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Welcome to the October Monthly Catalogue, the most comprehensive buyer's
guide to new and forthcoming titles in natural history, conservation and the
environment.
Autumn & Winter Catalogue now available The latest seasonal NHBS catalogue of the 3,500 most important new, forthcoming and bestselling titles is now available. Browse the subject pages, or download and print the catalogue as a pdf-file (5.2Mb). Staff news NHBS would like to welcome Nigel Jones to Totnes. Nigel, formerly non-fiction buyer at Ottakar's, has joined NHBS as Sales and Marketing Co-ordinator. Nigel brings tremendous experience to our team and we are looking forward to working with him. NHBS Blog Our Blog highlights some new and noteworthy titles that have come into stock recently: Socotra - a natural history of the islands Gaining Ground - reviews ecological sustainability and biodiversity loss Birding South-East China - a site guide Comments are always welcome. We're updating the blog regularly, so check back for more. Discounts for libraries, organisations and large orders Are you a librarian or responsible for book purchasing within your organisation, or are thinking of placing a large order? NHBS provides a specialised supply service for libraries, organisations and bulk purchasers - handling everything from researching hard to obtain titles to arranging documentation and shipment. We are usually able to offer competitive packages - please contact customer.services@nhbs.co.uk to discuss what we can offer. The NHBS Team View this Monthly Catalogue as a web page or save/print it as a .pdf document. |
Zoology:
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| Mammals | Go to subject web page |
Die erfolgreiche Rückkehr Contributions to the history and return of the beaver to Austria .... | 183 pages | Biologiezentrum Hbk | 2003 | #162965A | £23.50 BUY |
Cooperation in Primates and Humans Mechanisms and Evolution Edited by Peter M Kappeler and Carel P van Schaik Cooperative behavior has been one of the enigmas of evolutionary theory since the days of Charles Darwin. The contributions to this book examine the many facets of cooperative .... | 355 pages | 61 illus | Springer Hbk | 2005 | 3540282696 | #154926A | £92.50 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 3540283749 | #162391A | £38.50 BUY |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals
Edited by Murray Wrobel This authoritative dictionary has been compiled with the aim of giving an overview of the English, German, French and Italian names of mammals. The Basic Table contains, in .... | 868 pages | - | Elsevier Hbk | 2006 | 0444518770 | #153116A | £90.00 BUY |
A Natural History David Lindenmayer The gliders, while rarely seen by most Australians, are an important group of marsupials whose long-term survival prospects are being seriously threatened by land-clearing and .... | 180 pages | UNSWP Pbk | 2002 | 086840523X | #162919A | £17.50 BUY |
An African Monkey Community Edited by W Scott McGraw, Klaus Zuberbühler and Ronald Noë A great deal has been written about primates; however few volumes have focused on an entire community of sympatric monkeys at a single site. Drawing upon diverse sets of .... | line diagrams, tables, colour plates, half-tones | CUP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0521816335 | #162269A | £70.00 BUY |
A Cultural Life of Polar Bears Edited by B Snaebjörnsdottir and M Wilson A study of polar bears, hunted as trophies, then stuffed and exhibited in museums and private homes. This book is an illustrated account, including archival photographs of .... | 192 pages | 200 col illus | Black Dog Publishing Ltd Pbk | 2006 | 1904772390 | #161191A | £19.95 BUY |
P Giannini, F Almeida, N Simmons and R DeSalle | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162727A | £10.50 BUY |
Die Zweifarbfledermaus in der Schweiz Status und Grundlagen für den Schutz Kamran Safi Conservation and status of the Parti-coloured Bat (Vespertilio murinus) in Switzerland. .... | 100 pages | colour illus | Paul Haupt Verlag Pbk | 2006 | 3258070245 | #162329A | £23.95 BUY |
| Birds | Go to subject web page |
Atlas der Brutvögel Oberösterreichs
Edited by M Brader and G Aubrecht Breeding bird atlas for Upper Austria .... | 543 pages | Biologiezentrum Hbk | 2003 | #162963A | £39.50 BUY |
Der Bartgeier (Bearded Vulture)
K Robin, JP Müller and T Pachlatko Describes the reintroduction of the bearded vulture in the Alps. Magnificent photos are accompanied by descriptions in five languages. .... | 224 pages | Col photos, figs | Robin Habitat Hbk | 2004 | 3952287407 | #152095A | £77.00 BUY |
Tim Woodward The south-east China region straddles the sub-tropics and the southern temperate zone of the eastern edge of the Eurasian landmass. It includes thousands of islands, the largest .... | 423 pages | 88 colour photos, 160 maps | Woodward,Tim Pbk | 2006 | 9628508423 | #162234A | £29.50 BUY |
An illustrated guide and checklist M Strange and Dennis Yong This book is a guide to finding and identifying birds at Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia. 98 characteristic birds are described and illustrated in colour photographs .... | 120 pages | Col photos | Draco Publishing Pbk | 2006 | 9810544413 | #162542A | £15.50 BUY |
The Birdwatcher's Yearbook and Diary 2007
Hilary Cromack and David Cromack This is a guide to more than 400 UK bird and nature reserves. It contains contact details for every county, national and international birding group; bird hospitals; a .... | Buckingham Press Pbk | 2006 | 0955033926 | #162915A | £15.95 BUY |
A Contribution to the Ornithology of Malawi
F Dowsett-Lemaire Contains two papers: an annotated list of the birds of the Nyika National Park, and many previously unpublished observations, also taken into account in the book "The Birds of .... | 121 pages | Tauraco Press 2006 | 2872250034 | #162237A | £12.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Aves, Volume 5: Gruiformes, Charadriiformes and Lariformes
Wang Qishan, Ma Ming and Gao Yuren | 644 pages | Science Press Hbk | 2006 | 703016363X | #093282A | £73.00 BUY |
Field Guide to New Zealand Seabirds
Brian Parkinson Around New Zealand's long coastline and its many islands, the keen observer is able to see more seabirds than in most other countries. Three-quarters of the world's .... | 136 pages | 116 colour photos, 108 maps | New Holland Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1869661508 | #162575A | £12.99 BUY |
Sarah Whittley Published in association with the British Trust for Ornithology, this superb book is packed with advice on how to make your garden a better place for birds. Information on .... | 176 pages | 280 col illus | New Holland NYP 01/2007 | 1845374967 | #163034A | £12.99 BUY |
Simon Barnes Simon Barnes gives us a radical new approach to watching birds without letting the formalities of birdwatching get in the way. Even bad birdwatchers know something about .... | 201 pages | Illus. by Alex Fox | Short Books Hbk | 2004 | 190409595X | #149899A | £9.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1904977057 | #162947A | £7.99 BUY |
James T Tanner Unabridged republication of Research Report No 1 of the National Audubon Society, originally published in 1942. .... | 111 pages | b&w photos | Dover Pbk | 2003 | 0486428370 | #160285A | £13.50 BUY |
The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder Kenn Kaufman Kaufman's account of his 1973 `year on the road' when he saw 671 species. At a period when the nature of birding was changing, it is also an examination of the roots of .... | 318 pages | B/w line illus, maps | Houghton Mifflin Pbk | 2006 | 0618709401 | #162548A | £8.95 BUY |
Lynnette Moon This beginner's guide forms an authoritative and easy-to-grasp introduction to over 80 of New Zealand's best-known bird species. .... | 176 pages | 82 col photos | New Holland NZ Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1869660897 | #163060A | £12.99 BUY |
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the Middle East
Richard Porter and David Cottridge Covers 252 species in detail ranging from the larks and sandgrouse of the barren deserts to the spectacular array of water birds in the Nile Delta. .... | 144 pages | 280 col photos, maps | New Holland Pbk | 2006 | 1845377036 | #162612A | £7.99 BUY |
