: Phylogenetic Revision of the Clusiaceae and Hypericaceae C Byrne and J ParnellThis phylogenetic revision presents detailed descriptions, images and drawings of the Clusiaceae and Hypericaceae of Thailand. In total 32 species are included. A list of ....

ETICD | 2009 | 9490137014 | #190291A | £25.80 Add to basket

Floristics of Seed Plants from China Wu Zhengyi et al

485 pages | CCPHHbk | 2011 | 703022390X | #189952A | £113.00 Add to basket

Fungi of Tropical China Wu Xingliang et alThis book features over 600 species of Chinese tropical fungi, mostly illustrated with colour photos. ....

548 pages | 550 col photos | CCPHHbk | 2011 | 703029470X | #189954A | £228.00 Add to basket

Genomics and Molecular Genetics of Plant-Nematode Interactions Edited by John Jones, Godelieve Gheysen and C FenollThis book reviews developments in the molecular biology of plant-nematode interactions that have been driven by the application of genomics tools. A series of introductory ....

350 pages | 50 b/w illus | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 940070433X | #190039A | £135.00 Add to basket

Guide to the Flowers of Western China Christopher Grey-Wilson and Phillip CribbThe extent and diversity of China's rich flora is unrivalled in temperate latitudes of the world, with some 30,000 species of plants. Nowhere is this floral richness better ....

504 pages | 2400 col photos, 10 maps | Kew RBGHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1842461699 | #181513A | £70.00 Add to basket

Icones Pleurothallidinarum XXXI: Lepanthes of Bolivia; Systematics of Octomeria Species North and West of Brazil; Addenda and Corrigenda Carlyle A Luer

154 pages | illus | Missouri BGPbk | 2010 | 193564100X | #190140A | £62.00 Add to basket

Joseph Franz Rock Phytogeography of Northwest and Southwest China Edited by Hartmut WalravensJ. F. Rock wrote his phytogeography as an abstract of his botanical explorations in China in 1952 for the Royal Horticultural Society but because of circumstances beyond ....

356 pages | 88 illus | Verlag der OsterreichPbk | 2010 | 3700167261 | #189945A | £92.00 Add to basket

Junipers of the World The genus Juniperus Robert P AdamsThis book contains a synthesis of data on evolution by examining: Geographic Variation: Pan-Arctic variation in Juniperus communis, etc. Speciation in sections of the genus: ....

426 pages | B/w photos, maps | Trafford PublishingPbk | 2011 | 1426953828 | #190003A | £23.99 Add to basket

Lives of Conifers A Comparative Account of the Coniferous Trees Graham R PowellDominant throughout the temperate northern hemisphere, conifers form the backbone of boreal ecosystems. This comprehensive reference work explains the complex life cycles of ....

276 pages | 685 col photos | Johns Hopkins UPHbk | 2009 | 0801892430 | #189944A | £63.00 Add to basket

Manual of Chinese Cymbidiums Chen Xinqi

315 pages | CCPHHbk | 2011 | 7503860316 | #189957A | £120.00 Add to basket

Mistletoes of Southern Australia David M WatsonMistletoes are an enigmatic group of plants. Lacking roots and depending on other plants for their livelihood, they have inspired a range of beliefs throughout the world. Some ....

200 pages | 130 col photos, 51 watercolours | CSIROPbk | 2011 | 0643095934 | #189350A | £37.95 Add to basket

Monograph of Berlinia (Leguminosae) Barbara A Mackinder and R Toby PenningtonBerlinia, a genus of tropical African trees in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae), comprises 21 species, five of which were discovered during this study and ....

117 pages | illus, map | ASPT2011 | 0912861916 | #190094A | £40.50 Add to basket

Monograph of Dendropemon (Loranthaceae) Job KuijtThe mistletoe genus Dendropemon (Loranthaceae), consisting of 31 species, is endemic to the Caribbean islands and the Bahamas. It is characterized by indeterminate ....

110 pages | illus | ASPT2011 | 0912861924 | #190093A | £39.00 Add to basket

New Atlas of the Kent Flora Eric G PhilpThis book provides a summary of the resuts from a vast botanical survey of Kent conducted between 1991 and 2005. It identifies changes in plant distribution since the ....

348 pages | col maps | Kent FCHbk | 2010 | 0956192629 | #189204A | £49.50 Add to basket

































Pollen Flora of China Woody Plants by SEM Li Tianqing et alThis monograph describes 1097 species from 434 genera and features over 4000 SEM images. ....

1233 pages | 4230 SEM photos | CCPHHbk | 2011 | 7030294750 | #189958A | £223.00 Add to basket

Single-Pollen Genotyping Edited by Yuji Isagi and Yoshihisa SuyamaPollination is one of the most important processes in plant reproduction. It directly influences reproductive success and fitness and the genetic structure of the plant ....

139 pages | 41 illus | SpringerHbk | 2010 | 443153900X | #190037A | £90.00 Add to basket

Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources Temperate Fruits Edited by Chittaranjan KoleWild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes ....


Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources Oilseeds Edited by Chittaranjan KoleThis work includes comprehensive examinations of the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of ....


Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources Millets and Grasses Edited by Chittaranjan KoleThis volume details the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, ....


Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources Cereals Edited by Chittaranjan KoleThis volume details the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, ....


The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Zhihui Jiang Hong and Ye Deping

500 pages | col photos | CSBSHbk | 2010 | #190121A | £217.00 Add to basket

The Yellow Book 2011 NGS Gardens Open for Charity Joe Swift, Martyn Cox et alThe so-called `bible' of garden visiting and the key to secret gardens of England and Wales, The Yellow Book 2011 is your essential guide to the thousands of gardens that ....

