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Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1995. Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations. Covers breeding biology, feeding ecology, energetics, behaviour and management. The book was the result of the Second International Penguin Conference held at Phillip Island in southeastern Australia in August 1992. More about The penguins: ecology and management
Kenthurst: Rosenberg, 2002. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $35. Triggerplants are not only found in Australia, but they reach their greatest diversity there. A few species have ranges which extend to India, China, or Japan, with several more in Papua New Guinea, but of the nearly two hundred identified species... More about Triggerplants
New York: Dover Publications, 2007. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. WAS $31. One of science's greatest intellects examines how people and animals display fear, anger, and pleasure. This highly readable 1872 study was based on Darwin's personal observations, most of which were proven by later scientific surveys. Abounding in... More about The expression of the emotions in man and animals
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations, maps. WAS $50. One of the first field guides dedicated to the carnivores of Central America. It describes the four families and the individual species that occur in the region. Hardcover out of print. This book is one of the... More about A guide to the carnivores of central America: natural history, ecology and conservation
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. WAS $50. An engaging blend of accessible writing, the latest scientific research and over 400 breathtaking photographs of the 18 penguin species. Penguins have fascinated us for just about as long as we’ve known they existed. When penguins are on land... More about Penguins: their world, their ways
Perth: WA Museum, 2005. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $40. An introduction to the coral reef biology and ecology in a full-colour identification guide to the better-known coral genera of the Indo-Pacific region. The book features living coral colonies, brilliantly coloured fishes, sponges, algae, cowries and giant clams. Following the... More about Coral reefs: nature's wonders
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, text illustrations. WAS $180. Containing 200 entries written by scientists from around the world, this book provides a picture of tidepools and rocky shore science. This book discusses the animals and plants that live in tidepools, the physics and... More about Encyclopedia of tidepools and rocky shores
London: Christopher Helm, (2003. third edition). Quarto, dustwrapper, WAS $180. Five regional consultants have assisted with a thorough and rigorous reassessment of all taxonomic data, making this an accurate and comprehensive checklist. Introductory sections include a discussion of the relative attributes of the biological species concept and the phylogenetic species... More about The "Howard and Moore" complete checklist of the birds of the world
Sydney: Royal Zoological of NSW, 2007. Quarto, paperback, photographs, maps, other illustrations. WAS $75. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. This book records an RZS forum that discussed whether the animals of arid Australia are 'out on their own' in terms of their unique adaptations for... More about Animals of arid Australia: out on their own?
London: Orion Publishing, 2000. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. WAS $25. 'Dear Mr Darwin - You might find it presumptuous of me, if not a little macabre, that I should take up my pen and write to you more than a hundred years after your death...Despite the gulf that separates us... More about Dear Mr. Darwin: letters on the evolution of life and human nature
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, fine copy. WAS $35. More about A field guide to the warblers of North America
Berkley: University of California Press, 2003. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, line drawings. WAS $42. This guide is the only complete reference to the sharks, rays, and chimaeras found in California's waters-- from the intertidal zone to 500 miles offshore. o Species accounts give information on habitat and range, natural history... More about Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras of California
Sydney: Surrey Beatty, (1998. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, text illustrations, keys. This book is an introduction to a study of Sydney sandstone flora. The text is supported by many explanatory illustrations and references to familiar and not-so-familiar plants. More about Sydney flora: a beginner's guide to Australian native plants
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Large octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, text illustrations and diagrams. WAS $135. This book lays out the insights into population biology, ecology and conservation biology that can be gained through investigation of a judiciously chosen model system, the populations of checkerspot butterflies that Ehrlich and colleagues... More about On the wings of Checkerspots: a model system for population biology
Washington DC: Island Press, 2005. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. WAS $54. Although most of traditional Chinese medicine is not a cause for concern because it relies on herbs and other plants, as wildlife habitats are shrinking for the hunted large species, the situation is becoming ever more critical. Ellis tells... More about Tiger bone and rhino horn: the destruction of wildlife for traditional Chinese medicine
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Detroit: Gale Research, 1994. Quarto, laminated boards, black and white photographs. Published in association with IUCN - The World Conservation Union and Species Survival Commission. With over 1000 detailed species description of animals (vertebrates and invertebrates) and plants. More about Encyclopaedia of endangered species [volume one
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, line drawings. WAS $60. Describes treeshrew habitat, diet, nesting habits, home range, activity patterns, social behaviour, and their unique parental care system. More about Tupai: a field study of Bornean Treeshrews
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, text illustrations, diagrams. WAS $90. Presents an overview of what we know about the natural history, biology, and ecology of whales in the broad context of the dynamics of ocean ecosystems. The volume encompasses multiple points of... More about Whales, whaling, and ocean ecosystems
London: Helm, 1998. Octavo, dustwrapper, 32 colour plates by Barry Croucher, Chris Shields and Kamol Komolphalin, 115 colour maps. WAS $105. The starling family contains some of the world's most successful, and some of the world's rarest, birds. Starlings and Mynas is the first comprehensive, one-volume guide to all 114... More about Starlings and mynas
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white photographs, line drawings. WAS $38. Answers intriguing questions about members of the deer family Cervidae. From the diminutive pudu of South America that weighs 7kg to male moose that weigh close to 900kg, Feldhamer and McShea explore... More about Deer: the animal answer guide
Melbourne: Museum of Victoria, 1993. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. WAS $45. Colin Finney's first book and companion volume To sail beyond the sunset. This book looks at the development of scientific thought in colonial Australia and the inevitable associated controversies. More about Paradise revealed: natural history in nineteenth-century Australia
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. WAS $35. In this lovely gift book, artist Jeffrey Fisher portrays the elegance and beauty of 46 of the world's birds. Each spread features a different bird in Fisher's signature style, paired with thoughtful musings on the species' history and lore... More about Birds
Chatswood: Reed, 1995. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. WAS $85. This book covers 230 indigenous species of mammals, which have been located on over 250 islands. There are species accounts, focusing on living native species, with introduced and prehistorically extinct species dealt with separately. More about Mammals of the South-West Pacific and Moluccan Islands
New York: Grove Press, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, WAS $30. Utilizing the most up-to-the-minute data available, Tim Flannery examines the environmental challenges we face and their potential solutions in both the big picture and in specific detail. This brilliant book explores everything from techniques for storing the carbon that dead plants... More about Now or never: why we must act now to end climate change and create a sustainable future
London: Penguin Books, 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. WAS $60. Terrifying and inspiring, "The Weather Makers" is a page-turning epic that brings the most elusive and powerful of natural phenomena within our grasp. Internationally acclaimed writer, scientist and explorer, Tim Flannery takes us on a journey through history... More about The weather makers: the history and future impact of climate change