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the Philippines
Tim Fisher and Nigel Hicks This pocket-sized, easy-to-use bird identification guide - fully revised and complete with new species listings - is a must for any birdwatcher visiting the Philippines. From .... | 141 pages | 240 col photos | New Holland Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1845376307 | #162924A | £7.99 BUY |
Mark Ward Find out how to identify birds and learn about their behaviour, from territorial disputes to courtship, with this pocket-sized guide. Discover which plants, feed and .... | 72 pages | colour illus | Dorling Kindersley Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 1405318171 | #162739A | £5.99 BUY |
Sasol Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands
Alan Kemp and Meg Kemp Illustrator is Peter Hayman and the photographers include Nigel Dennis, Peter Steyn, and Warwick Tarboton. Following the success of Sasol Birds of Southern Africa, this .... | 349 pages | 220 col photos, 850 col illus, 160 maps | Struik Pbk | 2006 | 1770073698 | #162826A | £19.99 BUY |
Sovy Severnoj Evrazii (Owls of Northern Eurasia)
SV Volkov, VV Morozov and AV Sarikov A collection of 69 papers on owl taxonomy, ecology, behaviour, distribution and conservation in Russia. .... | 470 pages | Graphs and tabs | Pensoft Supplied Pbk | 2005 | #162556A | £83.00 BUY |
Status Overview and Recommendations for the Conservation of Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea in Malaysia Final report of the 2004/2006 Milky Stork field surveys in the Matang Mangrove Forest, Perak. David Li Zuo Wei, Siti Hawa Yatim, John Howes and Rahmah Ilias The Milky Stork population in Malaysia has undergone a decline of more than 90% over the last 20 years. Not more than 10 birds remain in the Matang Mangrove Forest. .... | 64 pages | colour photos, tables, map | Wetlands International Pbk | 2006 | 9834096097 | #162527A | £15.00 BUY |
Status and Conservation of Shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Proceedings of the Australasian Shorebirds Conference, 13-15 December 2003, Canberra, Australia Edited by Phil Straw These papers cover a wide range of issues and to a large extent summarise what is known about the status and conservation of shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. .... | 197 pages | illus | Wetlands International Pbk | 2005 | 9058820270 | #159755A | £15.00 BUY |
Die Vogelwelt im Oberengadin, Bergell und Puschlav Ein Naturführer zur Avifauna in einem inneralpinen Gebiet H Mattes, R Maurizio and W Bürkli Avifauna of the Swiss Alpine region. .... | 375 pages | photos, distribution maps | Station Ornithologique Hbk | 2005 | 3952300608 | #162592A | £55.00 BUY |
Burkhardt and Schmidt Describes the 150 most commonly encountered bird species in Switzerland. Each species account includes information on biology, habitat, status, and more. .... | 280 pages | 280 colour photos, 150 distribution maps | Station Ornithologique Hbk | 2001 | #162613A | £49.00 BUY |
Waterfowl Ecology and Management
GA Baldassarre and EG Bolen Major revision of the first edition, addresses all aspects of North American waterfowl ecology and mangement. The second edition is expanded to 2800 references arrayed across .... | 567 pages | B/w photos, illus, tabs | Krieger Hbk | 2006 | 1575242605 | #156988A | £84.50 BUY |
| Reptiles & Amphibians | Go to subject web page |
Adventures in Green Python Country
Karl-Heinz Switak Although well known in captivity little has appeared in print regarding the life of the Green Tree Python in the wild. In this very well illustrated book the famous American .... | 362 pages | 327 col photos | Natur und Tier-Verlag Pbk | 2006 | 3937285822 | #162649A | £32.95 BUY |
The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Honduran Mosquitia
James R McCranie, Josiah H Townsend and Larry David Wilson The Honduran Mosquitia is part of the largest remaining tract of tropical lowland forest remaining in Central America. This is the first treatment of the reptiles and amphibians .... | 304 pages | colour photos | Krieger Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1575242702 | #158076A | £47.95 BUY |
Mark O'Shea Few reptiles command more respect than the mighty boas and pythons. From eleven-metre-long anacondas in the Amazon to the diminutive Javelin Sand Boa, no longer .... | 160 pages | 180 colour photos | New Holland Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1845375440 | #162452A | £24.99 BUY |
L'Etymologie des Noms d'Amphibiens et de Reptiles
J Lescure and B Le Garff Traces the etymology of Latin and French species names of European amphibians and reptiles. .... | 208 pages | b/w illus | Belin Pbk | 2006 | 2701111427 | #161752A | £29.50 BUY |
Frogs and Reptiles of the Sydney Region
Ken Griffiths This second, revised edition edition of Frogs and Reptiles of the Sydney Region covers all 130 species, from the blue-tongued lizards, turtles and frogs to diamond .... | 126 pages | 130 col photos | New Holland Pbk | 2006 | 1877069302 | #162986A | £14.50 BUY |
Herpetological Atlas of Hungary / Magyarorszag herpetologiai atlasza
Miklos Puky, Peter Schad and Gergely Szövenyi Species desciptions and distibution maps of reptiles and amphibians in Hungary. Each species description contains a summary in English. .... | 207 pages | distribution maps, colour plates | IUCN SSC Hungary Hbk | 2005 | 9630606704 | #161561A | £26.99 BUY |
C Myers and W Schargel | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162726A | £10.50 BUY |
A Photographic Guide to Amphibians in Thailand
Tanya Chan-ard Photographic identifications guide, includes keys (in Thai), a distribution map for each species, index in Thai and English, and a bibliography. .... | 175 pages | Col photos, distrib maps, illus | Darnsutha Press co Pbk | 2003 | 9749093062 | #161189A | £10.00 BUY |
Ivan Ineich Describes sea snakes around the world. Includes chapters on evolution, biology, ecology, venoms and toxicity, exploitation, and more. .... | 320 pages | b&w illus | Inst Oceanographique Pbk | 2004 | 2903581282 | #161174A | £46.50 BUY |
The Status and Distribution of Reptiles and Amphibians of the Mediterranean Basin
Neil Cox, Janice Chanson and Simon Stuart A steady migration towards coastal areas is threatening the region's biodiversity. This assessment aims to assist in regional planning, identify internationally important sites .... | IUCN Pbk | 2006 | 2831709121 | #162257A | £10.00 BUY |
| Fishes | Go to subject web page |
Edited by E Pisano, C Ozouf-Costaz, F Foresti and BG Kapoor In the past 20 years, fish cytogenetics has become an essential tool in fields as diverse as systematics and evolution, conservation, aquaculture and more recently, .... | 510 pages | Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1578083303 | #162921A | £64.40 BUY |
Fishes of the Eastern Mediterranean
D Golani, B Ozturk and N Basusta Comprehensive colour guide to all known fish species of the Eastern Mediterranean. Over 470 species are described, incl migrant and indigenous. Each species descriptions .... | 260 pages | Col photos, col & b/w illus, map | Turkish Marine Research Pbk | 2006 | 9758825127 | #162525A | £37.00 BUY |
Life Without Jaws Martin W Hardisty Although in the recent past they may have been one of the most numerous and widespread inhabitants of our cleaner rivers, it is their mode of life that explains why they are .... | 284 pages | Forrest Text Hbk | 2006 | 0955074053 | #162797A | £25.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0955074061 | #162798A | £18.00 BUY |
J Sparks | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162733A | £10.50 BUY |
John E Randall and Phillip C Heemstra | 32 pages | Figs | Bishop Museum Pbk | 2006 | #162647A | £27.95 BUY |
The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Fish Endemic to the Mediterranean Basin
Kevin G Smith and William RT Darwall Freshwater in the Mediterranean basin is of huge economic, environmental and livelihood importance. However, with a growing population and an increasing number of tourists, the .... | 34 pages | maps, tables, colour photos | IUCN Pbk | 2006 | 2831709083 | #162256A | £10.00 BUY |
| Invertebrates | Go to subject web page |
