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Nhbs Monthly Catalogue New and Forthcoming Titles Issue: 2014/12 December 2014 Customer.Services@Nhbs.Com +44 (0)1803 865913 nhbs monthly catalogue new and forthcoming titles Issue: 2014/12 December 2014 www.nhbs.com [email protected] +44 (0)1803 865913 Welcome to the December 2014 edition of the NHBS Monthly Catalogue. This Zoology: monthly update contains all of the wildlife, science and environment titles added to Mammals nhbs.com in the last month. Birds Editor's Picks - New in Stock this Month Reptiles & Amphibians Fishes ● Birds of Costa Rica (2nd edition; Helm Field Guide) Invertebrates ● Britain's Habitats: A Guide to the Wildlife Habitats of Britain and Ireland Palaeontology ● Crossbill Guides: Canary Islands - I Marine & Freshwater Biology ● Docks and Knotweeds of Britain and Ireland General Natural History ● The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Eastern Africa: Handbook for all Odonata from Sudan to Zimbabwe Regional & Travel ● Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America (2-Volume Set) Botany & Plant Science ● Introduction to Ecological Sampling Animal & General Biology ● Irish Bats in the 21st Century Evolutionary Biology ● Mammals of Mexico Ecology ● Primates of Vietnam Habitats & Ecosystems ● Understanding the Flowering Plants: A Practical Guide for Botanical Illustrators Conservation & Biodiversity Find out more about services for libraries and organisations: NHBS Environmental Science LibraryPro Physical Sciences Sustainable Development Best wishes, -The NHBS Team Data Analysis Reference View this Monthly Catalogue as a web page or save/print it as a .pdf document. Mammals Evolution of the Rodents 550 pages | 18 colour & 124 b/w Advances in Phylogeny, Functional Morphology and Development illustrations, 43 tables | Philip G Cox, Lionel Hautier, Jean-Louis Hartenberger and W Patrick Luckett Hardback | NYP 04/2015 | The widespread use of mouse models in developmental, behavioural and genetic studies has 9781107044333 | #217272A | £74.99 sparked wider interest in rodent biology as a whole. This book brings together the latest Add to basket research on rodents to better understand the evolution of ... .... Fox Watching 96 pages | colour photos, b/w In the Shadow of the Fox illustrations | Martin Hemmington and Stephen A Harris Paperback | NYP 12/2014 | To watch wild foxes as they go about their lives is a thrill to convert anyone to a fox lover. It is 9781873580967 | #220138A | £9.99 not that difficult, if you know how. Here are tips on how to choose a likely spot, by studying all Add to basket the telltale signs; how to find your ... .... Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals 544 pages | colour illustrations | Jonathan Kingdon Paperback | NYP 03/2015 | Jonathan Kingdon, one of the world's foremost authorities on African mammals, has both 9781472912367 | #220135A | £29.99 written and illustrated this landmark field guide.The unique combination of his extensive field Add to basket experience and artistic talent has produced a stunning ... .... Mammals of Essex 260 pages | colour photos, colour John Dobson, Darren Tansley and Germaine Greer distribution maps | Mammals of Essex features: - All species of Essex mammals fully updated and illustrated with Hardback | 11/2014 | 9780905637198 | colour photographs throughout - Distribution maps of all resident species plus many of those #219472A | £19.99 Add to basket extinct during tne last 200 years ... Of Orcas and Men 368 pages | David Neiwert Hardback | NYP 05/2015 | The orca – otherwise known as the killer whale – is one of earth's most intelligent animals. 9780715649916 | #218664A | £19.99 Remarkably sophisticated, orcas have languages and cultures and even long-term memories, Add to basket and their capacity for echolocation is ... .... Primates of Vietnam 376 pages | colour & b/w photos, colour Tilo Nadler, Diane K Brockman and Russell A Mittermeier & b/w illustrations, colour distribution maps, tables | Primates of Vietnam was produced on the occasion of the 25th Congress of the International Hardback | 07/2014 | 9783000463280 | Primatological Society, in Hanoi, Vietnam, August 2014. It gives an overview of the current #219456A | £49.99 Add to basket threats to primates in Vietnam ... .... The Antelope of Africa 372 pages | Willem Frost and Trevor Carnaby Paperback | NYP 03/2015 | This is the definitive field guide to the antelope of Africa. The Antelope of Africa conveys their 9781431406081 | #219864A | £22.95 conservation status, threats and risks for survival, distribution ranges, habitat requirements, Add to basket habits and how some of the species ... .... War Dogs 272 pages | 8 plates with colour photos; Tales of Canine Heroism, History and Love b/w photos | Rebecca Frankel Hardback | 11/2014 | 9781137279682 | Under the cover of night, deep in the desert of Afghanistan, a US Army handler led a