600 pages | National Gardens SchemePbk | 2011 | 1905942141 | #190141A | £9.99 Add to basket

Animal & General Biology Go to subject web page

Animal Tool Behavior The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals Robert W Shumaker, Kristina R Walkup and Benjamin B BeckWhen first published in 1980, this book was the first volume to catalog and analyze the complete literature on tool use and manufacture in non-human animals. Beck showed that ....

312 pages | 94 b/w photos, 15 illus | Johns Hopkins UPHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0801898536 | #190270A | £33.99 Add to basket

Chitin Formation and Diagenesis Edited by Neal S GuptaThere are several books on properties of chitin and associated biomolecules and their biochemical significance. However, this volume deals with a wide variety of ....


Engineering Animals How Life Works Mark Denny and Alan McFadzeanThe alarm calls of birds make them difficult for predators to locate, while the howl of wolves and the croak of bullfrogs are designed to carry across long distances. From an ....

400 pages | 100 line illus, 18 halftones | Harvard UPHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 0674048547 | #190209A | £25.95 Add to basket

Evolutionary Bioinformatics Donald R. ForsdykeBooks on bioinformatics which began appearing in the mid 80s primarily served gene-hunters, and biologists who wished to construct family trees showing tidy lines of ....

450 pages | 86 illus | SpringerHbk | 2006 | 0387334181 | #160973A | £49.99 Add to basketHbk | NYP 03/2011 | 1441977708 | #189960A | £139.50 Add to basket

Extremophiles Handbook 2 volume set Edited by K Horikoshi, G Antranikian, AT Bull, F Robb and KO StetterThis two-volume set brings together the rapidly growing and often scattered information on microbial life in the whole range of extreme environments. ....

1277 pages | 240 b/w & col illus | SpringerHbk | 2010 | 4431538976 | #190038A | £359.00 Add to basket






























Gasping Fish and Panting Squids Oxygen, Temperature and the Growth of Water Breathing Animals Daniel PaulyThis volume provides elements for the incorporation of oxygen into a level- or domain-specific theory that predicts risk-minimizing behavior in fishes, both under food ....

Ecology InstituteHbk | 2010 | #174459A | £74.00 Add to basket

Genetic Analysis A History of Genetic Thinking Raphael FalkThere is a paradox lying at the heart of the study of heredity. To understand the ways in which features are passed down from one generation to the next, we have to dig deeper ....

346 pages | CUPPbk | 2011 | 0521182816 | #190326A | £24.99 Add to basket

Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches Frans J De BruijnThis comprehensive reference covers the various metagenomics in a large variety of habitats, which could not previously have been analysed without metagenomic methodology. ....

816 pages | Wiley-BlackwellHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0470644796 | #190102A | £210.00 Add to basket

Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II Metagenomics in Different Habitats Frans J De BruijnMetagenomics has revolutionized microbiology and many associated health and environmental fields. This treatise covers the various omics in a large variety of ....


Introducing Proteomics From Concepts to Sample Separation, Mass Spectrometry and Data Analysis Josip LovricIntroduction to Proteomics gives a concise and coherent overview of every aspect of current proteomics technology. The book provides students with sufficient theoretical ....

296 pages | Wiley-BlackwellHbk | 2011 | 0470035234 | #190329A | £80.00 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 0470035242 | #190330A | £27.50 Add to basket

A Roadmap to the Successful Development and Commercialization of Microbial Pest Control Products for Control of Arthropods Willem J RavensbergBiocontrol is among the most promising methods for a safe, environmentally benign and sustainable pest control. Microbial pesticides offer a great potential, and it is ....

383 pages | Col & b/w figs, tabs | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 9400704364 | #190041A | £117.00 Add to basket

The Species Problem A Philosophical Analysis Richard A RichardsThere is long-standing disagreement among systematists about how to divide biodiversity into species. Over twenty different species concepts are used to group organisms, ....

248 pages | CUPHbk | 2010 | 0521196833 | #190316A | £50.00 Add to basket

Stromatolites: Interaction of Microbes with Sediments Edited by Vinod Tewari and Joseph SeckbachThis book provides an overview and latest information about the formation of Stromatolites as a result of interaction of microbes with sediments. Eighty-three expert ....

771 pages | 40 col & b/w illus | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 9400703961 | #190087A | £135.00 Add to basket

Understanding the Dynamics of Biological Systems Lessons Learned from Integrative Systems Biology Edited by Werner Dubitzky, Jennifer Southgate and Hendrik FussThe book encompasses the key disciplines of biology, mathematics, and information technology that contribute to systems biology. It introduces some of the main methods ....


Evolutionary Biology Go to subject web page

The Annotated Origin A Facsimile of the First Edition of On the Origin of Species Charles Darwin and James T CostaCharles Darwin's "Origin of Species" is the most important and yet least read scientific work in the history of science. Now James T. Costa - experienced field biologist, ....

537 pages | 1 line illustration | Belknap PressHbk | 2009 | 0674032810 | #178969A | £25.95 Add to basketPbk | NYP 03/2011 | 0674060172 | #190216A | £16.95 Add to basket

Human Planet - The Complete Series Following in the footsteps of Planet Earth and Life, this epic eight-part blockbuster is a breathtaking celebration of the amazing, complex, profound and sometimes challenging ....

480 mins, 3 discs | BBC VideoBlu-ray disc | 2011 | #190060A | £32.68 Add to basketDVD | 2011 | #190059A | £28.58 Add to basket

Life from an RNA World The Ancestor Within Michael YarusA majority of evolutionary biologists believe that it is possible to envision our biological predecessors - not the first, but nearly the first, living beings on Earth. ....