Yuriy Pesenko and Yulia V Astafurova The Bibliography includes all scientific papers concerning melittology (a field of the study of bees in all aspects except for those related to management and practical .... | 616 pages | Biologiezentrum Hbk | 2003 | #162967A | £54.00 BUY |
Une clé de détermination Roger Costessèque Determination key of French Aphodius. .... | 78 pages | 116 b&w photos, 183 drawings, 77 repartition maps and 6 colour plates | Magellanes Pbk | 2005 | #162989A | £37.50 BUY |
Atlas of the Millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland
Paul Lee The publication of the Atlas of the Millipedes of Britain and Ireland less than twenty years after the appearance of the Preliminary Atlas in 1988 has been made possible by .... | 216 pages | Photos, maps | Pensoft Pbk | 2006 | 9546422770 | #162219A | £37.00 BUY |
Biological Diversity of Lepidoptera in Iran
H Mohammadian A useful tool to get an overview of the Lepidoptera fauna of this zoogeographical very important and interesting country. .... | 385 pages | Apollo Pbk | 2006 | 964963584X | #162469A | £33.50 BUY |
Les Cahiers Magellanes, No. 60 Description of a new Genus from Borneo and new status of Southeast Asian Apatophysinae Eduard Vives and Daniel Heffern | 7 pages | 1 colour plate | Magellanes Pbk | 2006 | 2911545915 | #162230A | £6.95 BUY |
Australia's Richest Jewel Beetle Genus Shelley Barker A useful tool for professional scientists, natural resource managers and wildlife protection officials, this book includes identification keys, diagnostic features, notes .... | 341 pages | colour illus | ABRS Hbk | 2006 | 064256843X | #160546A | £49.95 BUY |
Collections of the RMCA: Butterflies and Moths
Ugo Dall' Asta and Jurate de Prins The first volume of a new series of publications, `Collections of the RMCA', this book offers everyone the pleasure of admiring the collections kept in the reserves of the .... | 120 colour photos | MRAC Pbk | 2006 | 9075894813 | #162570A | £8.50 BUY |
Dipteros de Costa Rica y la America tropical / Diptera of Costa Rica and the New World Tropics -
Manuel A Zumbado This field guide presents 64 of the approximately 100 families of flies found in Costa Rica. Includes information on their classification, diversity, reproduction, .... | 267 pages | Col illus, b\w illus | INBio Pbk | 2006 | 9968927147 | #162388A | £23.50 BUY |
Distributional Atlas and Catalogue of the Leaf Beetles of Bulgaria (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
B Blagoy Gruev and V Tomov Contents: Introduction .... | 358 pages | 300 maps | Pensoft Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | #162280A | £48.50 BUY |
Diversität und Biologie von Webspinnen, Skorpionen und anderen Spinnentieren
Edited by Konrad Thaler Contributions to the diversity and biology of arachnids. Each article is in either English or German. .... | 586 pages | Biologiezentrum Hbk | 2004 | #162968A | £54.00 BUY |
Elachistidae of Lithuania / Lietuvos Elachistidai (Lepidoptera)
V Sruoga and P Ivinskis This book presents long-term data on the leaf-mining moth family Elachistidae of the Lithuanian fauna. The introductory chapters give an overview of research history in .... | 232 pages | 26 colour plates | VPU Hbk | 2005 | 9986443334 | #162479A | £62.00 BUY |
Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna, Volume 4 Fjärilar: Svärmare och spinnare Edited by Nils Hydén Describes 145 species. .... | colour illus | ArtDatabanken Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | #160626A | £33.50 BUY |
Encyclopedia of the Swedish Flora and Fauna, Volume 5 Fjärilar: Käkmalar - säckspinnare. Micropterigidae - Psychidae Edited by Bengt ke Bengtsson and Göran Palmqvist Describes 380 species. .... | colour illus | ArtDatabanken Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | #160625A | £33.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 32: Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Gomphoceridae, Acrididae
Yin Xiangchu et al The book deals with two families: Gomphoceridae and Acrididae, including 9 subfamilies, 36 genera and 130 species (subspecies). The diagnosis and distribution of all species .... | 280 pages | 521 figures | Science Press Hbk | 2004 | #162432A | £42.00 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 36: Lepidoptera: Thyatiridae
Zhao Zhongling A total of 105 species of Thyatiridae from China were described. They are belonging to 26 genera and grouped into 2 subfamilies. .... | 291 pages | 5 plates | Science Press Hbk | 2004 | #162433A | £33.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 39: Neuroptera: Chrysopidae
Yang Xingke The present volume mainly deals with taxonomic system and geographic distribution of Chinese Chrysopidae. It's divided two sections: the first section of genera account is .... | 398 pages | 4 plates | Science Press Hbk | 2005 | #162434A | £33.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 40: Coleoptera: Eumolpidae: Eumolpinae
Tan Juanjie In the present work 50 genera, 373 species (including a new species) and 4 subspecies of Chinese Eumolpid beetles are described, of which one new genera, 94 new species and 1 .... | 415 pages | 8 plates | Science Press Hbk | 2005 | #162435A | £32.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 41: Homoptera: Drepanosiphidae
Qiao Gexia This volume comprises two parts. Part I includes six chapters, taxonomic status, study history and taxonomic systems; the comparative morphology of aphids; the evolution of .... | 476 pages | 8 plates | Science Press Hbk | 2005 | #162436A | £39.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 42: Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae
Huang Dawei and Xiao Hui The pteromalidae is one of the families in Chalcidoidea, Hymenoptera. The present work reviews 48 genera and 193 species belonging to 12 subfamilies in the fauna of China. .... | 388 pages | Science Press Hbk | 2005 | #162437A | £39.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 46: Hymenoptera: Braconidae (IV)
Chen Jiahua and Yang Jianquan This work deals with the systematic studies on the subfamily Agathidinae Nees von Esenbeck of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from China. It comprises two parts, .... | 301 pages | 32 plates | Science Press Hbk | 2006 | #162439A | £30.50 BUY |
Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 47: Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae
Liu Youqiao and Wu Chunsheng The Lappet Moths (family Lasiocampidae) belong to the superfamily Bombycoidea. This present work deals with the Lappet moths fauna of China. It comprises two parts, the .... | 385 pages | 8 plates | Science Press Hbk | 2006 | #162440A | £30.50 BUY |
Faune de Madagascar, Fasc. 91 - Insecta Diptera Culicidae Uranotaenia
Helena da Cunha Ramos and Jacques Brunhes | 463 pages | Paris MNHN Pbk | 2004 | 285653564X | #162299A | £98.00 BUY |
Faune de Madagascar: Fasc. 92 - Insecta Coleoptera Buprestidae of Madagascar and Adjacent Islands An Annotated Catalogue Charles L Bellamy | 267 pages | Paris MNHN Pbk | 2006 | 285653595X | #162298A | £42.00 BUY |
WD Edmonds This paper reviews the five species groups and 14 constituent species of the Neotropical dung beetle genus Sulcophanaeus. A short treatment of the genus includes an illustrated .... | 60 pages | 8 col plates | Kabourek 2000 | #162293A | £25.50 BUY |
D Kral, V Maly and J Scheider The geotrupine genera Odontotrypes Fairmaire, 1887 and Phelotrupes Jekel, 1866 are revised. Chromogeotrupes Bovo et Zunino, 1983, Eogeotrupes Bovo et Zunino, 1983 and .... | 178 pages | 12 colour plates | Kabourek 2001 | 8086447014 | #121411A | £68.00 BUY |
4th WDA Symposium of Odonatology, Pontevedra, Spain, July 2005 Edited by AC Rivera Collection of 14 papers on dragonflies. .... | 300 pages | graphs, tables and color photos | Pensoft Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | #162284A | £68.00 BUY |
Insect Management for Food Storage and Processing
Edited by JW Heaps This Second Edition has been completely revised and updated with new chapters on topics including, inspection techniques; retail pest management; environmental manipulation .... | 231 pages | AACC Hbk | 2006 | 1891127462 | #161747A | £194.00 BUY |
The Insects of the United Arab Emirates
A van Harten The insect fauna of the United Arab Emirates is relatively unexploited, especially when compared to the faunas of other countries on the Arabian peninsula. This checklist .... | 86 pages | Apollo Pbk | 2005 | #162456A | £21.50 BUY |
