Genera Graminum: grasses of the world.
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
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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
Collingwood: Black Inc., 2022. Octavo, paperback, Fuelled by her biologist's background and deep curiosity, Danielle Clode delves into the world of koalas to discover what's behind the sweet face on thousands of postcards. From their megafaunal ancestors to the disastrous effects of colonisation, from remarkable conservation success in the 1920s..... 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
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
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, (2018. updated seventh edition). Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps, owner's sticker, inscription by the author, a fine copy in dustwrapper. 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..... 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
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
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, 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
London: Reaktion Books, 2006. Octavo, black and white illustrations, bookplate, creased cover. Reaktion Animal Series. Part of an unusual series that looks at the subject animal and its place in human history. The secrets of the fly's uniquely versatile powers of flight are only just beginning to be understood and..... 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
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
National Library of Australia, 2023. Quarto, laminated boards, colour illustrations. INCLUDES AN AUTHOR SIGNED BOOKPLATE, EXCLUSIVE TO ANDREW ISLES NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS. William T. Cooper (1934-2015) is one of the great bird artists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. He illustrated some of the most famous bird books..... More
2022. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This comprehensive guide describes the 582 species of wild orchids that occur in NSW and the ACT. This region covers the richest area for wild orchids in Australia and includes over 500 species of seasonal ground orchids and 62 species of evergreen tree and..... More
San Rafael: Mandala Publishing, 2008. Oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs. This book also contains images of the frozen continent that capture the beauty of the icebergs, the glaciers, the penguins and Humpback whales, and the wild wide seas. More
Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis, 2012. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations, graphs, tables. Organized into two sections, the book focuses first on the R software, then on the implementation of traditional statistical methods with R. Accessible to novices and experts alike, this text is a clear and enjoyable resource..... More
New York: Harper Collins, 2004. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. A narrative written by a one-time Maine lobsterman relates how lobsters socialize, mate, fight for dominance, and navigate their way across the ocean floor. More