224 pages | 13 illus | Harvard UPHbk | 2010 | 0674050754 | #184532A | £18.95 Add to basketPbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0674060717 | #190220A | £13.95 Add to basket

































The Origins of Evolutionary Innovations A Theory of Transformative Change in Living Systems Andreas WagnerThe history of life is a nearly four billion year old story of transformative change. This change ranges from dramatic macroscopic innovations such as the evolution of wings ....

272 pages | 100 b/w illus | OUPHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0199692599 | #190284A | £65.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0199692602 | #190282A | £29.95 Add to basket

Phenotypic Variation Exploration and Functional Genomics Moyra SmithDuring the past two decades international collaborative studies have yielded extensive information on genome sequences, genome architecture and their variations. The challenge ....


Ecology Go to subject web page

The Challenges of Biodiversity Science Michel LoreauThis book addresses the protection of biodiversity for present and future human generations and for a thriving biosphere. As leader in a variety of organisations and ....

Ecology Institute| #144854A | £55.50 Add to basket

Ecology: Global Insights and Investigations Peter D StilingPeter Stiling, co-author of "Biology by Brooker" et al., has written a new first edition ecology text. The main goal in creating a new ecology text is to show how ecology is ....

640 pages | McGraw HillPbk | 2011 | 0071316671 | #190320A | £46.99 Add to basket

Handbook of Spatial Point Pattern Analysis in Ecology Thorsten Wiegand, Kirk Adams Moloney and Richard L SmithA guidebook to spatial point-pattern analysis for ecologists, this book provides a comprehensive presentation of the theory behind point-pattern analysis targeted at the ....

450 pages | 40 black & white illustrations | Chapman & Hall (CRC Press)Hbk | 2011 | 142008254X | #190341A | £49.99 Add to basket

Multivariate Analysis for Community Ecologists Step-by-Step using PC-ORD JeriLynn E PeckWhat are multivariate data? How should I prepare my data? ....

162 pages | MjM Software DesignSpiralbound | 2010 | #190231A | £59.95 Add to basket

The Wolf's Tooth Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades, and Biodiversity Cristina EisenbergIn this book the author investigates the dramatic ecological consequences of predator removal (and return) as she explores the concept of 'trophic cascades' and the role of ....

254 pages | - | Island PressHbk | 2010 | 1597263974 | #184926A | £21.99 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 1597263982 | #190009A | £16.99 Add to basket

Habitats & Ecosystems Go to subject web page

Biodiversità e Aree Protette / Biodiversity And Protected Areas Un interesse comune dell'umanità / A common concern of humankind Edited by Stefano L Tresca

176 pages | Gangemi Editore2010 | 8849208383 | #190011A | £42.00 Add to basket

The Black Earth Ecological Principles for Sustainable Agriculture on Chernozem Soils David Dent, Boris P Boincean and Igori Arcadie KrupenikovSoil is the Earth's living skin. It provides anchorage for roots, holds water long enough for plants to make use of it and the nutrients that sustain life. This book is ....

200 pages | 45 b/w 7 col illus | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 9400701586 | #189969A | £90.00 Add to basket

Eco-city Planning Policies, Practice and Design Edited by Tai-Chee Wong and Belinda YuenEco-city planning is a key element of urban land use planning in perspective and of ongoing debate of environmental urban sustainable development with a spatial and ....

280 pages | 60 illus | SpringerHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 9400703821 | #190049A | £90.00 Add to basket

Environmental Health Dade W MoellerDramatic changes in the field of environmental health since the Third Edition was published in 2004 demand a new, radically updated version of this essential textbook. ....

560 pages | illus, tabs | Harvard UPHbk | 2004 | 0674014944 | #150418A | Normally £58.95NHBS OFFER PRICE: £34.99Hbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0674047400 | #190215A | £59.95 Add to basket

Global Change Challenges for Soil Management Edited by Miodrag ZlaticSoil, like air and water, is essential to life on earth. Over 90% of all human food and livestock feed are produced from the land and from soils that vary in quality and ....

380 pages | Figs, tabs | CatenaPbk | 2010 | 3923381573 | #190202A | £200.00 Add to basket

Global Change and Baltic Coastal Zones Edited by Gerald Schernewski, Jacobus Hofstede and Thomas NeumannClimate change and ongoing transformation processes in economy and agriculture will have strong and multiple impacts in the Baltic region. In particular coastal zones face ....

300 pages | 100 b/w & 60 col illus | SpringerHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 9400703996 | #190047A | £90.00 Add to basket































Global Change and River Ecosystems - Implications for Structure, Function and Ecosystem Services Edited by RJan Stevenson and Sergi SabaterRivers around the world are threatened by changes in land use, climate, hydrologic cycles, and biodiversity. Global changes in rivers include, but are not restricted to ....


Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 3 Geology Edited by Noreen A Buster and Charles W HolmesThis volume provides the most up-to-date systematic, cohesive, and comprehensive description of the geology of the Gulf of Mexico basin. The book's six sections address ....

512 pages | 23 col photos, 104 figs, 22 tabs, 89 maps | Texas A&M UPHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 1603442901 | #190065A | £65.95 Add to basket

Land Degradation and Rehabilitation Dryland Ecosystems A Faz Cano et alThis special issue contains a range of papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Land Degradation, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain, September 12nd-17th , 2004. ....


Landscape Ecology in Asian Cultures Edited by Sun-Kee Hong, Jianguo Wu, Jae-Eun Kim and Nobukazu NakagoshiCultural landscapes are a product of the interactions between humans and natural settings. They are landscapes and seascapes that are shaped by human history and land ....