Annotated catalogue P Ivinskis For each species, the Lithuanian districts, in which it is found, are mentioned, for many species also shown on a distribution map; flying time by months, and larval .... | 379 pages | distribution maps | Ekologijos Institutas Hbk | 2004 | 998644327X | #162457A | £45.50 BUY |
Les Libellules de Charente-Maritime
Philippe Jourde Describes the 62 species of dragonflies found in the Charente-Maritime. .... | 144 pages | colour illus | SSNCM Pbk | 2005 | #162370A | £28.50 BUY |
Une Histoire Naturelle Martin Daigneault Richly illustrated account of the endlessly fascinating horseshoe crab. .... | 114 pages | colour photos | Inst Oceanographique Hbk | 2004 | 2903581363 | #161170A | £36.50 BUY |
F Saito, L Nguyen, J Carpenter and J-I Kojima | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162725A | £10.50 BUY |
D Bennett and M Engel | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162730A | £19.50 BUY |
M Engel and D Baker | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162732A | £10.50 BUY |
A New Species of Zorotypus from Central Amazonia, Brazil (Zoraptera, Zorotypidae)
JA Rafael and M Engel | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162731A | £10.50 BUY |
Revision of the Goniadidae (Annelida, Polychaeta)
Boeggemann The present work compises the first revision of all Gonadidae distributed worldwide. Under the application of light and scanning microscopy all available types and numerous .... | 354 pages | B/w illus & photos | Pensoft Hbk | 2005 | #162615A | £118.00 BUY |
E Borda | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162728A | £10.50 BUY |
Wilhelm Foissner, S Agatha and H Berger A highly diverse ciliate community was found in 73 samples from terrestrial and semiterrestrial habitats of Namibia, Southwest Africa, one of the world's driest .... | 1500 pages | 2 volumes, 400 photos | Biologiezentrum Hbk | 2002 | #134590A | £145.00 BUY |
En Fälthandbok Bo Söderström Field guide to the butterflies of Sweden. .... | 175 pages | colour photos, distribution maps | Albert Bonniers Forlag Pbk | 2006 | 9100105147 | #160589A | £25.50 BUY |
R Naviaux and A Pinratana Covers the Cicindelidae of Thailand with fine colour plates. .... | 177 pages | colour plates, colour photos, line drawings, dist maps | Brothers of St Gabriel Hbk | 2004 | 9749226631 | #162306A | £81.00 BUY |
World Species of Bloodsucking Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Yu Yixin and Liu Jinhua The "biting midges" may be found in large numbers in nearly any aquatic or semiaquatic habit and include 110 genera and 6000 or so species in all regions of the world. Because .... | 165 pages | CSBS Pbk | 2006 | #162488A | £23.50 BUY |
Yponomeutoid Moths (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae, Plutellidae, Argyresthiidae) of Israel
ZS Gershenson, T Pavlicek, V Kravchenko and E Nevo Contents: Preface .... | 200 pages | b/w drawings, photos, maps, identification keys | Pensoft Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | #162283A | £61.00 BUY |
| Palaeontology | Go to subject web page |
Polymerid Trilobites From the Cambrian of Northwestern Hunan, China, 2 Volume Set
S Peng, LE Babcock and H Lin Provides a detailed documentation of 196 polymerid trilobites from Huaqiao Formation of northwestern Hunan, including a large number of new genera and species. .... | 688 pages | 2 volumes | Elsevier Hbk | 2006 | 0080450415 | #162769A | £115.00 BUY |
Michael Foote and Arnold Miller When published in 1978, Principles of Paleontology by David Raup and Steven Stanley revolutionized both textbooks and teaching in paleontology. Now Michael Foote and Arnold .... | 480 pages | Palgrave Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 071670613X | #163048A | £29.99 BUY |
Understanding Late Devonian and Permian-Triassic Biotic and Climatic Events
Edited by J Over, J Morrow and P Wignall The Late Devonian and Permian-Triassic intervals are among the most dynamic episodes of Earth history, marked by large secular changes in continental ecosystems, dramatic .... | 344 pages | Elsevier Hbk | 2005 | 0444521275 | #162775A | £90.00 BUY |
The World Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures
Dougal Dixon Ever since giant fossils were discovered in the western world more than 200 years ago, dinosaurs or 'terrible lizards' as they were named, have captured the public .... | 512 pages | 45 col photos, 1800 illus | Lorenz Books Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 075481730X | #163030A | £14.99 BUY |
J Makovicky and M Norell | AMNH Pbk | 2006 | #162729A | £10.50 BUY |
| Marine & Freshwater Biology | Go to subject web page |
Diving Temperate Waters John Collins John Collins takes us on a marine adventure within the oceans that lap many of our most populated shores, from the north Atlantic around western Europe, to the chilly Pacific .... | 200 pages | photos | Cork University Press Hbk | 2006 | 095353538X | #162245A | £19.95 BUY |
Handbook of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna
D Desbruyeres The second extensively expanded edition of the "Handbook of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna" gives on overview of our current knowledge on the animals living at hydrothermal .... | 544 pages | Biologiezentrum Hbk | 2006 | #160091A | £68.00 BUY |
The Illustrated World Encyclopedia of Marine Fish & Sea Creatures
Amy-Jane Beer and Derek Hall The marine habitats of the world are home to a more varied and concentrated array of animal life than anywhere on dry land. As marine scientists begin to penetrate even the .... | 256 pages | 1000 col photos | Lorenz Books Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0754817253 | #163029A | £16.99 BUY |
Manual on Aquatic Cyanobacteria A Photo Guide and a Synopsis of their Toxicology G Cronberg and H Annadotter Potentially harmful cyanobacteria occur widespread in the aquatic environment and this manual treats their taxonomy, identification, and toxicology across freshwater, brackish .... | 110 pages | Gertrud Cronberg 2006 | 8799082705 | #162235A | £42.50 BUY |
BF Chhapgar Marine Life in India is a compact, engaging, and easy-to-understand study of the vast variety of ocean life, from the earliest life-forms to the vast range of species .... | 404 pages | 1560 illus | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0195685148 | #162240A | £11.99 BUY |
The Macrophytic Vegetation of Watercourses SM Haslam Rivers provide a fascinating and complex environment for plants and this book gives a full-length account of their vegetation. It offers a coherent account of river plants in .... | 450 pages | over 100 line drawings | Forrest Text Pbk | 2006 | 0955074045 | #162796A | £25.00 BUY |
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Philip Jodidio Philip Jodidio has collected numerous examples of the partnership between architecture and nature from throughout history and the world and presents them in one copiously .... | 192 pages | 230 col illus | Prestel Hbk | 2006 | 3791335278 | #162545A | £35.00 BUY |
A Practical Guide Steve Mulligan The appeal of traditional black and white photography is still strong, even in the digital age, and this book offers a comprehensive guide to both the aesthetics and the .... | 192 pages | 200 photos | PIP Hbk | 2006 | 1861084285 | #162352A | £24.95 BUY |
A Desmond, J Brown and J Moore Pocket-sized biography of one of Britain's most fascinating and important characters. .... | OUP Pbk | NYP 04/2007 | 0199213542 | #162412A | £4.99 BUY |
The Collected Letters of Erasmus Darwin
Edited by Desmond G King-Hele Erasmus Darwin has been cited as the most widely talented man of the past 250 years. This collection of 460 of his letters, of which over half have never been published, .... | 650 pages | 65 line-diags, 62 half-tones | CUP Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0521821568 | #162263A | £90.00 BUY |
Cutting Away: The Linocuts of Robert Gillmor
Robert Gillmor After describing his working methods, the author writes of the inspiration behind the 90 prints illustrated. This often evokes memories which allow him to wander into .... | 176 pages | Col illus | Langford Press Hbk | 2006 | 1904078141 | #162814A | £35.00 BUY |
