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Pasadena: Greening Australia, 2009. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. This detailed guide explores identification, protection and restoration of native vegetation communities and plant species of South Australia's southern agricultural districts. Covers over 55 major plant communities, over 400 native plant species and 100 weed species. More
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2015. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. New Naturalist. The Collins New Naturalist series is the longest-running and arguably the most influential natural history series in the world with over 100 volumes published in over 60 years. Being a numbered series, with a very low print run... More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2008. Octavo, dustwrapper, line drawings. Zeus, Medusa, Hercules, Aphrodite. Did you know that these and other dynamic deities, heroes, and monsters of Greek and Roman mythology live on in the names of trees and flowers? Some grow in your local woodlands or right in your... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. A fascinating and wide-ranging look at the natural history of flowers - how they look, what they do, and their often hidden interactions with the surrounding environment and other living organisms upon which they depend for their survival. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations, maps. Maps the 169 fish families that swim in fresh water around the world. This book includes the class, subclass, and order; a pronunciation guide to the family name; life cycle information; and various natural history facts. It... More
London: Elsevier Science Publishing, (2015. third edition), Octavo, laminated boards, colour and black and white photographs, illustrations, maps. Now in its third edition, this book provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the biology of all marine mammals. A succinct, yet indepth text devoted to the systematics, evolution, morphology, ecology, physiology, and... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, illustrations, line drawings, maps, graphs, tables. This title portrays the life and evolutionary times of marine mammals in a way the non-specialist can understand. It gives a fascinating account of giant whales and sea cows that originated... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2001. second edition). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. The question of how birds migrate over enormous distances with apparently minimal guidance continues to excite both professional and amateur ornithologists. Nearly ten years have elapsed since Peter Berthold, a leading researcher in the field, wrote the first edition of... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, [2014]. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Originally published in 1992. As the study of cooperative breeding systems expands, a number of key species form the examples that underpin our general understanding. The ostrich is increasingly becoming such a textbook species, on the basis of the... More
New York: Parkstone Press, 2010. Small octavo, dustwrapper, colour Illustrations. This small format book is based on the work of Basilius Besler, the famous plant expert who, for the first time in history, described, painted and engraved over a thousand species of plants. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white illustrations. Increasing pressure from economic development and population growth has resulted in the degradation of ecosystems around the world and the loss of the essential services that they provide. Understanding the linkages between ecosystem service provisioning and human... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Octavo, publisher's cloth, line drawings. Showcases the author's engraving techniques that allowed text and images to be published on the same page. This book features engravings of over four hundred animals alongside descriptions of their characteristics as scientifically understood at the time. Also available... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. Showcases the author's engraving techniques that allowed text and images to be published on the same page. This book features engravings of over four hundred animals alongside descriptions of their characteristics as scientifically understood at the time. Also available in... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Octavo, laminated boards, black and white illustrations. Birds have colonized almost every terrestrial habitat on the planet - from the poles to the tropics, and from deserts to high mountain tops. This book focuses on our current understanding of the unique physiological characteristics of birds... More
London: Reaktion Books, 2005. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. Part of an unusual series that looks at the subject animal and its place in human history. Bears have long wandered through the human imagination: from the Greek legend of Callisto to Winnie-the-Pooh, bears have... More
Ithaca: Comstock Publishing, 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, other black and white illustrations, maps. An accessible account of the history, ecology, geography, science and conservation aspects surrounding the migration of approximately two hundred species of raptors between their summer breeding sites and their wintering grounds. Summarizes the current knowledge of... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Raptors are formally classified into five families and include birds-such as eagles, ospreys, kites, true hawks, buzzards, harriers, vultures, and falcons-that are familiar and recognized by many observers. These diurnal birds of prey are found on every continent except Antarctica... More
Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1999. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. A useful new reference book. With a listing of bird species worldwide, a glossary and detailed information on avian biology, anatomy, reproduction and mortality. More
Rickmansworth: Evans Mitchell Books, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. An underwater safari featuring amazing photography. More
London: National Trust Books, 2015. Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations. Every gardener needs to know their Latin names. They may look confusing at first, but once you understand what certain key words mean, impenetrable-sounding and hard-to-pronounce species names are suddenly demystified. Many Latin names hide the secrets of where the... More
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This easy-to-use identification guide covers the 280 bird species most commonly seen in Costa Rica. Perfect for resident and visitor alike, this guide features high quality photographs from one of the country's top nature photographers and detailed species descriptions, which include... More
Cambridge: BirdLife International and Dove Publications, 2003. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Documents the major forest, grassland and wetland regions of Asia and the globally threatened bird species which they support. This book discusses the role of international and regional conventions in the conservation of Asia's birds and habitats, and... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs, illustrations, maps. Provides an engaging and authoritative history of modern ornithology, describing the visionary and often-controversial personalities who have influenced the study of birds, and the unique social and scientific contexts in which these extraordinary individuals worked... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. A lifetime spent studying birds has provided Tim Birkhead with a wealth of observation and an understanding of birds and their behaviour that is firmly grounded in science. What is it like to be a swift, flying at over... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2011. Quarto, colour illustrations, softcover. For thousands of years people have been fascinated by birds, and today that fascination is still growing. In 2007 bird-watching is one of the most popular pastimes, not just in Britain, but throughout the world, and the range of interest runs... More