Special #219515A | £15.99 Add to basket Forces patrol with his military working dog. Without warning an insurgent popped up, his weapon raised. At the handler's command, the dog ... .... Wimperfledermaus, Bechsteinfledermaus und Mopsfledermaus 160 pages | ~80 colour photos, ~20 Einblicke in die Lebensweise Gefahrdeter Arten in Baden-Wurttemberg colour illustrations | Claude Steck, Robert Brinkmann and Klaus Echle Hardback | NYP 05/2015 | Bats are both secretive and at the same time incredibly exciting predators. To promote rare 9783258079103 | #219903A | £43.50 species in Baden-W•rttemberg, protected areas have been designated and conservation Add to basket projects are being carried out. The latter allowed a scientific ... .... Wolves, Courts and Public Policy 260 pages | The Children of the Night Return to the Northern Rocky Mountains Hardback | NYP 02/2015 | Edward A Fitzgerald 9781498502672 | #219648A | £57.95 Wolves, Courts and Public Policy examines the reintroduction and recovery of the wolf in the Add to basket Northern Rocky Mountains. The wolf was driven to brink of extinction through conscious government policy. The Endangered Species Act ... .... Birds A Natural History of Lighthouses 288 pages | 200+ colour illustrations | John A Love Paperback | NYP 03/2015 | This is the story of lightkeepers' contributions to the natural history of lighthouses in 9781849951548 | #220066A | £19.99 conjunction with the history and maintenance of the manned navigation beacons – their Add to basket primary function of course – 'for the safety ... .... American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of California 352 pages | 450+ colour photos | Alvaro Jaramillo Paperback | NYP 04/2015 | California has it all for birders – lush coastal coniferous forests, dry chaparral, oak woodlands, 9781935622505 | #220065A | £20.99 grasslands, alpine slides, riparian valleys, watered suburbs, and desert scrubs. Hundreds of Add to basket types of birds nest in the Golden State ... .... American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Pennsylvania 352 pages | colour photos | George L Armistead Paperback | NYP 04/2015 | Pennsylvania is one of the best places to go birding in North America. From the shores of Lake 9781935622529 | #220064A | £20.99 Erie in the northwest and the great river basins of the Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela to the Add to basket central Allegheny Mountains and east along the ... .... Atlas des Vogelzugs 664 pages | ~600 colour photos, ~250 Ringfunde Deutscher Brut- und Gastvogel colour distribution maps | Franz Bairlein, Jochen Dierschke, Volker Dierschke, Volker Salewski, Olaf Geiter and Kathrin Hardback | NYP 12/2014 | Huppop 9783891047705 | #219746A | £58.99 The ringing of birds is still one of the most important methods for the study of bird migration. Add to basket In Germany, birds have been ringed for more than 100 years. Since then, about 20 million animals have provided more than one million datapoints. .... Birds Of South-East Asia 544 pages | 120 plates with 3600+ Craig Robson colour illustrations | This is the definitive volume on the region's birdlife. This award-winning book, which was first Paperback | NYP 01/2014 | published in 2000, was fully updated in 2008 to include 76 new species for the region that were 9781472916693 | #219460A | £24.99 recent discoveries for science, taxonomic 'splits' ... .... Add to basket Birds of Maharashtra 329 pages | colour illustrations | Satish Pande, Pramod Deshpande and Niranjant Sant Paperback | 01/2013 | 9788190695589 This book is specially designed such that it will generate interest in the minds of amateur | #219767A | £58.99 Add to basket birdwatchers, teachers, and ornithologists and also induct lay persons to the amazing world of birds. It is intended to serve as a quick reference ... .... DVD Guide to British Waders (Region 0) runtim: 117 min | Paul Doherty DVD | 11/2014 | #219599A | £17.95 Waders are very popular with birdwatchers and DVD Guide to British Waders has been specially Add to basket filmed as an identification guide to British waders. It shows birds as the birdwatcher sees them – flying, feeding, calling ... .... Die Voegel Mitteleuropas Sicher Bestimmen (2-Volume Set) 1150 pages | ~2000 colour photos, Wolfgang Fiedler ~200 b/w illustrations | This field guide consists of two independently usable parts that can be bought together or Hardback | NYP 12/2014 | independently, and sets a new standard, as identification of bird species can be achieved in 9783494015934 | #219749A | £58.99 three different ways. The second volume with binomial ... .... Add to basket Die Voegel Mitteleuropas Sicher Bestimmen, Band 1 700 pages | ~2000 colour photos | Bildatlas mit Schnellzugang Hardback | NYP 04/2015 | Wolfgang Fiedler 9783494016474 | #219747A | £39.99 This field guide consists of two independently usable parts
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