nhbs monthly catalogue new and forthcoming titles Issue: 2016/02 February 2016 www.nhbs.com [email protected] +44 (0)1803 865913 Welcome to the February 2016 edition of the NHBS Monthly Catalogue. This monthly Zoology: update contains all of the wildlife, science and environment titles added to nhbs.com in Mammals the last month. Birds Editor's Picks - New in Stock this Month Reptiles & Amphibians Fishes ● Avian Cognition: Exploring the Intelligence, Behaviour, and Individuality of Birds Invertebrates ● Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World Palaeontology ● Bats of Britain and Europe Marine & Freshwater Biology ● Better Birding: Tips, Tools & Concepts for the Field General Natural History ● Bird Families of the World: An Invitation to the Spectacular Diversity of Birds Regional & Travel ● The Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of Australia ● East African Plant Collectors Botany & Plant Science ● The Great Soul of Siberia: In Search of the Elusive Siberian Tiger Animal & General Biology ● Invasive Alien Species in Seychelles: Why and How to Eliminate Them? Evolutionary Biology Identification and Management of Priority Species Ecology ● Primates of Brazil: Every Monkey on Their Own Tree / Primatas no Brasil: Cada Habitats & Ecosystems Macaco no Seu Galho Conservation & Biodiversity ● Pocket Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa ● Remarkable Plants of Vanuatu / Plantes Remarquables du Vanuatu Physical Sciences ● Top Wildlife Sites of the World Sustainable Development ● Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia Data Analysis Reference Stock titles ● Atlas of the European Dragonflies and Damselflies ● Cape Verde - The Natural History of the Desertas Islands: Santa Luzia, Branco and Raso / Cabo Verde - Hist¢ria Natural das Ilhas Desertas: Santa Luzia, Branco e Raso ● Identification Guide to Ireland's Grasses ● An Illustrated Guide to the Freshwater Molluscs of Sri Lanka ● The Messengers: What Birds Tell us about Threats from Climate Change and Solutions for Nature and People ● Monkeys of Peru: Pocket identification Guide ● Primates de Peru: Guia de Identificacion de Bolsillo ● Mountain Dragons: In Search of Chameleons in the Highlands of Kenya ● National Biodiversity Data Centre Identification Swatches ● Rainforest Plants and Flowers of Brunei Darussalam ● Reintroduction of Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus in Kresna Gorge, Southwest Bulgaria 2010-2015 [English / Bulgarian] ● Spot-Characters for the Identification of Malesian Seed Plants New editions ● Collins Traveller's Guide: Wildlife of the Galapagos (2nd edition) New in paperback ● Animal Weapons: The Evolution of Battle Find out more about services for libraries and organisations: NHBS LibraryPro Best wishes, -The NHBS Team View this Monthly Catalogue as a web page or save/print it as a .pdf document. Mammals 22 Fantastical Facts about Dolphins 118 pages | b/w illustrations | Justin Gregg Paperback | 11/2015 | 9780994924001 Did you know that dolphins don't drink water, don't chew their food, and don't sleep? Despite | #227641A | £6.99 Add to basket being one of the world's best loved and most studied animals, dolphins continue to surprise us with their impressive skill ... Atlas de Repartition des Mammiferes d'Alsace [Distribution Atlas of the 739 pages | colour photos, colour Mammals of Alsace] illustrations, colour distribution maps, tables, includes transparen | Antoine Andre, Christelle Brand, Fabrice Capber and Francois Moutou Hardback | 01/2014 | 9782363290410 | The French region of Alsace lies in the east of the country and borders Germany and #227349A | £37.99 Add to basket Switzerland. Since 2006, the Office des Données Naturalistes d'Alsace (ODONAT) has been coordinating a project to realize the publication of ... Bovids of the World 664 pages | 337 colour illustrations, 313 Antelopes, Gazelles, Cattle, Goats, Sheep, and Relatives colour distribution maps | Jose R Castello, Brent Huffman and Colin P Groves Paperback | NYP 04/2016 | Bovids are a diverse group of ruminant mammals that have hooves and unbranched hollow 9780691167176 | #227303A | £17.99 horns. Bovids of the World is the first comprehensive field guide to cover all 279 bovid species, Add to basket including antelopes, gazelles, cattle, buffalo ... Der Goldhamster [Golden Hamster] 500 pages | 60 colour & 180 b/w Mesocricetus auratus illustrations, tables | Rolf Gattermann, Peter Fritzsche and Karsten Neumann Paperback | NYP 06/2016 | Almost 100 years had to pass after its scientific description in 1839, before the Golden Hamster 9783894321604 | #226352A | £59.99 was rediscovered in 1930 in the desert of northern Syria. After having succeed in starting a Add to basket breeding population from three male and a female ... Dolphin Diaries 322 pages | 8 