Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2008. Octavo, paperback, photographs, text illustrations. WAS $40. John Bannister is a leading expert on the large whales of southern waters and has published on Sperm, Humpbacked and right whales. Seven 'great whales' are found in Australian coastal waters including six of the large baleen whales (Blue..... More

College Station: Texas A & M UP, 1992. Small octavo, paperback, illustrations. WAS $26. Vast numbers of people travel to this region to see the abundant and diverse birdlife that exists there. This detailed account of the bird species provides information on when, where and in what numbers each species..... More

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. Large octavo, colour photographs, other illustrations, dustwrapper. WAS $180. A joint project of Brazil's National Institute for Research in Amazonia and the U.S. Smithsonian Institution, the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP) has investigated the many effects that habitat fragmentation has on plants..... More

Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. WAS $50. 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..... More

Calton: Poyser, 1998. Octavo, dustwrapper, photographs, other illustrations. WAS $115. Examines the taxonomy, appearance, behaviour, ecology and conservation of the Golden and Grey Plovers. There are four species of tundra plover: the Grey Plover, and the Eurasian, Pacific and American golden plovers. They breed only in the northern hemisphere, principally..... More

Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2006. Octavo, text illustrations and diagrams, laminated boards. WAS $120. Snakes responsible for severe envenomations are considered a real public health problem, especially in tropical countries. Yet, snake venom, which is made up of hundreds of specific substances, is used more and more in biomedical..... More

Sydney: 2022. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. WAS $50. 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..... More

Sydney: Surrey Beatty, 2001. Quarto, dustwrapper, maps, tables, graphs. WAS $160. The fifth volume in this series, consists of a collection of seventy-one papers, covering forestry, fishing, farming and tourism, from the Taupo, New Zealand, conference on nature conservation. More

Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company, (2003. reprint). Octavo, black and white photographs, laminated boards. WAS $70. Presented in narrative format, the book deals with the appearance, habitats, and habits of snakes. Each chapter presents both fact and fiction, dispelling many of the misconceptions of folklore, religion, and mythology. In a...... More

Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 1996. Large octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. WAS $40. 150 references to the herpetofauna of south Asia and the physiography of the region. More

Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2024. Octavo, paperback, WAS $30. Nature's Sexual Spectrum is a celebration of the astonishing diversity of sexual behaviour, biology and reproduction found in nature. From penguins to primates, same-sex behaviours and courtship are more widespread in the natural world than many people realise, while how nature organises..... 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