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Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 2006. Octavo, paperback, illustrations, maps. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 61. More
New York: John Wiley and Sons, (2014. second edition]. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, illustrations, maps, diagrams. As pressures on Australia's inland waters intensify due to population growth, expanding resource development and climate change, there is an urgent need to manage and protect these areas. Understanding their ecology... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. One of the world's natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef stretches more than 2000 kilometres in a maze of coral reefs and islands along Australia's north-eastern coastline. Now unfolding the fascinating story behind its mystique this 2002 book provides for the... More
London: Manson Publishing, 2010. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. Subject areas covered include ecology and conservation, tree anatomy and evolution, pathology, silviculture, propagation and surgery. The different chapters cover trees from various world habitats, from northern boreal and montane coniferous forests to tropical and subtropical rainforests. The book is fully... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, (2003. third edition). Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, softcover. Since its original publication in 1983, Evolution: the history of an idea has been recognized as a comprehensive and authoritative source on the development and impact of this most controversial of scientific theories. This new edition has... More
Toronto: ECW Press, 2015. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. While the world faces substantial environmental challenges such as climate change, pollution and extinction, what many people don't know is that we have solutions to these problems. In the past 50 years, a remarkable number of environmental problems have been solved, while... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Marine mammals command a high level of public attention, reflected in specific legislation for their protection and management in many countries. They also present particular challenges to ecologists and conservation biologists. They are mostly difficult to observe, they occupy... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. New Jersey provides us with some of the most varied and exciting birding in North America, as more than 450 species have been recorded in the state. This is the most up-to-date and succinct guide for the birds of New... More
London: A & C Black, 2009. Small quarto, paperback, colour photographs. We have all heard talk of the intelligence of dolphins, elephants or great apes, or even, in different ways, ants and bees. But what is this intelligence all about? How do we know which animals are smart, and how... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, map. With a rich avifauna of over 300 species, the three islands that make up the Caymans form an increasingly popular birding destination. Although the islands' sole endemic species, Cayman Islands Thrush, was extinct by the 1940s, the islands have a healthy... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs and illustrations. Spiders are among the most diverse groups of terrestrial invertebrates, yet they are among the least studied and poorly understood groups. This beautifully illustrated volume is the first comprehensive guide to all 68 families of spiders in... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, maps. Though separated by thousands of miles, the United States and Australia have much in common. Geographically both countries are expansive-the United States is the fourth largest in land mass and Australia the sixth-and both possess a vast... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. Drawing on accounts from India to Africa and California to Tennessee, and on research in neuroscience, psychology, and animal behaviour, G. A. Bradshaw explores the minds, emotions, and lives of elephants. Wars, starvation, mass culls, poaching, and habitat... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Drawing on accounts from India to Africa and California to Tennessee, and on research in neuroscience, psychology, and animal behaviour, G. A. Bradshaw explores the minds, emotions, and lives of elephants. Wars, starvation, mass culls, poaching, and habitat... More
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications, 2001. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, text illustrations. This is the first book to deal specifically with the phasmids of Borneo. Contains over 800 line drawings and 24 colour photographs of stick insects and their eggs and keys for the identification of species for all the... More
London: Earthscan Publications, 2011. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, illustrations. Icons for the conservation movement, whales and dolphins are the most conspicuous ambassadors for entire marine ecosystems and possibly even for the biosphere as a whole. With our realisation of impending threats to their environment, there is a growing... More
Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Part of the well-known Photoguide series of books on African natural history, this guide covers the most common snakes, lizards, skinks, chamaeleons, terrapins and amphibians (frogs) of East Africa - covering a total of 260 species. The aim is identification... More
Perth: Department of Environment and Conservation (WA), 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Over half of the Western Australian rangelands are classed as being in poor or fair condition after years of grazing pressure. This book addresses the political, economic and social issues that need to be overcome before a.... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Darwin made a powerful argument for evolution in the Origin of Species, based on all the evidence available to him. But a few things puzzled him. One was how inheritance works - he did not know about genes. This book... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs, black and white illustrations. In the follow up to "Darwin's lost world", Martin Brasier introduces the quest for the missing history of life and the cell. Through a series of journeys it emerges that the modern plant... More
Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, 2015. Octavo, paperback, limp plastic, colour photographs. An illustrated guide to the most commonly encountered reef fishes of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Also includes a small section covering other commonly encountered reef life. This book highlights the roles fish play in this tropical coral... More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Pest animals are but one of many factors that influence the desired outcome from managing natural resource based systems, whether for production or conservation purposes. Others include diseases, weeds, financial resources, weather and fire management. To be effective, an... More
London: T & A D Poyser, 2003. Large octavo, dustwrapper, text illustrations, colour photographs. An in-depth look at the Whooper Swan, investigating its biology, migratory habits, courtship and breeding behaviour and its role in the folklore and legend of the many countries where it occurs. More
Fremantle: Fremantle Press, 2012. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Stunning in their diversity the tropical rainforests of northeast Queensland are all that remain of the great Gondwana forests that once covered the continent. As well as a spectacle of great beauty, they tell the story of flowering plant evolution. In this... More
London: A & C Black, 2008. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. Takes readers on a journey through an entire year in the life of North America's great bears - the Black bear, the Brown bear and the Polar bear. This book contains facts, details and photographs. More