Ralph Thompson Dance of the Brush spans some seven decades of the artistic life of Ralph Thompson, known for his illustrations of the Gerald Durrell books. This wonderful book .... | 168 pages | Col illus | Langford Press Hbk | 2006 | 1904078214 | #162813A | £35.00 BUY |
Andrew Nadolski In 1996 Andrew Nadolski began photographing the unique landscape of Porth Nanven, a remote beach on the west Cornwall coast. What began as an intensely personal set of .... | 130 pages | Col photos | Headon House Hbk | 2005 | 0954924401 | #161769A | £34.95 BUY |
David Chaffe The author's recollections of his experiences with wild creatures over the last fifty years. .... | Stormforce Publications | #162600A | £18.50 BUY |
A Chronological Approach to the History of Life on Earth Edited by M Garguad, P Claeys, P Lopez-Garcia, T Montmerle, J Reisse and R Pascal This review emerged from several interdisciplinary meetings and schools gathering a group of astronomers, geologists, biologists, and chemists, attempting to share their .... | 365 pages | 100 col illus, 200 b/w illus | Springer Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0387450823 | #162885A | £94.00 BUY |
Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins was recently voted one of the world's top three intellectuals (alongside Umberto Eco and Noam Chomsky) by "Prospect" magazine. As the author of many, now famous, .... | 416 pages | Bantam Press Hbk | 2006 | 0593055489 | #162926A | £20.00 BUY |
The Golden Age of Quaker Botanists
Ann Nichols Reveals the plant hunters responsible for up to 1,000 of the UK's best-loved garden plants. Described by broadcaster, writer, gardener Alan Titchmarsh as `A fascinating new .... | 76 pages | Quaker Tapestry at Kendal Ltd Pbk | 2006 | 0952543370 | #162364A | £17.50 BUY |
Edited by Peter Riviere This is the first of a pair of volumes publishing the unedited full reports of Schomburgk's travels in Guiana between 1835 and 1844, previously available only in .... | 450 pages | illus | Hakluyt Society Hbk | 2006 | 0904180867 | #162998A | £55.00 BUY |
The Guiana Travels of Robert Schomburgk 1835-1844, Volume 2: Boundary Survey 1840-1844
Edited by Peter Riviere This is the second of a pair of volumes publishing the unedited full reports of Schomburgk's travels in Guiana between 1835 and 1844, previously available only in .... | 280 pages | Hakluyt Society Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0904180883 | #163012A | £55.00 BUY |
Travels in Search of Sweetness Piers Moore Ede After being seriously injured in a hit and run, Piers Moore Ede went to work and recuperate on an organic farm in Italy. There he met a beekeeper, Gunter, who showed .... | 293 pages | illus | Bloomsbury Hbk | 2005 | 0747574928 | #152341A | £14.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0747579679 | #162279A | £8.99 BUY |
Nature, Environment, and Nation in the Third Reich Franz-Josef Bruggemeier The first book to examine the Third Reich's environmental policies and to offer an in-depth exploration of the intersections between brown ideologies and green practices. .... | 288 pages | Ohio UP Pbk | 2005 | 0821416472 | #162712A | £15.95 BUY |
A European Explorer and his American Disciples Aaron Sachs While everyone has heard of the 'Humboldt Current', few know anything of the man after whom it was named. Yet Alexander von Humboldt was a towering figure of his time - .... | 512 pages | 25 b/w illus | OUP Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0199215197 | #162418A | £17.99 BUY |
How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age James Essinger Jacquard's Web is the fascinating story of how Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented a loom that was to spark the beginning of today s information age. .... | 256 pages | 10 col illus, 40 b/w illus | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 0192805770 | #162423A | £14.99 BUY Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0192805789 | #162424A | £8.99 BUY |
Generous as Nature Herself Diane Adriaenssen Jelena and Robert De Belder thoroughly changed the art of gardening in Belgium. These botanists with a world-wide reputation created two arboreta planted with collections .... | 352 pages | - | Editions d'Art Laconti Pbk | 2006 | 2870080387 | #160597A | £37.00 BUY |
Terance James Bond Examines a collection of paintings completed during the previous ten years. Each painting is accompanied by a descriptive narrative in the artist's own words, offering .... | 180 pages | Col illus | Langford Press Hbk | 2006 | 1904078176 | #162811A | £35.00 BUY |
Nils Lindahl Elliot Mediating Nature provides a history of the present nature of mass mediation. It examines the ways in which a number of discourses, technologies, and institutions have .... | 296 pages | Routledge Hbk | 2006 | 0415391776 | #162357A | £75.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0415393256 | #162358A | £23.99 BUY |
and Other Tales of Exotic Animals and Power Marina Belozerskaya Exotic animals have entranced and inspired us and this book explores their remarkably influential role in history as among the most advantageous diplomatic gifts, the most .... | 414 pages | - | Little, Brown Hbk | 2006 | 0316525650 | #163022A | £17.99 BUY |
The Restless Heart of Matter and Life Mark Haw Between the microscopic world of quarks and atoms, and the macroscopic (observable) one of pebbles, planets and galaxies, there is another world, strangely neglected by science .... | 256 pages | Macmillan Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1403986037 | #163056A | £16.99 BUY |
Modern Science and the Capriciousness of Nature
Karl Rogers Natural disasters remind us of the capricious power of Nature. This book questions the way that modern science and technology are represented as the means to liberate human .... | 256 pages | Palgrave Hbk | 2006 | 1403989672 | #163053A | £45.00 BUY |
Edited by Christoph Mauch Germany is a key test case for the burgeoning field of environmental history; in no other country has the landscape been so thoroughly politicized throughout its past as in .... | 136 pages | 30 Illus | Berghahn Books Hbk | 2004 | 1571814388 | #162178A | £25.00 BUY |
Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics Nina Byers and Gary Williams Why are there so few prominent female physicists? Traditionally women have faced barriers in higher education, denying them access to higher learning and scientific .... | 498 pages | CUP Hbk | 2006 | 0521821975 | #162381A | £30.00 BUY |
Christophe Drochon and Francoise Coffrant The artist takes us into the animal world that is the source of inspiration for his paintings but also into the beauty and fragility of our environment, which is a matter .... | 128 pages | colour illus | New Holland Hbk | 2006 | 1845375459 | #162810A | £14.99 BUY |
Inspiration, Equipment, Technique Sue Bishop Split into three comprehensive sections, the book covers technical matters, such as choice of equipment, lighting, exposure and depth of field; colour theory, including the .... | 156 pages | 120 col photos, 3 figs | GMCP Hbk | 2004 | 1861083661 | #152921A | £22.95 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1861084137 | #162354A | £16.95 BUY |
Alastair Fothergill The makers of The Blue Planet present the epic story of life on Earth. Five years in production, over 2000 days in the field, using 40 cameramen filming across 200 .... | 5-disc set | BBC Video DVD | NYP 11/2006 | BBCDVD1883 | #160500A | £34.03 BUY |
Tim Palmer Anyone who has ever paddled down, fished in, or relaxed along one of America's rivers understands their power to nourish, inspire, and enchant--but until now, no book has .... | 224 pages | 200 col photos, 1 col map | Abrams Hbk | 2006 | 0810954850 | #162528A | £24.95 BUY |
The Co-Production of Science and the Social Order Edited by Sheila Jasanoff In the past twenty years, the field of science and technology studies (S&TS) has made considerable progress toward illuminating the relationship between scientific knowledge .... | 336 pages | Routledge Hbk | 2004 | 041533361X | #162359A | £75.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 0415403294 | #162360A | £23.99 BUY |
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions
Mick O'Hare Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? is the latest compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the `Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-selling science .... | 256 pages | Profile Books Pbk | 2006 | 1861978766 | #162808A | £7.99 BUY |
