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How the Earth Turned Green A Brief 3.8-Billion-Year History of Plants
ISBN: PB: 9780226069777, ISBN: HB: 9780226069630, University of Chicago Press, October 2014
576 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 121 halftones, 31 line drawings, 4 tables
On this blue planet, long before pterodactyls took to the skies and tyrannosaurs prowled the continents, tiny green organisms populated the ancient oceans. Fossil and phylogenetic evidence suggests that chlorophyll, the green pigment responsible for...
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£34,00
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£103,00
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Stung! On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean
ISBN: PB: 9780226213033, University of Chicago Press, September 2014
456 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 16 colour illus.
Our oceans are becoming increasingly inhospitable to life – growing toxicity and rising temperatures coupled with overfishing have led many marine species to the brink of collapse. And yet there is one creature that is thriving in this seasick enviro...
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£17,00
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Extinct Madagascar Picturing the Island's Past
ISBN: HB: 9780226143972, University of Chicago Press, September 2014
296 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 21 colour plates, 87 halftones, 12 tables
The landscapes of Madagascar have long delighted zoologists, who have discovered, in and among the island's baobab trees and thickets, a dizzying array of animals, including something approaching one hundred species of lemur. Madagascar's mammal faun...
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£34,00
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Field Guide to California Lichens
ISBN: PB: 9780300195002, Yale University Press, July 2014
416 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 530 colour illus.
Lichens are among the most colourful and abundant organisms in the world. They provide food and nesting material for a wide variety of wildlife, contribute nutrients to the soil, and are indicators of both undisturbed ecosystems and clean air. They l...
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£25,00
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Birthright People and Nature in the Modern World
ISBN: PB: 9780300205794, ISBN: HB: 9780300176544, Yale University Press, July 2014
288 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 33 black&white illus.
Human health and wellbeing is inextricably linked to nature; our connection to the natural world is part of our biological inheritance. In this engaging book, a pioneer in the field of biophilia – the study of human beings' inherent affinity for natu...
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£26,00
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£25,00
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My Backyard Jungle The Adventures of an Urban Wildlife Lover Who Turned His Yard into Habitat and Learned to Live with It
ISBN: PB: 9780300205664, ISBN: HB: 9780300184013, Yale University Press, June 2014
320 pp., 21x14 cm
For James Barilla and his family, the dream of transforming their Columbia, South Carolina backyard into a haven for wildlife evoked images of kids catching grasshoppers by day and fireflies at night, of digging up potatoes and picking strawberries....
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£12,99
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£25,00
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Incidental Steward Reflections on Citizen Science
ISBN: PB: 9780300205671, ISBN: HB: 9780300178791, Yale University Press, June 2014
224 pp., 21x14 cm, 11 black&white illus.
A search for a radio-tagged Indiana bat roosting in the woods behind her house in New York's Hudson Valley led Akiko Busch to assorted other encounters with the natural world – local ecological monitoring projects, community-organized cleanup efforts...
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£12,99
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£18,99
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Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower Artists' Books and the Natural World
ISBN: HB: 9780300204247, Yale University Press, May 2014
224 pp., 26x21 cm, 250 colour, black&white illus.
Highlighting an enduring interest in natural history from the 16th century to the present, this gorgeous book explores depictions of the natural world, from centuries-old manuscripts to contemporary artists' books. It examines the scientific pursuits...
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£50,00
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Second Growth The Promise of Tropical Forest Regeneration in an Age of Deforestation
ISBN: PB: 9780226118079, University of Chicago Press, May 2014
472 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 31 colour plates, 26 halftones, 31 line drawings, 22 tables
For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these "pristine" ecosystems housed superior levels of biodiversity. With "Second Growth", Ro...
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£36,00
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Weeds of North America
ISBN: PB: 9780226076447, University of Chicago Press, May 2014
656 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1254 colour plates, 26 halftones, 125 line drawings
"What is a weed", opined Emerson, "but a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered?" While that may be a worthy notion in theory, these plants of undiscovered virtue cause endless hours of toil for backyard gardeners. Wherever they take root,...
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£26,50
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