352 pages | 100 illus | SpringerHbk | NYP 03/2011 | 4431877983 | #190036A | £126.00 Add to basket

The Landscape Ecology of Fire Edited by Donald McKenzie, Carol S Miller and Donald A FalkGlobal warming is expected to change fire regimes, likely increasing the severity and extent of wildfires in many ecosystems around the world. What will be the ....

350 pages | 82 b/w & col illus | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 9400703007 | #189966A | £117.00 Add to basket

Landscape Indicators Assessing and Monitoring Landscape Quality Edited by Claudia Cassatella and Attilia PeanoThis volume deals with the definition and use of specific indicators for landscape assessment and monitoring. To tackle the diverse dimensions of the landscape, the ....


Marine Ecological Geography Theory and Experience Dmitry Ya FashchukThis book considers the methodological principles of systemization and visualization of multidimensional ecological information for its operational dissemination among ....


The Ocean at Home An Illustrated History of the Aquarium Bernd BrunnerThe mysterious world beneath the ocean's surface has captivated man for centuries-the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and ancient Chinese all kept fish in their homes for purposes ....

160 pages | 100 b/w & col illus | Reaktion BooksPbk | NYP 03/2011 | 1861898169 | #190148A | £17.95 Add to basket

Protected Area Management and Ecotourism Concepts, planning, evaluation and management M B Shrivastava and Menka BihariThe book deals with a gamut of activities associated with protected area management, including the concepts, principles, history and movement of environmental conservation, ....

264 pages | VDM VerlagPbk | 2010 | 3639311949 | #190010A | £101.00 Add to basket

The Rising Sea Orrin H Pilkey and Rob YoungOn Shismaref Island in Alaska, homes are being washed into the sea. In the South Pacific, small island nations face annihilation ....

203 pages | B/w illus | Island PressHbk | 2009 | 1597261912 | #178535A | £16.99 Add to basketPbk | NYP 04/2011 | 1610910044 | #190008A | £15.99 Add to basket

Selecting Douglas Fir Seed Sources for Use in Britain Alan M Fletcher and Sam SamuelDouglas fir plays a particular role in the production of quality timber and is also important for other multipurpose forestry uses. Due to the extent of its natural range ....

68 pages | Col illus | Forestry CommissionPbk | 2010 | 0855388099 | #190161A | £17.50 Add to basket

The Soils of Tomorrow Soils Changing in a Changing World Edited by Carmelo Dazzi and Edoardo CostantiniWide-ranging collection. ....


State of the World's Forests 2011 FAOThe ninth biennial issue of State of the World's Forests, published at the outset of 2011, the International Year of Forests, considers the theme 'Changing pathways, ....

170 pages | FAOPbk | 2011 | 9251067503 | #190238A | £35.00 Add to basket

Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change Mark Bush and John FlenleyThe goal of this book is to provide a current overview of the impacts of climate change on tropical forests, to investigate past, present, and future climatic influences on the ....

440 pages | - | SpringerHbk | NYP 03/2011 | 3642053823 | #189973A | £153.00 Add to basket































Understanding and Managing Threats to the Environment in South Eastern Europe Edited by Gorazd Mesko, Dejana Dimitrijevic and Charles B FieldsThis volume presents reflections on a variety of environmental issues in South-Eastern Europe from diverse contemporary scientific disciplines. The contributions address many ....

404 pages | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 9400706103 | #190343A | £153.00 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 9400706138 | #190344A | £81.00 Add to basket

Wetlands Integrating Multidisciplinary Concepts Edited by Ben A LePageThe science of wetlands and our understanding of these complex ecosystems have improved considerably. The emergence of multidisciplinary strategies is providing new ....

350 pages | SpringerPbk | 2011 | 9400705506 | #190083A | £58.99 Add to basket

Conservation & Biodiversity Go to subject web page

Biodiversity: Structure and Function, Volume 1 Edited by Wilhelm Barthlott, K Eduard Linsenmair and Stefan Porembski

336 pages | EOLSSPbk | 2009 | 184826934X | #190163A | £304.00 Add to basket

Biodiversity: Structure and Function, Volume 2 Edited by Wilhelm Barthlott, K Eduard Linsenmair and Stefan Porembski

338 pages | EOLSSPbk | 2009 | 1848269358 | #190165A | £304.00 Add to basket

Biological Diversity Exploiters and Exploited Paul Hatcher and Nick BatteyBiological Diversity takes a fresh, innovative approach to the teaching of biodiversity. Rather than detailing and cataloguing the major taxa and their evolutionary ....

440 pages | Wiley-BlackwellHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0470778067 | #190236A | £90.00 Add to basketPbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0470778075 | #190366A | £32.50 Add to basket

Conservation at the Crossroads Science, Society, and the Future of India's Wildlife Ghazala ShahabuddinUsing the Sariska Tiger Reserve as one of its major anchors, this book analyses the historical, socio-political, and biological contexts of nature conservation in India in ....

288 pages | Permanent BlackHbk | 2010 | 8178242648 | #190032A | £32.50 Add to basket

Green Roofs and Biodiversity Can Green Roofs provide habitat for invertebrates in an urban environment? In urban climes, where green space is already limited, green roofs may provide the ideal and in many cases the only habitat for species conservation. Could green roofs provide ....

312 pages | LAPPbk | 2011 | 3843374163 | #190001A | £99.50 Add to basket

Human Population Its Influences on Biological Diversity Edited by Richard P Cincotta and Larry J GorenfloIn this volume the dynamic patterns of human density and distribution are examined in relation to the viability of native species and the integrity of their habitats. Social, ....