A guide to taking better pictures Andy Rouse For those who want to take their wildlife images to the next level, this essential guide is extensively illustrated with images taken on film and digital cameras, showing what .... | 176 pages | colour illus | Lonely Planet Pbk | 2006 | 1740599004 | #162328A | £10.99 BUY |
Wildlife Warrior: Steve Irwin, 1962-2006 A Man who Changed the World Richard Shears Wildlife Warrior charts Steve Irwin's amazing life - from his childhood catching snakes in Victoria, Australia, through to his work in the wilderness and in his zoo. It follows .... | 208 pages | 16-page colour section | New Holland Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1741105528 | #162983A | £9.99 BUY |
| Regional & Travel | Go to subject web page |
Biodiversity of Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece)
Edited by P Beron The third volume of the series "Biodiversity of Bulgaria" deals with both parts (Bulgarian and Greek) of the Western Rhodope Mountains. The book consists of three .... | 950 pages | graphs, tables, drawings, maps | Pensoft Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | #162282A | £79.00 BUY |
Franklin Burroughs and Heather Perry There are said to be only four places in the world where two major rivers - with entirely different watersheds - converge at their mouths to form a common delta: the .... | 176 pages | Tilbury House Pbk | 2006 | 0884482820 | #162566A | £24.95 BUY |
Dangerous Sea Life of the West Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico A Guide for Accident Prevention and First Aid Edwin S Iversen and Renate H Skinner How to recognize and avoid running afoul of the creatures that bite or sting, are poisonous when eaten, or are otherwise potentially harmful. A handy reference for .... | colour illus | Pineapple Press Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 156164370X | #162944A | £9.50 BUY |
Great Natural Reserves of the Sonoran Desert Edited by Richard Stephen Felger and Bill Broyles This evocative and informative excursion into the Sonoran Desert along the U.S.-Mexico border brings to life the beauty of a spare and seductive terrain, telling the stories .... | 750 pages | 321 halftones, 80 color photographs, 27 illustrations, 5 maps | Utah UP Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0874808189 | #163044A | £63.00 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0874808197 | #163046A | £35.00 BUY |
A Field Guide to Common Animals of Roads, Streets, and Highways R Knutson Revised edition of the classic field guide to the 36 most common species of roadside remains in North America. Includes descriptions and silhouetted illustrations of the top .... | 96 pages | Illus | Ten Speed Press Pbk | 2006 | 1580087558 | #162285A | £6.99 BUY |
Guia de los Peces, Anfibios, Reptiles y Mamiferos de Castilla y Leon
JC Velasco, ML Avia, JR Sancho et al Field guide to 179 vertebrate species (no birds), with distribution maps and colour photos for each species. The text for each species includes description, distribution, .... | 272 pages | 560 col photos | Nayade Editorial S.L Pbk | 2005 | 849337301X | #160318A | £32.50 BUY |
Neogene and Anthropic Natural History of the Mediterranean Basin, with Emphasis on the Levant Francis Dov Por and Chanan Dimentman The Mediterranean world, the sea, the islands and the shores facing it, is a self-centered microcosm subjected to a very agitated geological history during the .... | 350 pages | colour and b/w drawings, maps and photos | Pensoft Hbk | 2006 | 954642272X | #162402A | £59.00 BUY |
South Africa and Pondoland's Unique Heritage Div De Villiers and John Costello The Wild Coast is one of Africa's jewels, but it remains a forgotten wilderness, waiting to be rediscovered and nurtured for all people to enjoy. .... | 215 pages | Colour photos | Wilderness Safaris Hbk | 2006 | 0620353201 | #161230A | £28.95 BUY |
A Photographic Tour of England, Wales and Northern Ireland Joe Cornish, David Noton and Paul Wakefield A stunning glimpse of some of Britain's finest coastline, from the granite columns of the Giant's Causeway on the Northern Irish coast and the rocky cliffs of Wales and South .... | 144 pages | 120 col photos, 1 map | National Trust Hbk | 1998 | 0707802393 | #077360A | £14.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1905400381 | #162564A | £9.99 BUY |
The National Trust Countryside A Photographic Tour of England, Wales and Northern Ireland Joe Cornish, David Noton and Paul Wakefield This collection reveals not just natural beauty, but how the human hand has shaped the landscape over the centuries. At Croome Park in Herefordshire, the eighteenth- and .... | 144 pages | 120 col photos, 1 map | National Trust Hbk | 1998 | 070780244X | #077361A | £17.99 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 190540039X | #162563A | £9.99 BUY |
Edited by Bayram Ozturk and Sedat Yerli Overview over Turkey's natural history: flora; forests and mountains; lakes, rivers and wetlands; birds; amphibians and reptiles; terrestrial mammals and marine life. .... | 48 pages | colour photos | Turkish Marine Research Pbk | 2002 | 9759713276 | #157939A | £13.95 BUY |
A Nature Guide to Boundary Bay
A Murray This is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated guide to the wildlife and habitats found around Boundary Bay, a .... | 214 pages | 170 photos, 2 maps | Nature Guides B.C Pbk | 2006 | 0978008804 | #161207A | £16.95 BUY |
A Visual Journey Jim Saunders The Welsh English border from the hills above Prestatyn to the Severn Estuary near Chepstow is marked by Offa's Dyke, an eighth century earthwork built by Offa, King of .... | 144 pages | colour photos | Gomer Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1843236990 | #162250A | £19.99 BUY |
Hubert Stadler and Michael Allhoff Wild and remote, Patagonia is a region that captures the natural drama of South America like no other - from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific, from the vast wind-swept .... | 216 pages | 340 illus | C J Bucher Verlag Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 376581590X | #162547A | £35.00 BUY |
Phylogeography of Southern European Refugia Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins of European Biodiversity Edited by Steven Weiss and Nuno Ferrand Phylogeography of Southern European Refugia provides the first synthesis of the remarkable diversity, evolutionary complexity, and conservation importance of the flora .... | 377 pages | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 140204903X | #162985A | £92.50 BUY |
Les Ressources Naturelles des Pyrenees du Moyen Age a l'Epoque Modern
Edited by Aymat Catafau | 544 pages | Perpignan Press Pbk | 2005 | 2914518684 | #162653A | £17.50 BUY |
Past, Present and Future Jeremy Keenan This collection examines the Sahara holistically from the earliest (prehistoric) times through the `historical' period to the present and with political direction into the .... | 432 pages | Routledge Hbk | NYP 12/2006 | 0415411467 | #162355A | £80.00 BUY |
| Botany & Plant Science | Go to subject web page |
An Annotated Checklist of Polish Liverworts and Hornworts
Jerzy Szweykowski | 114 pages | - | Polish Botany Institute Pbk | 2006 | 8389648334 | #151654A | £33.50 BUY |
Atlas des Plantes Rares ou Protegees des Hautes-Alpes
Edouard Chas et al Describes 230 species of rare and endangered plants, each with a colour photo, short description, status, habitat, and more. .... | 312 pages | Col photos | Naturalia Publications Hbk | 2006 | #162221A | £68.00 BUY |
Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East-European Flora The Carpathian Mountains Region Vit Bojnansky and Agata Fargasova The Carpathian flora occurs not only in the Carpathian Mountains, but also in large lowlands extending towards the south, north and east and involves introduced and .... | 750 pages | Springer Hbk | NYP 04/2007 | 1402053614 | #162569A | £307.00 BUY |
Atlas of the Geographical Distribution of Fungi in Poland, Fascicle 3
Edited by Wladyslaw Wojewoda | Polish Botany Institute Pbk | 2005 | 838964827X | #162714A | £30.50 BUY |
Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Texas, Volume 1: Dicots
