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Paperback. Synthesizing studies of parental care in a wide variety of animals, this book provides general answers to the following important questions: Why does the extent of parental care vary so widely between species? Why do only females care for eggs and young in some animals, only males in others, and both parents in a few? Series: Monographs in Behavior and Ecology. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVS; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691025162
ISBN
9780691025162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 108.95
€ 82.56

Paperback. How can we tell who is right, and how we should respond? And why is there no scientific consensus on a matter of such vital importance? This work addresses these questions. It describes how the interplay between familiar phenomena, winds and clouds, light and air, maintains climates that permit a diversity of fauna and flora to flourish on Earth. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 tables, 85 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050348
ISBN
9780691050348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Seeks to unify disparate theories and methodologies connected with risk analysis for health, environmental, and technological problems. This book addresses specific problems, including order-of-magnitude estimation, dose-response calculations, exposure assessment, extrapolations and forecasts, fault-tree analysis, and more. Num Pages: 424 pages, 82 line illus., 77 tables. BIC Classification: GPQD; JFFR; MBNH2; RN; TB; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691074573
ISBN
9780691074573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.14
€ 50.79

Paperback. Focusing on a contract involving Mexico's National Autonomous University, this book examines the practices through which researchers, plant vendors, indigenous cooperatives, and other actors put prospecting to work. It considers the consequences of linking scientific research and rural 'enfranchisement' to the logics of intellectual property. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones. 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHM; KNDP; RNC; RNF; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095578
ISBN
9780691095578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Tells the story of nine volcanic events, explaining the related geology for the general reader and exploring the ways in which the earth's volcanism has affected human history. This book describes how volcanic activity has had long-lasting effects on societies, cultures, and the environment. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 halftones, 22 line illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: RBC; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691118383
ISBN
9780691118383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. Explains why the Kyoto Protocol was never likely to become an effective legal instrument. This book explores how its collapse offers opportunities to establish a more realistic alternative. It proposes a hybrid in which governments set targets for both emission quantities and tax levels. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 halftone. 2 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120263
ISBN
9780691120263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.00

Paperback. Tells the story of biodiversity conservation in Indonesia in the decade culminating in the great fires of 1997-98 - a time when the country's environment became a point of concern for environmental activists, and the fishermen and farmers nationwide who suffered from degraded environments and faced accusations that they were destroying nature. Series: In-Formation. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691124629
ISBN
9780691124629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.05

Paperback. Investigates adaptive diversification using the mathematical framework of adaptive dynamics. Showing that frequency-dependent interactions are an important driver of biological diversity, this book provides a comprehensive theoretical treatment of adaptive diversification. Series: Monographs in Population Biology. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 halftones. 52 line illus. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSAJ; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128948
ISBN
9780691128948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.69
€ 53.80

Paperback. Arguing that various classical food web theories can be looked at collectively and in a consistent and testable way, this book synthesizes modern and classical perspectives into a general unified theory. It brings together outcomes from population, community, and ecosystem-level approaches under the common currency of energy or material fluxes. Series: Monographs in Population Biology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 halftones. 56 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134185
ISBN
9780691134185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.14
€ 50.82

Paperback. Offers a look into how the characteristics of the physical world drive the designs of animals and plants. This title contains information related to functional biology. Drawing examples from creatures of land, air, and water, it demonstrates the many uses of biological diversity and how physical forces impact biological organisms. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 halftones. 50 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSAJ; PSVD; RNCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138077
ISBN
9780691138077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 46.44

Paperback. Series: Princeton Primers in Climate. Num Pages: 216 pages, 6 halftones. 43 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 204 x 18. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153841
ISBN
9780691153841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Drawing on a wealth of empirical evidence spanning a century of environmental rule making, the author shows how the delegation of authority to private actors has played a small but consistent role in multilateral environmental agreements over the years, largely in the area of treaty implementation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: JPS; LBBP; RND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691157580
ISBN
9780691157580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.95
€ 83.20

Paperback. Drawing on a wealth of empirical evidence spanning a century of environmental rule making, the author shows how the delegation of authority to private actors has played a small but consistent role in multilateral environmental agreements over the years, largely in the area of treaty implementation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: JPS; LBBP; RND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691157597
ISBN
9780691157597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 26.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 halftones. 18 line illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSC; RNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167428
ISBN
9780691167428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.63

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PSV; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691601267
ISBN
9780691601267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.85
€ 44.75

Paperback. Examines global warming and the unfolding of the arguments over climate change, GM crops, water, patents and other development issues. Num Pages: 216 pages, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFA; JPA; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745319544
ISBN
9780745319544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. American, Australian and British scholars examine the significance of the use of landscape for studies of identity. Editor(s): Stewart, Dr Pamela J.; Strathern, Andrew. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: JHMC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pluto Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745319667
ISBN
9780745319667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.40

Paperback. 'A persuasive and much-needed book on what must be the defining political issue of this century.' Mark Lynas Series: Small Guides to Big Issues. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 125 x 11. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745325804
ISBN
9780745325804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.50

Hardback. New edition of a modern classic of critical philosophy, political economy and anti-capitalism. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: JP; KCS; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Edition
Second Edition, New edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745333144
ISBN
9780745333144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.66
€ 83.19

Hardback. Traces the erosion of the commons from the Industrial Revolution to today's neo-liberalism, arguing that a new commons is needed today. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745333717
ISBN
9780745333717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.66
€ 83.48

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