plates with colour photos My 25 Years with Spotted Dolphins in the Bahamas (hardback) / b/w photos (paperback) | Denise L Herzing Paperback | 08/2012 | 9781250006912 Dr. Denise Herzing began her research with a pod of spotted dolphins in the 1980s. Now, | #227335A | £20.99 Add to basket almost three decades later, she has forged strong ties with many of these individuals, has witnessed and recorded them feeding, playing, fighting ... Elephant Don 261 pages | 44 b/w photos | The Politics of a Pachyderm Posse Hardback | 05/2015 | 9780226106113 | Caitlin O'Connell #221524A | £17.99 Add to basket Greg and his entourage are bull elephants in Etosha National Park, Namibia, where, for the last Paperback | NYP 04/2016 | twenty-three years, Caitlin O'Connell has been a keen observer of their complicated friendships. 9780226380056 | #227693A | £10.99 Add to basket Foxes Unearthed 256 pages | A Story of Love and Loathing in Modern Britain Hardback | NYP 06/2016 | Lucy Jones 9781783961498 | #226342A | £14.99 The British people have a unique relationship with the fox; no other animal attracts such Add to basket controversy, has provoked more column inches or been so deeply woven into our culture over the centuries. But as well as being the most ubiquitous ... Guide Photo des Grands Mammiferes d'Afrique [Field Guide to the 320 pages | 400+ colour photos, colour Larger Mammals of Africa] illustrations, colour distribution maps | Hardback | NYP 01/2016 | Chris Stuart and Mathilde Stuart 9782603021903 | #227716A | £34.99 Omits the smaller, seldom-seen mammals of the continent in favour of devoting more space to Add to basket the larger species. Each species is covered in detail, its physical appearance, food and habitat preferences, reproduction and general behaviour ... Les Ratapinyades de les Balears [Bats of the Balearics] 108 pages | colour photos | Jordi Serra-Cobo, Marc Lopez-Roig and Xavier Bayer i González Paperback | 08/2015 | 9788416163434 This book tells of one of the most interesting evolutionary histories that can be found in the | #227578A | £13.50 Add to basket animal world: the bats. Discover the different adaptations that have allowed them to fly, features that are present in no other group of mammals ... Mamiferos de Espana: Peninsula, Baleares y Canarias [Mammals of 165 pages | colour & b/w illustrations, Spain: The Iberian Peninsula, Balearics and Canary Is colour distribution maps | Hardback | NYP 05/2016 | Francisco J Purroy and Juan M Varela Simo 9788494189258 | #227675A | £18.99 New edition of the field guide to identifying the mammals of Spain. Includes the most detailed Add to basket and up-dated information available on all of the species found on the Iberian Peninsula, the Balearic and the Canary Islands. Monkeys of Peru 22 pages | 66 colour illustrations, colour Pocket Identification Guide distribution maps | Rolando Aquino Y, Fanny M Cornejo, Liliana Cortes-Ortiz, Filomeno Encarnacion C and Eck Unbound | 11/2015 | 9781934151648 | Heymann #227292A | £6.99 Add to basket This laminated fold-out guide has 66 illustrations to identify all monkey species in Peru, with illustrations of both sexes for some species, and includes individual distribution maps. In addition, you can use the checklist to note the ... Otters in Shetland 276 pages | colour photos | The Tale of the 'Draatsi' Hardback | 12/2015 | 9781910997000 | Richard Shucksmith and Brydon Thomason #227329A | £36.50 Add to basket A stunning collection of photographs, history and ecology of one of the most charismatic of British mammals, this is a must have for any visitor to Shetland, or anybody who loves the great outdoors! Written with a deep understanding for ... Platypus: World's Strangest Animal 72 pages | colour photos | Elizabeth Parer-Cook and David Parer Hardback | 10/2015 | 9780987328915 | The platypus is a remarkable semi-aquatic mammal found only in Australia. Along with the #227733A | £48.50 Add to basket echidna, it lays eggs like a bird, walks like a reptile and has existed for millions of years. One of the world's strangest looking animals ... Pocket Photo Guide to the Mammals of North Africa and the Middle East 128 pages | colour photos | Chris Stuart and Tilde Stuart Paperback | NYP 03/2016 | This handy guide provides an introduction to more than 120 species of mammals found in North 9781472932396 | #227535A | £9.99 Africa and the Middle East. The authoritative text includes key facts about identification, Add to basket habitat, behaviour, distribution and status, and each species ... Pocket Photo Guide to the Mammals of Sri Lanka 128 pages | 130+ colour photos, 1 Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne colour map | A compact, easy-to-use mammal identification guide for any nature watcher on a visit to Sri Paperback | NYP 07/2016 | Lanka. More than 40 species