Listed Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act Joe RomanThe first listed species to make headlines after the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973 was the snail darter, a three-inch fish that stood in the way of a massive dam ....

368 pages | Harvard UPHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 0674047516 | #190207A | £20.95 Add to basket

Protected Area Staff Training Guidelines for Planning and Management Svetlana L Kopylova and Natalia R DanilinaQualified, competent, and committed staff are central to the success of protected areas. Training of protected area staff is more and more recognized as a vital component of ....

220 pages | Island PressPbk | 2011 | 283171317X | #190007A | £24.99 Add to basket

Environmental Science Go to subject web page

Adaptation and Resilience The Economics of Climate, Water, and Energy Challenges in the American Southwest Edited by George B Frisvold and Bonnie G ColbyIn America's arid southwest, climate change will occur in the context of already-keen competition for water for agriculture, urban growth, electricity generation, water-based ....

256 pages | Line drawings, index | RFFHbk | 2011 | 1933115939 | #190346A | £60.00 Add to basket

Adapting to Climate Change Thresholds, Values, Governance Edited by Neil Adger, Irene Lorenzoni and Karen O'BrienAdapting to climate change is a critical problem facing humanity. This involves reconsidering our lifestyles, and is linked to our actions as individuals, societies and ....

530 pages | 38 figs, 28 tables | CUPHbk | 2009 | 0521764858 | #181273A | £85.00 Add to basketPbk | 2010 | 0521182514 | #189953A | £29.99 Add to basket

Aeronomy of the Earth's Atmosphere and Ionosphere Edited by Archana Bhattacharyya, Mangalathayil Ali Abdu and Dora PanchevaThis book is a multi-author treatise on the most outstanding research problems in the field of the aeronomy of the Earth's atmosphere and ionosphere, encompassing the science ....


































Chemistry of the Environment Thomas G Spiro, William M Stigliani and K Purvis-RobertsThis new edition has been extensively revised to reflect the rapid evolution of all areas of environmental science. Additionally, much of the text and organisation have ....

550 pages | Figs, tabs | University Science BooksHbk | NYP 08/2011 | 189138970X | #190235A | £46.99 Add to basket

Extreme Environmental Events Complexity in Forecasting and Early Warning Edited by Robert A MeyersThis set is an authoritative single source for understanding and applying the basic tenets of complexity and systems theory, as well as the tools and measures for analyzing ....

1242 pages | 2 volumes, 661 b/w & col illus | SpringerHbk | 2010 | 1441976949 | #189974A | £449.50 Add to basket

Globalizing Polar Science Reconsidering the International Polar and Geophysical Years Edited by Roger D Launius, James Rodger Fleming and David H DeVorkinThe International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that was focused on, but not ....

400 pages | PalgraveHbk | 2011 | 0230105327 | #190239A | £60.00 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 0230105335 | #190240A | £19.99 Add to basket

IUTAM Symposium on Turbulence in the Atmosphere and Oceans Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Turbulence in the Atmosphere and Oceans, Cambridge, UK, December 8 12, 2008 Edited by David G DritschelThis book stems from the IUTAM symposium 'Rotating Stratified Turbulence and Turbulence in the Atmosphere and Oceans' which took place at the Isaac Newton Institute for ....


The Inquisition of Climate Science James L PowellScience is under the greatest and most successful attack in modern history. An industry of denial, abetted by media more interested in selling controversy than presenting ....

240 pages | 7 line drawings | Columbia UPHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0231157185 | #189917A | £19.50 Add to basket

Intraseasonal Variability in the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System William Lau and Duane WaliserAs the first comprehensive and authoritative review of intra-seasonal variability (ISV), this multi-author work balances coverage of observation, theory and modeling and ....

330 pages | 40 col illus | SpringerHbk | 2006 | 3540222766 | #163099A | £175.50 Add to basketHbk | 2011 | 3642139132 | #190133A | £117.00 Add to basket

Light Scattering by Non-spherical Inhomogeneous Particles Fast Computations VG Farafonov and VB Il'inThe optical methods of disperse media investigations are widely used today in many branches of physics from biophysics to environmental science and astronomy. Scatterers ....


Operational Oceanography in the 21st Century Edited by Andreas Schiller and Gary B BrassingtonOver the past decade the significant advances in real-time ocean observing systems, ocean modelling, ocean data assimilation and super-computing has seen the development ....


Postmodern Climate Change Leigh GloverThis book provides a much-needed analysis of international climate change politics as a key issue of modernity and in the context of environmentalism. Leigh Glover presents a ....

320 pages | RoutledgePbk | 2011 | 0415663776 | #190359A | £24.95 Add to basket

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Volume 211 Edited by David M Whitacre

160 pages | 8 b/w illus | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 1441980105 | #190050A | £90.00 Add to basket

The Science of Global Ozone Change Human Activities versus Natural Variability Arthur Philip CracknellThe destruction of the ozone layer, together with global warming, is one of the hot environmental topics of today. This book examines the effect of human activities on ....


Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change Prioritising Social Equity and Environmental Integrity Edited by Siri Eriksen and Katrina BrownThis book sets out how to ensure that adaptation efforts are socially and environmentally sustainable, contributing to poverty reduction as well as confronting ....

84 pages | Figures, tables | EarthscanHbk | 2011 | 1849714134 | #190360A | £65.00 Add to basket

Physical Sciences Go to subject web page

Catastrophes! Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Tornadoes, and Other Earth-shattering Disasters Donald R ProtheroDevastating natural disasters have profoundly shaped human history, leaving us with a respect for the mighty power of the Earth - and a humbling view of our future. ....

