Introduction to forest and shade tree insects.
London: Academic Press, 1989. Octavo, photographs, laminated boards. More
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Nature's wealth: the economics of ecosystem services and poverty.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white illustrations. Increasing pressure from economic development and population growth has resulted in the degradation of ecosystems around the world and the loss of the essential services that they provide. Understanding the linkages between ecosystem service provisioning and human..... More
Lessons from Amazonia: the ecology and conservation of a fragmented forest.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. Large octavo, colour photographs, other illustrations, dustwrapper. WAS $180. A joint project of Brazil's National Institute for Research in Amazonia and the U.S. Smithsonian Institution, the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP) has investigated the many effects that habitat fragmentation has on plants..... More
The conservation atlas of tropical forests: Asia and the Pacific.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first part describes the issues, the impact of human encroachment, government policies, change in agricultural practices, tropical timber trade, and conservation plans. The ATLAS then presents eighteen country studies, with detailed colour maps of tropical..... More
Forests and global change.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Octavo, paperback, tables and graphs. Forests hold a significant proportion of global biodiversity and terrestrial carbon stocks and are at the forefront of human-induced global change. The dynamics and distribution of forest vegetation determines the habitat for other organisms, and regulates the delivery of ecosystem..... More
The kingdom of rarities: the story of America's eastern national forests.
Washington DC: Island Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. Presents a new context for understanding rarity and its implications, both for our understanding of how the natural world works and for what it can teach us about protecting biodiversity during a time of large-scale environmental change. Using cutting-edge..... More
The cutting edge: conserving wildlife in logged tropical forests.
New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, softcover. Synthesizing the body of knowledge of leading scientists and professionals in tropical forest ecology and management, this book's thirty chapters examine in detail the interplay between timber harvesting and wildlife, from hunted and protected habitats to invertebrates and large..... More
Forest planet: the last green paradise.
Munich: Bucher Verlag, 2008. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Photographer Markus Mauthe captures the diversity and beauty of the jungle habitat in his unusually beautiful photographs. For five years he has travelled through all the major primeval forests of the world to regions never seen by man. His..... More
Ocean shores to desert dunes: the native vegetation of New South Wales and the ACT.
Sydney: Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW), 2004. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, bookplate, very good copy in laminated boards. Describes each class of native vegetation in NSW and the ACT and explains where it occurs and why. Interesting aspects of ecology, evolution, history and development, current conservation and management issues..... More
Forests in our changing world: new principles for conservation and management.
Washington DC: Island Press, 2014. Octavo, paperback, graphs. Forests cover vast regions of the globe and serve as a first line of defence against the worst effects of climate change, but only if we keep them healthy and resilient. In this book, authors Joe Landsberg and Richard Waring present an..... More
Emerging threats to tropical forests.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Octavo, black and white photographs, text illustrations, softcover. Reveals the diverse panoply of perils to tropical forests and their biota, with emphasis on various dangers. In addition to documenting the vulnerability of tropical rainforests, this volume focuses on strategies for mitigating and combating emerging..... More
Life in the tall eucalypt forests.
Sydney: New Holland Publishers, (2006. reprint). Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. A photographic essay on Victoria's Central Highlands and the animals and plants that live there. More
Conservation of Australia's forest fauna.
Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, (2004. second edition). Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, softcover. WAS $60. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. An all new, fully revised and outstanding series of papers on current issues in the conservation of forest fauna. The book contains..... More
Nature's temples: a natural history of old-growth forests.
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2023. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Standing in an old-growth forest, you can instinctively sense the ways it is different from forests shaped by humans. These ancient, undisturbed ecosystems are increasingly rare and largely misunderstood. Nature’s Temples explores the science and alchemy of old-growth..... More
Hidden trees of Britain.
London: Ebury Press, 2007. Small quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Britain has 80 per cent of northern Europe's most ancient trees and a remarkable array of woodland types. This illustrated guide presents a regional overview, highlighting the great diversity of woodlands and hedgerow trees, as well as some breathtaking individuals, many..... More
Forests and insect conservation in Australia.
New York: Springer, 2018. Octavo, photographs,text illustrations, laminated boards. More
Paradise preserved: a history of forestry on Fraser Island.
Redland Bay: Connor Court, 2025. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. or more than a century, the magnificent forests of Fraser Island provided the timber that helped shape Queensland and the lives of those who worked beneath its soaring satinays and blackbutts. Paradise Preserved reveals the little-known story of forestry on the..... More
Invasive forest insects, introduced forest trees, and altered ecosystems.
New York: Springer, 2006. Octavo, photographs, laminated boards. More
Sustainably managing private native forests: a guide for Victorian landowners.
Melbourne: 2009. Quarto, spirally bound, colour photographs. A comprehensive guide designed to inform and educate Victorian landowners so that they can take and active role in designing and implementing forest management regimes. More
Eucalypts of the Mount Alexander Region.
Melbourne: Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests, 2016. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations, map. Presents the most commonly found species of Eucalypt in the Mount Alexander Region of central Victoria. Generously illustrated, this guide provides clear descriptions in plain language, perfect for any enthusiast. Though firmly based on the..... More
A manual of elementary forest zoology for India.
London: Superintendent Government Printing, 1908. Quarto, uncoloured plates, publisher's cloth, a very good copy. More
Wildlife of the box-ironbark country.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, (2021. second edition), Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Victoria's Box-Ironbark region is one of the most important areas of animal diversity and significance in southern Australia. The forests and woodlands of this region provide critical habitat for a diverse array of woodland-dependent animals, including many threatened and..... More
Mechanisms and deployment of resistance in trees to insects.
Sydney: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. Octavo, text illustrations, laminated boards. More
Evergreen forest flora of Malawi.
London: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2001. Octavo, photographs, maps, softcover. An account of the evergreen forest trees, lianas and shrubs of Malawi. Based on 40 years' work by the authors, a conspectus of 712 species is presented. The content covers habit, distribution, ecology, geology, soils, chorology, conservation status and an extensive..... More
Deforestation and land use in the Amazon.
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. Octavo, paperback, illustrations, maps. The Amazonian territories of Brazil, Bolivia, and Ecuador encompass nearly half of the world's remaining tropical rainforest and contain a wealth of biodiversity whose value we have only begun to appreciate. Deforestation and Land Use in the Amazon is an..... More