Ecology, Earth and Environmental Science

by Alan Stewart

Britain's foremost investigator of wildlife crime returns to the many crime scenes that still blight our countryside to reveal the specialist skills required to gain convictions in crimes against birds and animals, victims that cannot give evidence on their own behalf. These first-hand accounts of fascinating police investigations show the meticulous work that police wildlife crime officers carry out to try to prepare a case for prosecution, the range of organisations that they can call on to assist, the successes, and of course the frustrations. The author's most challenging cases in his 45 years of policing are presented in a style that is humorous and easy reading. 282pp. 2011

by John A Adam

The authors narratives are about nature and how things work. With a mathmatical eye he shows us how to look analytically at the world around us and about the art of creating mathmatical models. Colour illustrations, halftones, line illustrations, 248pp. 2009

by Marianne Taylor

photography Paul Sterry

An easy to use identification guide to common species. Colour photographs, 160pp. 2010

by Diane Olson / Adele Flail

Fascinating but little known facts of nature will connect you with the rhythms of the universe and enlighten you every day of the year. Also includes tips for gardeners as well as a rundown of what constellations you can see in the night sky each month over North America. Colour illustrations, 224pp. 2012

by Nick Mortimer / Hamish Campbell / Margaret Low

Provides all the information you need to identify the 28 minerals and 53 rocks that are most commonly seen in New Zealand. Colour photographs, 144pp. 2011

by R S Taylor

Golf courses offer a wide range of habitats for wildlife and these should be managed in a sympathetic and an aesthetic manner for the benefit of golfers, the general public and the animals and plants that make golf courses their home. Guidance is given on woodlands, grassland, seaside links, water features and heathlands. The book is an invaluable aid for all course managers and greenkeepers. Colour photographs, 122pp. 1995

by Nicholas J Gotelli

A concise but detailed exposition of the most common mathematical models in community & population ecology. Each chapter follows a similar format discussing model presentation & predictions, model assumptions, model variations, empirical examples & problems. Graphs, tables, figures, 265pp, 4th edition 2008

by Edward O Wilson / Walter Bossert

Designed to be self teaching the book shows how to apply simple mathematical models to population biology. It indicates how to construct such models & provides a sense of creative work in this field. Graphs, tables, 192pp. 1971

by Roger L H Dennis

The author introduces a novel approach to the understanding of habitats based on resources and conditions required by organisms and their access to them. In drawing attention to what organisms actually use and need in landscapes, it focuses on resource composition, structure and connectedness, all of which describe habitat quality and underpin landscape heterogeneity. This contrasts with the current bipolar view of landscapes made up of habitat patches and empty matrix but illustrates how much a metapopulation approach of isolated patchworks can grow by adopting the new habitat viewpoint. 420pp. 2010

edited by Ring T Carde / Vincent H Resh

Owing to their size alone, insects' experience of the world is radically different from ours. Air to them is as viscous as water to us. The predicament of size, along with the dizzying diversity of insects and their status as arguably the most successful organisms on earth, have inspired passion and eloquence in some of the world's most innovative scientists. A World of Insects showcases classic works on insect behaviour, physiology, and ecology published over half a century by Harvard University Press. B/w illustrations, 416pp. 2012

by Ellen Wohl

Explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world, from the Murray-Darling in Australia and the Yellow river in China, to Central Europe's Danube and the Mississippi. Shows how pollution in the Ganges and the Ob of Siberia has affected biodiversity in the water. But rivers are also resilient and the author stresses the importance of conservation and restoration to help reverse the effects of human carelessness. Halftones, 368pp. 2010

by Devlin, Polly / Garnett, Andy

Cannwood Meadow in high season looks like one of the fields in a medieval Flemish tapestry. Such meadows were once a common sight in England, but Cannwood is now a rare survival case. This is an illustrated record of the meadow through the seasons, an account of its ecology and a review of its plants, animal life and husbandry. A special feature of the book is 108 pressings of the different species of flowers found in the meadow. Colour photographs, 128pp. 2007