368 pages | 80 b/w photos, 37 illus, 16 col plates | Johns Hopkins UPHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 0801896924 | #190260A | £15.50 Add to basket






























Encyclopedia of Geobiology Edited by Joachim Reitner, Volker Thiel, Andreas Kappler, Kurt Konhauser and A NunezThe interplay between Geology and Biology has shaped the Earth from the early Precambrian, 4 billion years ago. Moving beyond the borders of the classical core ....

956 pages | 450 black & white illustrations, 32 colour illustrations | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 1402092113 | #190337A | £359.00 Add to basket

Eyjafjallajökull Untamed Nature/Stórbrotin Náttúra Ragnar Sigurdsson and Ari Trausti GudmundssonStunning compilation of photographs from the Icelandic volcanic eruption that affected the whole of Europe during the Spring of 2010. ....

112 pages | 85 col & b/w photos | Uppheimar2010 | 997965970X | #189950A | £43.50 Add to basket

Fizzics The Science of Bubbles, Droplets, and Foams F Ronald YoungBubbles are everywhere - in water and in air, made from soap and from gas. They are referenced in literature and sung about in songs, and they're even the subject of great ....

144 pages | 10 col photos, 42 halftones, 22 illus | Johns Hopkins UPHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0801898919 | #190262A | £25.99 Add to basketPbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0801898927 | #190261A | £12.99 Add to basket

Geotechnics and Earthquake Geotechnics Towards Global Sustainability Edited by Susumu IaiThis book is part of a bold, new initiative towards global sustainability and development that draws on the disciplines of geotechnical engineering and earthquake ....

304 pages | 140 col & 50 b/w illus | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 9400704690 | #190045A | £90.00 Add to basket

The Hidden Reality Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos Brian GreeneIn this exhilarating new book, Brian Greene explores our most current understanding of the universe, its deepest laws of nature, and our continuing quest to know more. "The ....

384 pages | Allen LaneHbk | 2011 | 0713999780 | #190255A | £24.99 Add to basket

InSAR Imaging of Aleutian Volcanoes Monitoring a Volcanic Arc from Space Lu Zhongmin and Daniel DzurisinInterferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) is a relatively new remote sensing tool that is capable of measuring ground-surface deformation with centimeter-to-subcentimeter ....

300 pages | 40 b/w illus | SpringerHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 3642003478 | #190046A | £145.50 Add to basket

Planetary Surface Processes H Jay MeloshPlanetary Surface Processes is the first advanced textbook to cover the full range of geologic processes that shape the surfaces of planetary-scale bodies. Using a modern, ....

450 pages | 141 b/w illus. 28 tables 34 exercises | CUPHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0521514185 | #189629A | £39.99 Add to basket

The Quaternary of Western Sutherland Lukas et al

119 pages | b/w illus | QRA2010 | #190194A | £31.00 Add to basket

The Quaternary of the Solent Basin and West Sussex Raised Beaches Field Guide Edited by RM Briant, MR Bates, RT Hosfield and FF Wenban-Smith

figs, tabs, map | QRA2009 | #190191A | £31.00 Add to basket

The Quaternary of the Solway Lowlands and Pennine Escarpment Field Guide Livingstone et al

154 pages | illus | QRA2010 | #190192A | £31.00 Add to basket

The Quaternary of the Trent Valley and Adjoining Regions White et al

163 pages | b/w illus | QRA2009 | #190193A | £24.99 Add to basket

Tropical Geomorphology Avijit GuptaAlthough similar geomorphic processes take place in other regions, in the tropics these processes operate at different rates and with varying intensities. Tropical ....

450 pages | 150 b/w illus. 10 colour illus. 35 tables 100 exercises | CUPHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0521879906 | #189955A | £44.99 Add to basket

The Universe: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Joanne BakerFor millennia humanity has gazed in wonder at the night sky, tracked the motions of the planets and attempted to explain our place in the Universe. But only in our own time has ....

208 pages | 50 black and white line illustrations | Quercus PublishingHbk | 2011 | 0857381237 | #190256A | £9.99 Add to basket

Sustainable Development Go to subject web page

Biology Is Technology The Promise, Peril and Business of Engineering Life Robert H CarlsonTechnology is a process and a body of knowledge as much as a collection of artifacts. Biology is no different and we are just beginning to comprehend the challenges inherent ....

252 pages | 19 line illus, 7 tabs | Harvard UPHbk | 2010 | 0674035445 | #181332A | £29.95 Add to basketPbk | NYP 03/2011 | 0674060156 | #190219A | £16.95 Add to basket




































Coming Clean Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance Michael E Kraft, Mark Stephan and Troy D AbelComing Clean is the first book to investigate the process of information disclosure as a policy strategy for environmental protection. This process, which requires that firms ....

249 pages | Illustrations | MIT PressHbk | 2011 | 0262014955 | #190356A | £37.95 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 0262515571 | #190357A | £18.95 Add to basket

Crimes Against Nature Illegal Industries and the Global Environment Donald R LiddickThe alarming consequences of eco-crime go far beyond the widespread degradation of the natural world; important societal institutions are undermined and negative social and ....

198 pages | ABC-ClioHbk | 2011 | 0313384649 | #190312A | £26.99 Add to basket

Embedded Sustainability The Next Big Competitive Advantage Chris Laszlo and Nadya ZhexembayevaCompanies know how to meet the demands of shareholder value: years of managerial excellence testify to this achievement. Many also know how to create stakeholder value - ....

