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ISBN: 9781781250624 - The Man Who Plants Trees The Man Who Plants Trees
Jim Robbins

ISBN10: 1781250626  ISBN13: 9781781250624
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 May 2013
An extraordinary investigation into the world of trees - and the inspiring story of one man's quest to help save the world's oldest and greatest specimens This is an extraordinary book about trees. It's an account by a veteran science journalist... More
ISBN: 9781444333657 - Invasion Ecology Invasion Ecology
Julie Lockwood, Martha Hoopes, Michael Marchetti

ISBN10: 1444333658  ISBN13: 9781444333657
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 10 May 2013
This new edition of Invasion Ecology provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. This new edition of Invasion Ecology provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to all... More
ISBN: 9781118384039 - Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology
Otto Wildi

ISBN10: 1118384032  ISBN13: 9781118384039
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 10 May 2013
The first edition of Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology provided an accessible and thorough resource for evaluating plant ecology data, based on the author's extensive experience of research and analysis in this field. The first edition of ... More
ISBN: 9780226020105 - Stung! Stung!
Lisa-Ann Gershwin

ISBN10: 022602010X  ISBN13: 9780226020105
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 10 May 2013
Our oceans are becoming increasingly inhospitable to life. And yet there is one creature that is thriving in this seasick environment: the dangerous, and now numerous jellyfish. The author states that the jellyfish population bloom is highly... More
ISBN: 9780415830690 - Invasive and Introduced Plants and Animals Invasive and Introduced Plants and Animals
Ian D Rotherham, Robert A Lambert

ISBN10: 0415830699  ISBN13: 9780415830690
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 09 May 2013
There have been many well-publicized cases of invasive species of plants and animals, often introduced unintentionally but sometimes on purpose, causing widespread ecological havoc. Examples of such alien invasions include pernicious weeds such as... More
ISBN: 9780123786326 - Primate Adaptation and Evolution Primate Adaptation and Evolution
John G Fleagle

ISBN10: 0123786320  ISBN13: 9780123786326
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Academic Press Inc
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 09 May 2013
A text on primate evolution. By drawing out the key features of the extant families and referring to more detailed texts, it updates the developments in primate palaeontology - and the reconstruction through early hominid species - of our own... More
ISBN: 9780226010359 - Population Fluctuations in Rodents Population Fluctuations in Rodents
Charles J Krebs

ISBN10: 022601035X  ISBN13: 9780226010359
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 03 May 2013
How did rodent outbreaks in Germany help to end World War I? What caused the destructive outbreak of rodents in Oregon and California in the late 1950s, the large population outbreak of lemmings in Scandinavia in 2010, and the great abundance of... More
ISBN: 9780199569342 - Multiple Stable States in Natural Ecosystems Multiple Stable States in Natural Ecosystems
Peter Petraitis

ISBN10: 0199569347  ISBN13: 9780199569342
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 25 Apr 2013
Many natural systems such as coral reefs and tropical forests are undergoing rapid changes that appear without warning and seem irreversible. This book presents a clear and concise overview of the ecological theory that has been developed to... More
ISBN: 9780199678754 - Waking the Giant Waking the Giant
Bill McGuire

ISBN10: 0199678758  ISBN13: 9780199678754
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 25 Apr 2013
The last 20,000 years has seen our world flip from icehouse to greenhouse, provoking earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic outbursts. Like a giant stirring from a long sleep, the Earth beneath our feet tossed and turned. Bill McGuire argues that... More
ISBN: 9781770851900 - Reef Life Reef Life
Brandon Cole, Scott Michael

ISBN10: 1770851909  ISBN13: 9781770851900
Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 25 Apr 2013
A practical up-to-date and comprehensive guidebook for divers, naturalists and students, featuring over 700 colour photographs of 400 species of ocean life. From tide pools to coral reefs and the open ocean beyond lies a world abundant with an... More