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London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. This is the first comprehensive field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of this spectacular region. It covers all resident, migrant and vagrant species found in Macronesia (Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde). Over 450 species are..... More
Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, (1999. reprint). Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. A standard reference providing a comprehensive overview of the grass family to generic level. More
Richmond: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2010. Octavo, softcover. The Pacific Ocean is the most expansive geographical feature on Earth. Included in its domain are thousands of atolls, smaller islands and, depending on how its boundaries are defined, several larger islands and island groups. Members of the grass family, Poaceae, are almost..... More
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Featuring 280 species that the amateur naturalist might expect to see in the field or garden. The user-friendly introduction covers habitats, flower structure, identification, wild flower names, a glossary of botanical and habitat terms, and conservation, in a way that doesn't..... More
London: Christopher Helm, 2015. Octavo, colour photographs and illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This authoritative handbook, part of the Helm Identification Guides series, covers in detail the world's 175 species of robins and chats. Formerly considered to be part of the thrush family (Turdidae), this large group is now usually..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Quarto, 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
Melbourne: Melbourne Books, 2016. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. From the rusty, red plains of Tsavo to the lush, green forests of Northern Thailand, Clow has captured every aspect of elephant life, from first step to untimely death. Her astonishing images have been paired with the words of writers, poets..... More
Sydney: Australia Geographic, 2019. Octavo, paperback, limp plastic, colour photographs, maps. This comprehensive guide provides a detailed account of all 246 currently recognised species and subspecies and, for the first time, provides explicit points of identification on how to tell each species apart from all others for which they might..... More
Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This is a guide to the nudibranchs of south-eastern Queensland. The book is easy to use and, as these animals are among the most colourful and charismatic of marine creatures, a pleasure to peruse. It covers 277 species of nudibranch..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 2005. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Birds Britannica is neither an identification guide nor a behavioural study (though both these subjects enter its field). It covers cultural links, social history, birds as food, ecology, the lore and language of birds, myths, art, literature and..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, (2018. updated seventh edition). Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps. A complete guide to Australia's rich and varied herpetofauna, including frogs, crocodiles, turtles, tortoises, lizards and snakes. For each of the 1218 species there is a description of its appearance, distribution and habits. These descriptions..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, other illustrations. This book presents an authoritative review on the state of knowledge on the biology of the Red algae. Written by a group of 26 internationally renowned experts, the eighteen chapters of this book range from molecular and..... More
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Occasional Papers No. 51, 1997. Octavo, softcover. More
Mexico City: BirdLife International, 2007. Large quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. A portfolio drawn from the world's greatest bird photographers drives the message of this book home. The book is split into five chapters looking at all aspects of human's relationship with birds. The first looks the place birds occupy in..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019. Quarto, laminated boards, colour illustrations, maps. Tunas and billfishes are peak predators of the oceans. In this book Collette, a leading marine ichthyologist and conservationist, and Graves, an expert on the biology, fisheries, and management of tunas and billfishes, focus on three families of..... More
Melbourne: Bloomings Books, (2021. second edition), Octavo, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations. Banksias are Australia's most iconic plants after Eucalypts - known for thousands of years to Australians and - through writing and art - to many more who have never visited this land. This extensively revised edition includes the..... More
Claremont: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 2007. Quarto, laminated boards, black and white illustrations. This volume and its companion, Monocots, Comparative Biology and Evolution, excluding Poales 2006, contain papers presented at the Third International Conference on the Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons, Monocots III, and the Fourth International Symposium on..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This book considers all 24 bumblebee species found in the UK, examining what made the group so successful and how circumstances have led to the survival of some species but the precipitous decline of the majority, highlighting the dangers we all face..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. 'It is no coincidence that so many of the world's creation myths involve water. Out of this apparent void, all else is born. Not surprising, then, that the sea holds such a primeval fascination. We are, in so many ways, made of..... More
Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis, 2014. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, laminated boards. Wolves are considered controversial figures worldwide: mythical creatures as well as troublemakers, conservation efforts on their behalf are often polarizing. In recent years much effort has focused on the discussion of how to conserve large carnivores, such as..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, BRAND NEW. Follow Langdon Cook on his journey into the woods with the iconoclasts and outlaws who seek the world's most coveted ingredient, and one of nature's last truly wild foods: the uncultivated, uncontrollable mushroom. Chefs pay top dollar to showcase these elusive..... More
Portland OR: Timber Press, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, BRAND NEW. This handy gardener's reference provides the derivation, meaning and pronunciation of the most popular and interesting garden plants. Common names and synonyms are cross-referenced to the botanical name. Names are organized alphabetically by generic name and these are followed by..... 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
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, line drawings, maps. This beautifully illustrated field guide covers 504 of the most common fruiting plants found in Australia's eastern rainforests, as well as a few species that are rare in the wild but generally well-known. These spectacular plants can be seen..... More