270 pages | GreenleafHbk | NYP 03/2011 | 190609358X | #190249A | £28.50 Add to basket

Ents, Elves, and Eriador The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien Matthew T Dickerson and Jonathan EvansThough not often recognized as environmental or agrarian literature, the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien demonstrate a complex and comprehensive ecological philosophy. The ecology ....

344 pages | Kentucky UPPbk | NYP 03/2011 | 0813129869 | #190029A | £25.99 Add to basket

The Environmental Vision of Thomas Merton Monica WeisNature was always vital in Thomas Merton's life, from the long hours he spent as a child watching his father paint landscapes in the fresh air, to his final years of solitude in ....

184 pages | Kentucky UPHbk | NYP 05/2011 | 0813130042 | #188407A | £41.99 Add to basket

Ethics and Animals An Introduction Lori GruenIn this fresh and comprehensive introduction to animal ethics, Lori Gruen weaves together poignant and provocative case studies with discussions of ethical theory, ....

250 pages | CUPHbk | 2011 | 0521888999 | #190308A | £50.00 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 0521717736 | #190310A | £16.99 Add to basket

Fisheries Biology and Stock Assessment Toward an Ecological Approach Janet A LeyCovering the basics as well as introducing modern procedures, "Fisheries Biology and Stock Assessment" emphasizes the processes involved in biological and fishery data ....

432 pages | black & white illustrations | CRC PressHbk | NYP 07/2011 | 0849338476 | #178556A | £49.99 Add to basket

Global Commodity Governance State Responses to Sustainable Forest and Fisheries Certification Fred Gale and Marcus HawardCommodities like coffee, tea, sugar, cocoa, timber and fish are key components of world trade. They unite primary and intermediary producers with retailers, wholesalers and ....

336 pages | 51, 38 black & white tables, 13 figures | PalgraveHbk | 2011 | 0230516637 | #190342A | £60.00 Add to basket

Globalisation, Agriculture and Development Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Edited by Matthew Tonts and MAB SiddiqueThis book explores the links between globalization, agriculture and development in a number of contemporary Asia-Pacific nations. It highlights the complex and diversified ....

264 pages | Edward ElgarHbk | 2011 | 1847208185 | #190314A | £65.00 Add to basket

Groundwater and Subsurface Environments Edited by Makoto TaniguchiExcessive groundwater pumping, groundwater contamination, and subsurface thermal anomalies have occurred frequently in Asian coastal cities, greatly disturbing the urban ....

328 pages | Col & b/w figs | Springer-Verlag TokyoHbk | 2011 | 4431539034 | #190349A | £135.00 Add to basket

The History of Aquaculture Colin E NashThe History of Aquaculture is a comprehensive history of the practices and technologies used in captive fish production from its small scale prehistoric roots through to the ....

244 pages | Illustrations, maps | Iowa State UPHbk | 2011 | 0813821630 | #190237A | £62.00 Add to basket

Improving Natural Resource Management Ecological and Political Models Timothy HaasThe decision to implement environmental protection options is a political one. These, and other political and social decisions affect the balance of the ecosystem and how the ....

272 pages | Illustrations | Wiley-BlackwellHbk | 2011 | 0470661135 | #190355A | £55.00 Add to basket

The Lower Damodar River, India Understanding the Human Role in Changing Fluvial Environment Kumkum BhattacharyyaInterweaving the human aspects of river control with analysis of hydro-physical data, including historical data over the last few centuries, this monograph is a comprehensive ....






























Management of Water Resources in Protected Areas Edited by H Farfán González, JL Corvea Porras et alNatural ecosystems are heavily dependent on water, as it is essential to the development of life. The ecology and landscape play an important role in the quality and ....

210 pages | 100 b/w & col illus | SpringerHbk | NYP 03/2011 | 3642163297 | #189971A | £90.00 Add to basket

Microalgae as a Feedstock for Biofuels Luisa GouveiaThis concise review covers the potential use of microalgae for biofuel production. ....

73 pages | SpringerPbk | 2011 | 3642179967 | #190054A | £44.99 Add to basket

Narnia and the Fields of Arbol The Environmental Vision of C. S. Lewis Matthew Dickerson and David A O'HaraScholars have discussed the work of C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) for decades, but they have focused on Lewis's Christian and pagan allusions and have largely ignored his other ....

304 pages | - | Kentucky UPHbk | 2009 | 0813125227 | #190030A | £30.95 Add to basket

The New Harvest Agricultural Innovation in Africa Calestous JumaAfrican agriculture is currently at a crossroads, at which persistent food shortages are compounded by new threats from climate change. But, as this book argues, Africa faces ....


Nile River Basin Hydrology, Climate and Water Use Edited by Assefa M MelesseThis book presents results of scientific studies ranging from hydrological modelling to water management and policy issues in the Nile River basin. It examines the physical, ....

490 pages | 200 col & b/w illus | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 940070688X | #190091A | £117.00 Add to basket

Practical Sustainability from Grounded Theory to Emerging Strategies Nasrin R KhaliliThis book is fully devoted to the Practicality aspects of environmental sustainability in business practice. The presented elements, and originality of the topics discussed ....

280 pages | illustrations | PalgraveHbk | 2011 | 0230104525 | #190363A | £39.99 Add to basket

Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor Rob NixonThe violence wrought by climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes place gradually and often invisibly. Using the ....

368 pages | 5 halftones | Harvard UPHbk | NYP 06/2011 | 0674049306 | #190213A | £33.95 Add to basket

Sustainable Agricultural Development Edited by Mohamed Behnassi, Shabbir A Shahid and Joyce D'SilvaDue to many challenges (i.e. climate change, energy, water and land shortage, high demands on food, land grabbing, etc.), agriculture production potential is expected to ....