Billy Lee Turner, Holly Nichols, Geoffrey C Denny and Oded Doron The Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Texas provides county-level dot maps for about 6000 taxa of vascular plants native and naturalized in Texas. Some taxa reported for Texas .... | Texas Botanical RI 2003 | 1889878081 | #162820A | £36.00 BUY |
Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Texas, Volume 2: Monocots, Ferns and Gymnosperms
Billy Lee Turner, Holly Nichols, Geoffrey C Denny and Oded Doron The Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Texas provides county-level dot maps for about 6000 taxa of vascular plants native and naturalized in Texas. Some taxa reported for Texas .... | Texas Botanical RI 2003 | 188987809X | #162821A | £28.95 BUY |
Characterization of the Cellulosic Cell Wall
Edited by Doug Stokke Plant biomass resources are seen as a vast reservoir of potential to be unlocked as sustainable fiber, fuel and chemical feedstock for the 21st century. Vital to the .... | 304 pages | 124 illus | Blackwell Hbk | 2006 | 0813804396 | #153437A | £75.00 BUY |
A Complete Guide to the Native Orchids of Australia Including the Island Territories David L Jones Talks about orchids, featuring beautiful photography, a comprehensive identification guide, and details of species and descriptions. This book is of interest to the home .... | 480 pages | Col photos | New Holland Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 1877069124 | #160786A | £69.99 BUY |
Curtis's Botanical Calendar 2007
The Curtis's Botanical Calendar 2007 sees several improvements on previous years. The daily entry charts have been redesigned, and each month includes an inset calendar for .... | Kew RBG Calendar | 2006 | #162275A | £5.91 BUY |
David Bassett and Shirley Bassett Gardeners throughout the world love these majestic flowers but few are aware of the range of colour and form now available with the burst of new cultivatars, several of .... | 160 pages | Batsford Hbk | 2006 | 0713490020 | #162565A | £25.00 BUY |
Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand
Audrey Eagle The first volumes of Eagle's Trees and Shrubs of NZ were published in New Zealand in 1975 to universal acclaim, and quickly became classic references for New Zealand .... | 1130 pages | 2 volumes in slipcase, 806 colour illus | Papa Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0909010080 | #162385A | £120.00 BUY |
The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases
Edited by BM Cooke, D Gareth Jones and B Kaye Plant disease epidemiology is a dynamic science that forms an essential part of the study of plant pathology. This book brings together a team of 35 international experts. .... | 576 pages | - | Springer Hbk | 2006 | 1402045794 | #158317A | £127.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1402045808 | #162390A | £61.50 BUY |
Edited by G Robson, Pieter van West and Geoffrey Gadd The fungi are a highly diverse kingdom of eukaryotic microbes. Recent advances in molecular genetics, together with the release of whole genome sequences of an increasing .... | 350 pages | 49 line diags, 30 half-tones, 18 tabs | CUP Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 0521859352 | #162246A | £80.00 BUY |
Flora Liquenologica Iberica: Ostropales, Gyalectales
Edited by JM Egea et al | 48 pages | line drawings | SEL Pbk | 2004 | #162705A | £15.95 BUY |
Flora of Tropical East Africa: Blechnaceae (2006)
BS Parris | 12 pages | 2 figs, map | Kew RBG Pbk | 2006 | 184246129X | #162290A | £8.50 BUY |
Flora of Tropical East Africa: Ericaceae (2006)
HJ Beentje | 28 pages | 4 figs, map | Kew RBG Pbk | 2006 | 1842461443 | #162291A | £9.00 BUY |
Flora of Tropical East Africa: Potamogetonaceae (2006)
JJ Symoens | 20 pages | 4 figs, map | Kew RBG Pbk | 2006 | 1842461303 | #162288A | £9.50 BUY |
Flore des Mascareignes: Volume 121-126: Apocynacées à Boraginacées
J Bosser and J Gueho Contains the following families: Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Loganiaceae, Gentianaceae, Menyanthaceae and Borraginaceae. .... | 8 pages | drawings | IRD Pbk | 2005 | 2709915634 | #162311A | £15.50 BUY |
Fungi non Delineati 34-36: Inocybe Alpine e Subalpine Il genere inocybe (Fr.) Fr. nel Nord Italia e paesi limitrofi Erminio Ferrari | 460 pages | 256 colour photos | Edizioni Candusso Pbk | 2006 | #162713A | £51.00 BUY |
Jacques Bosser and Alain Le Toquin Ambitious in scope and a wonder to examine, Gardens in Time captures two millennia of garden history between its covers. The follow-up to world-renowned photographer Alain .... | 320 pages | 230 col photos | Abrams Hbk | 2006 | 0810930927 | #162530A | £35.00 BUY |
Los Generos de Leguminosas del Norte de Mexico
E Estrada and A Martinez M This abundantly illustrated monograph is the most comprehensive generic treatment of legumes for any geographical area of Mexico. The book covers the genera of legumes known .... | Texas Botanical RI 2004 | 1889878138 | #162822A | £17.95 BUY |
Guide du Patrimoine Botanique en France
Jean-Pierre Demoly and Franklin Picard Describes more than 600 botanical gardens, conservatories and collections in France and its territories, and 4500 rare plants from these collections. .... | 1082 pages | - | Actes Sud Pbk | 2005 | 2742756698 | #162207A | £30.50 BUY |
Guide to Endemic Palms and Screw Pines of the Seychelles Granitic Islands
Denis Matatiken and Didier Dogley This photographic guide covers the six endimic palms and four screw pines to be found on the granitic islands of the Seychelles. Introduced plants and screw pines which grow on .... | 45 pages | colour photos | PCA Pbk | 2006 | 9993170011 | #162491A | £10.99 BUY |
A Guide to Some Difficult Plants Illustrated Articles from the Wild Flowers Society Magazine 1973-1988 Wild Flower Society This useful handbook to the identification of some of the more difficult plant groups - willows, dandelions, rushes, st.john's worts, heathers, yellow crucifers and bird seed .... | 132 pages | BSBI Pbk | 1990 | 0951623400 | #012458A | £6.99 BUY |
A Guide to Tropical Plants of Costa Rica
Willow Zuchowski A Guide to Tropical Plants of Costa Rica, the first popular treatment to include plants from all regions of the country, is an indispensable guide to the country's native and .... | 529 pages | Zona Tropical Pbk | 2005 | 0970567847 | #159460A | £37.50 BUY |
A Field and Garden Guide Ivan Holliday Often confused with grevilleas, hakeas are not well known, but these natives are increasingly in popularity in the garden as more come into cultivation. People are .... | 224 pages | Col photos | New Holland Pbk | 2005 | 1877069140 | #156907A | £39.00 BUY |
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Trees of the World
Catherine Cutler, Martin Walters and Tony Russell Identification guide to 1000 of the world's best-known trees, from huge redwoods to small garden trees. It can be used as a field guide or as an educational tool to .... | 512 pages | 500 col photos, 3000 illustrations | Lorenz Books Hbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0754817113 | #163027A | £14.99 BUY |
Illustrated Flora of East Texas, Volume 1
Volume one of the Illustrated Flora of East Texas is the first fully illustrated flora for East Texas, a species rich area that contains more than two-thirds of all the plant .... | colour photos | Texas Botanical RI Hbk | 2005 | #162823A | £65.00 BUY |
J Webster This new edition of the universally acclaimed and widely-used textbook on fungal biology has been completely re-written, drawing directly on the authors' research and teaching .... | 600 pages | B/w photos, illus | CUP Pbk | NYP 01/2007 | 0521014832 | #162262A | £35.00 BUY |
Lawrie Metcalf A beginner's guide, this work is an introduction to over 80 of New Zealand's best-known trees. It contains the key facts on shape and appearance, foliage, blossom and fruit .... | 176 pages | 82 col photos | New Holland NZ Pbk | NYP 02/2007 | 1869660986 | #163059A | £12.99 BUY |
Langeneicker Eichen Register / The World Register of Oaks
Edited by Reinhold Lübbert This book is the product of the international cooperation of many experts on oak nomenclature. Approximately 15 000 botanical oak names have been recorded in .... | 398 pages | Koeltz Pbk | 2006 | 3906166538 | #162938A | £81.00 BUY |
