Singapore: NUS Press, 2014. Octavo, paperback, photographs. This book takes an indepth look at how Singapore's environment and location in a zone of extraordinary biodiversity has influenced the economic, political, social and intellectual history of the island since the early 19th century. Grounding the story of Singapore within an understanding..... More
Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Trustees, 2013. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, illustrations, line drawings, maps. The vision of a garden shared peacefully by humans and animals is a familiar but elusive idea. Whether threatened by habitat destruction or climate change, displaced by urbanization or invasive species, poisoned by industrial toxins, or..... More
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
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Octavo, paperback, graphs, tables. Presents the first global study by a historian to fully integrate the earth-system approach of the new climate science with the material history of humanity. Part I argues that geological, environmental, and climatic history explain the pattern and pace of biological..... More
Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, maps. As global demand for forest products increases, conserving biodiversity has become more urgent and challenging. This book advocates adaptive management - a structured approach to learning by doing - to sustain biodiversity in managed forests. It..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, other illustrations, map. Here, award-winning biologist and author Sean Carroll tells the stories of the pioneering scientists who sought the answers to simple yet profoundly important questions such as how does life work? How does nature produce the right..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Hardback. black and white illustrations. Now that so many ecosystems face rapid and major environmental change, the ability of species to respond to these changes by dispersing or moving between different patches of habitat can be crucial to ensuring their survival. Understanding dispersal has become..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs and illustrations. Now that so many ecosystems face rapid and major environmental change, the ability of species to respond to these changes by dispersing or moving between different patches of habitat can be crucial to ensuring their survival. Understanding..... More
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
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, maps. Every year, pilots and their aircraft come into direct contact with birds and other wildlife, resulting in more than one billion dollars in damage per year. The United States Federal Aviation Administration has recorded a rise..... More
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
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps, tables, graphs. Provides a clear, balanced and well documented account of one of the most important issues of our time. It covers developments in climate science over the past 250 years and shows that recent climate change is more than..... More
London: Routledge, 1999. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. One of a series of British habitat guides, describing the wild, empty, bleak, desolate and hostile upland habitats which cover almost a third of Britain's land surface. More
White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing, 2014. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. The reasons to farm hemp sound almost too good to be true, its fibers are among the planet's strongest, its seed oil the most nutritious, and its potential as an energy source vast and untapped. Its one downside? For..... More
Melbourne: Text Publishing, (2002. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Blending together the writings of early Australian explorers, settlers, and leaders, "The Birth of Sydney" editor Flannery constructs a compelling narrative history of the early life of one of the world's great cities. More
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2010. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. A biography of our planet - an argument for hope. We stand at a crossroads, where comprehension of our place in nature - of our true abilities and of our history - is supremely important. We have formed a global civilisation of..... More
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2005. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. "At last, here is a clear and readable account of one of the most important but controversial issues facing everyone in the world today. If you are not already addicted to Tim Flannery's writing, discover him now: this is his best book..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings. The average kilometre of tropical rainforest contains thousands of species of plants and animals. As this book reveals, many of the most colourful and eye-catching rainforest inhabitants, toucans, monkeys, leaf-nosed bats, and hummingbirds, to name a few, are..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, illustrations, maps, diagrams, tables, graphs. This book explores the entire urban area: from streets, walls, and lawns to riversides, sewer systems, and industrial sites. The book presents models, patterns, data, and examples from a range of cities worldwide. Cities..... More
Exeter: Pelagic Publishing, 2012. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. This book details how the scientific process is applied to data in ecology. This book gives detailed information on how to plan for data collection, assemble data, analyse data and finally how to present the results. The book uses Microsoft..... More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2014. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. WAS $40. Sustainable Futures explores the links between population growth, diminishing resources and environmental challenges, and what they mean for Australia's future. Written by leaders in their fields, and based on presentations from the 2013 Fenner Conference on 'Population..... More
Santa Rosa: Post Carbon Institute, 2014. Octavo, paperback, figures. The rapid spread of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has temporarily boosted US natural gas and oil production whilst also sparking a massive environmental backlash in communities across the country. The fossil-fuel industry is trying to sell fracking as the biggest energy development..... More
Washington DC: National Academies Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is one of several federal agencies responsible for protecting Americans against significant risks to human health and the environment. As part of that mission, EPA estimates the nature, magnitude, and likelihood of risks to..... More
Exeter: Pelagic Publishing, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs and illustrations. Journey through the digestive systems of humans, farm and wild animals, and meet some of nature's ultimate recyclers as they eat, breed in and compete for dung. The fall of bodily waste onto the ground is the start..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, illustrations, maps, graphs. From the Arctic Ocean and ice sheets of Greenland, to the glaciers of the Andes and Himalayas, to the great frozen desert of Antarctica, "The White Planet" takes readers on a spellbinding scientific journey through the..... More