318 pages | 20 colour illustrations, 23 black & white tables | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 9400705182 | #190365A | £90.00 Add to basket

Sustainable Agriculture Volume 2 Edited by Eric Lichtfouse, Marjolaine Hamelin, Mireille Navarrete and Philip DebaekeThis book gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions. It is aimed at helping all scientists, ....

1006 pages | 50 b/w illus | SpringerHbk | 2011 | 9400703937 | #190040A | £180.00 Add to basket

Theories and Practices of Development Katie WillisGlobal economic crisis and the implications of global environmental change have led academics and policy-makers to consider how 'development' in all parts of the world ....

288 pages | Figs, tabs | RoutledgeHbk | 2011 | 0415590701 | #190299A | £75.00 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 041559071X | #190302A | £22.99 Add to basket

Towards a Sustainable Asia Association of Academies of Sciences in AsiaThis series of books are the output of the research project called "Sustainable Development in Asia (SDA)", which was initiated by the Association of Academies of ....

668 pages | 7 black & white illustrations, 150 colour illustrations | SpringerPbk | 2011 | 3642166644 | #190364A | £359.50 Add to basket

UNEP Year Book 2011 Emerging Issues in Our Global Environment UNEPWhat are the potential impacts of the large amounts of plastic that find their way into the ocean? Are we using phosphorus wisely in agriculture? Phosphorus is needed for food ....

88 pages | UNEPPbk | 2011 | 9280731017 | #190353A | £12.99 Add to basket

Water The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization Steven SolomonThis book offers a narrative portrait of the personalities, innovations and power struggles over water that have transformed human history from the irrigating ....

560 pages | illus, maps | Harper CollinsHbk | 2010 | 0060548304 | #186125A | £18.99 Add to basketPbk | 2011 | 0060548312 | #190317A | £10.99 Add to basket

The Water Footprint Assessment Manual Setting the Global Standard Ashok K Chapagain, Mesfin M Mekonnen, Maite M Aldaya and Arjen Y HoekstraPeople use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an ....

192 pages | Figs, tabs | EarthscanHbk | 2011 | 1849712794 | #190350A | £29.99 Add to basket































Water Rights and Social Justice in the Mekong Region Edited by Kate Lazarus and Bernadette P ResurreccionThe Mekong Region has come to represent many of the important water governance challenges faced more broadly by the mainland Southeast Asian region. This book focuses ....

272 pages | Photographs, maps | EarthscanHbk | 2011 | 1849711887 | #190351A | £60.00 Add to basket

Water Security The Water-food-energy-climate Nexus World Economic ForumThe world is on the brink of the greatest crisis it has ever faced: a spiralling lack of fresh water. Groundwater is drying up, even as water demands for food production, for ....

300 pages | Figs | Island PressHbk | 2011 | 1597267368 | #190352A | £20.99 Add to basket

Wild Law Cormac CullinanWild Law fuses politics, legal theory, quantum physics and ancient wisdom into a fascinating story. It has been seminal in informing and inspiring the global movement to ....

264 pages | Green BooksPbk | 2011 | 1900322900 | #190340A | £12.95 Add to basket

Winds of Change The Environmental Movement and the Global Development of the Wind Energy Industry Ion Bogdan VasiWinds of Change examines the global development of the wind energy industry from a political, social movements-based perspective. It argues the wind energy industry ....

304 pages | 10 black and white line illustrations | OUPHbk | 2011 | 0199746923 | #190362A | £32.50 Add to basket

Zero-Carbon Energy Kyoto Edited by Takeshi YaoSince 2008, the Global Center of Excellence (COE) at Kyoto University, Japan, has been engaged in a program called "Energy Science in the Age of Global Warming--Toward a CO2 ....

306 pages | Springer-Verlag TokyoHbk | 2011 | 4431539093 | #190361A | £171.00 Add to basket

Data Analysis Go to subject web page

Biostatistics Intermediate Bayesian Inference George G WoodworthThis book focuses on Bayesian multivariate inference, which is defined as any inference that involves a multivariate (marginal) posterior distribution and is distinct from ....


Global Tropical Cyclogenesis E A SharkovTropical cyclones are the most impressive and best phenomenon of the tropics, and this book fills a need for a thorough detailed book on the subject, concentrating on the ....

500 pages | SpringerHbk | 2000 | 1852331135 | #111578A | £150.50 Add to basketHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 3642132952 | #190132A | £117.00 Add to basket

Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences Susan Nolan and Thomas E HeinzenClearly written, this text makes statistics accessible to students by applying theoretical techniques to wide-ranging examples. Focusing on research design and ....

500 pages | WorthHbk | NYP 04/2011 | 142923265X | #190242A | £47.99 Add to basket

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Africa Water Atlas This atlas is a visual account of Africa's endowment and use of water resources, revealed through 224 maps and 104 satellite images as well as some 500 graphics, ....

314 pages | 224 maps, 104 satellite images, 500 figs | UNEPHbk | 2010 | 9280731106 | #190015A | £95.00 Add to basket

Colour Chart for Mycologists and Botanists This colour chart was originally designed for online auction users, so that they could give one another a precise indication of the colour of a traded object. But it could ....

12 pages | 900 color samples | OACCCUnbound | | #189946A | £6.99 Add to basket

Museums and the Public Sphere Jennifer BarrettMuseums and the Public Sphere investigates the role of museums in England, Hong Kong, Australia and the United States in engaging in public discourse, and gauges their ....

192 pages | Wiley-Blackwell2011 | 1444327925 | #190297A | £72.00 Add to basket



























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