Josie Iselin and Mary Ellen Hannibal Celebrating the diversity and beauty of foliage, Josie Iselin has filled Leaves & Pods with lushly detailed portraits of flora she has collected during every season around the .... | 144 pages | 100 col photos | Abrams Hbk | 2006 | 0810930781 | #162533A | £9.95 BUY |
The Making of the Alnwick Garden
Ian August Ian August was about to retire from his position as the Factor for the Northumberland Alnwick Estates when the Duchess asked for his help with a new project for a couple of .... | 256 pages | Pavilion Hbk | 2006 | 186205715X | #162562A | £25.00 BUY |
The Genus Mentha Edited by Brian M Lawrence This reference on mint serves as the first comprehensive review of these commercially important essential oils, which have a long history of use in flavoring and medicine. .... | 512 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0849307791 | #162372A | £74.99 BUY |
Molekular-cytogenetische Untersuchungen an Hafergräsern (Aveneae) und anderen Poaceae
Grit Winterfeld Molecular cytogenetic investigations in oat grasses (Aveneae) and other Poaceae. .... | 170 pages | Biologiezentrum 2006 | #162970A | £37.50 BUY |
National Geographic Field Guide to the Trees of North America
Keith Rushforth and Charles Hollis Ideal for backpacks and back pockets alike, this indispensable reference makes it easy to identify any tree commonly encountered between the Canadian Arctic and Mexico and .... | 272 pages | more than 1000 colour illus | National Geographic Pbk | 2006 | 0792253108 | #162363A | £11.95 BUY |
Ted Green Hawaii is famous for its orchids. The most recognizable Dendrobium and Vanda flowers are often used to make lei, dress up a drink, or lend a tropical touch to a visitor's hotel .... | 132 pages | Mutual Publishing Pbk | 2005 | 1566477204 | #162331A | £9.50 BUY |
A Story in Photographs David Leaser Palm Trees: A Story in Photographs is a visual masterpiece filled with spectacular images of palm trees from around the world. From the formal gardens of Versailles to a .... | 144 pages | colour illus | Westwood Pacific Hbk | 2005 | 1595880100 | #162334A | £34.50 BUY |
A Photographic Guide to Alpine Plants of New Zealand
Lawrie Metcalf This pocket photographic guide showcases the flowers that add so much to the attractions of walking in New Zealand's alpine zone. .... | 136 pages | New Holland NZ Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1869661281 | #163058A | £9.99 BUY |
A Photographic Guide to Mushrooms and Other Fungi of New Zealand
Geoff Ridley This pocket photographic guide introduces readers to New Zealand's mushrooms and fungi, which number up to some 19,000 and include some extraordinarily diverse types. .... | 144 pages | colour photos | New Holland NZ Pbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1869661346 | #163057A | £9.99 BUY |
Pitcher Plants of the Americas
Stewart McPherson Pitcher plants are the largest and most beautiful of the world's carnivorous plants and are viewed with fascination as objects of natural history and natural beauty. Pitcher .... | 315 pages | Colour photos | McDonald & Woodward Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0939923750 | #163016A | £39.50 BUY Pbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0939923742 | #163017A | £30.50 BUY |
Plants of Central Asia, Volume 12: Nymphaeaceae-Ceratophyllaceae
| Science Publishers/Enfield Hbk | 2006 | 1578084415 | #158911A | £44.50 BUY |
A Celebration Chris Howkins Reviews plants that contain toxins that affect man and beast. It is unusual for including crops and foods, house and garden plants, rather than just the wild flowers. .... | 112 pages | line drawings | Howkins, Christopher Hbk | 2006 | 1901087611 | #162807A | £20.00 BUY Pbk | 2006 | 1901087603 | #162941A | £15.00 BUY |
Johnny Jumbalaya If you frequent the outdoors on a regular basis and want creative food ideas for living off the land, extending your provisions, or simply want to explore new food tastes and .... | 200 pages | Johnny Jumbalaya Spiralbound | 2002 | 0954415809 | #163015A | £21.95 BUY |
Rothmaler - Exkursionsflora von Deutschland: Band 2 Gefässpflanzen: Grundband Edited by Eckehart J Jäger Field guide to the German flora, now in its 19th edition. First part covering the vascular plants. .... | 640 pages | 992 b&w illus | Spektrum Hbk | 2005 | 3827416000 | #162200A | £36.50 BUY |
Rothmaler - Exkursionsflora von Deutschland: Band 4 Gefässpflanzen: Kritischer Band Edited by Eckehart J Jäger and Klaus Werner 4th volume of the German flora, now in its 10th edition. Includes keys to all species. .... | 982 pages | 1596 b&w illus | Spektrum Hbk | 2005 | 3827414962 | #162202A | £46.50 BUY |
Starting Out with Native Plants
Charlotte De la Bedoyere "Starting Out with Native Plants" illustrates and catalogues all the plants, excluding trees and shrubs, which are native to Britain. For each plant there are details of its .... | 128 pages | 200 col photos | New Holland Hbk | NYP 03/2007 | 1845376692 | #163032A | £14.99 BUY |
Subtropical and Dry Climate Plants The Definitive Practical Guide Martin Rix Climate change, the need to conserve water, the desire for more exotic and dramatic plants--all of these are prompting gardeners to seek out interesting new plants that .... | 256 pages | 750 colour photos | Timber Press Hbk | 2006 | 0881928089 | #162303A | £28.95 BUY |
George F Freytag and Daniel G Debouck This lavishly illustrated monograph is the most comprehensive botanical treatment of beans to date. It starts with a brief history about the former taxonomical treatments of .... | Texas Botanical RI 2002 | 1889878111 | #162819A | £28.95 BUY |
The Story of the Beloved and Despised Dandelion Anita Sanchez Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale) are a widespread and well known flowering plant. They occur, it seems, in every backyard, garden, playground, parking lot, and asphalt .... | 144 pages | 15 b/w illustrations | McDonald & Woodward Pbk | 2006 | 093992322X | #163018A | £12.95 BUY |
Tomato Plant Culture: In the Field, Greenhouse, & Home Garden
JB Jones A recent study indicates that individuals who regularly consume fresh tomatoes or processed tomato products are less likely to develop certain forms of cancer than those .... | 199 pages | B/w plates, figs, tabs | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 02/2007 | 0849373956 | #162375A | £49.99 BUY |
Treasure of Masdevallia, Volume 28
Carlyle Luer This 2006 release in this folio series continues the Carl Luer taxonomic consideration of these pleurothallid orchids. Sixteen species are illustrated by Stig Dahstrom: .... | B/w illus, dist maps, water colours | Missouri BG Pbk | 2006 | 1930723539 | #161670A | £73.00 BUY |
A Rotten History Nicholas P Money This book is concerned with the most devastating fungal diseases in history. These are the plagues of trees and crop plants, caused by invisible spores that have reshaped .... | 216 pages | 9 halftones, 27 line illus | OUP Hbk | 2006 | 019518971X | #162996A | £17.99 BUY |
The Genus Curcuma Edited by P Ravindran, K Nirmal Babu and K Sivaraman Edited by experts from India, turmeric's largest exporter, this is the first volume to explore the history, production, chemical constituents, market trends, and medical uses .... | 384 pages | CRC Press Hbk | NYP 11/2006 | 0849370345 | #162373A | £85.00 BUY |
Villa Gardens of the Mediterranean From the Archives of Country Life Kathryn Bradley-Hole For over 100 years, "Country Life" has regularly covered British gardens and gardening - but it has also featured fine gardens made abroad, particularly those in the .... | 208 pages | 200 photos | Aurum Press Hbk | 2006 | 184513124X | #162485A | £40.00 BUY |
Wild Flowers of Mombacho (Nicaragua) / Flores Silvestres del Mombacho
Helen Pickering This photographic guide to the Wild Flowers of Mombacho is color-coded and arranged by Family within the color sections. It covers flowering plants found on the whole of the .... | 217 pages | colour photos | Texas Botanical RI Pbk | 2006 | 1889878146 | #162825A | £10.95 BUY |
A Practical Guide to Creating and Maintaining Your Own Wetland for Wildlife Louise Bardsley Comprehensive and practical guide to creating a wildlife pond in the garden. Offers instructions on how to plan, design, site and build small and large ponds for wildlife. .... | 80 pages | 60 col photos, 60 col illus, tabs | New Holland Hbk | 2003 | 1843301113 | #1 |