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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
Kenthurst: Rosenberg, 2002. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. 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, the great..... More
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
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
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
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
London: Reaktion Books, 2016. Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations. WAS $25. Reaktion Animal Series. From swimming alongside our boats to lurking alone in the shadowy waters of remote seas, seals have long interacted with humans and played a part in our history. In this book, Dickenson explores the natural and cultural..... More
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
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
London: Reaktion Books, 2016. Octavo, paperback, photographs and illustrations. WAS $25. Reaktion Animal Series. From ancient Egyptian deities to German automobiles, beetles have left an indelible mark on human cultures around the world. Comprising more than 350,000 species, beetles are among the most prolific animals on Earth, even if we..... More
London: Orion Publishing, 2000. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. '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 in time..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, fine copy. WAS $35. More
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
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
London: Reaktion Books, 2015. Octavo, laminated boards, photographs, illustrations. WAS $40. Weeds can seem nothing more than intruders in a well-manicured garden. They spring up unwanted and are hastily removed without a second thought. Superweeds are characterized as malevolent trespassers, intent on destroying humanity's carefully cultivated allotments and trails. But..... More
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
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
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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
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
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
London: Helm, 1998. Octavo, dustwrapper, 32 colour plates by Barry Croucher, Chris Shields and Kamol Komolphalin, 115 colour maps. 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 members of..... More
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
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
London: Reaktion Books, 2017. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs and illustrations. WAS $33. In Tulip, Celia Fisher traces the story of this important and highly popular plant, from its mountain beginnings to its cultivation in the gardens of Mughal, Persian and Ottoman potentates, and its migration from East to West..... More
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