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The environment
Paperback. With chapters on the roles these forests play in carbon and nutrient cycling, sustaining biodiversity, providing timber and non-timber products, and integrated agriculture, this book offers an overview of successional and restoration pathways. It also underscores the need to conserve, and further study, regenerating tropical forests. Num Pages: 472 pages, 31 colour plates, 26 halftones, 31 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: RNF; TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226118079
- ISBN
- 9780226118079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Hardback. In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson explains why we should welcome wildlife to our yards and provides foundational advice for doing so. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: RNKH; WMP; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 213 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Princeton Architectural Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616895549
- ISBN
- 9781616895549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.48
€ 26.99
€ 25.48
Paperback. What rational justification is there for conceiving of all living things as possessing inherent worth? This title draws on biology, moral philosophy, and environmental science to defend a biocentric environmental ethic in which all life has value. Series: Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAD; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 25th Anniversary edition with a New foreword by D
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150246
- ISBN
- 9780691150246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.49
€ 52.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Sultana, Farhana; Loftus, Alex. Series: Earthscan Water Text. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: GTF; JPVH; RNFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849713597
- ISBN
- 9781849713597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.73
€ 85.73
Hardcover. Suitable for anyone with an interest in trees and woodlands, whether they simply enjoy walking in the woods, are considering buying woodland, or wish to gain a greater understanding of the history and management of Britain's woodland, this book looks at how our woodlands have developed and a discussion of the different types of woodland. Num Pages: 192 pages, 86 colour photographs 37 diagrams. BIC Classification: RNF; TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 16. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Crowood Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847976178
- ISBN
- 9781847976178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.23
€ 21.99
€ 20.23
Paperback. Describes what our actions are doing to the very things on Earth that we depend on for survival, at scales that we rarely contemplate. It arms us with the tools to free us from the culture that has blinded us for centuries, and which will allow us to live lives that will give the Earth, and ourselves, a future. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Green Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900322485
- ISBN
- 9781900322485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.02
€ 13.99
€ 10.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 halftones. 17 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: RNC; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157610
- ISBN
- 9780691157610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 42.78
€ 48.99
€ 42.78
Paperback. This is the first specific coverage of musteloid conservation biology, written and edited by world-renowned specialists in the field. Editor(s): Macdonald, David W.; Newman, Christopher; Harrington, Lauren A. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: PSVW7; RNCB; RNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198759812
- ISBN
- 9780198759812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.40
€ 115.40
paperback. Editor(s): Moore, Jason W. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: JPF; KCS; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- PM Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629631486
- ISBN
- 9781629631486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.67
€ 21.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. The first comprehensive account of the linkage between natural resources and political and social conflict in Africa. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; GTJ; KCN; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465427
- ISBN
- 9781580465427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.09
€ 54.09
Paperback. All students and researchers in environmental and biological sciences require statistical methods at some stage of their work. Many have a preconception that statistics are difficult and unpleasant and find that the textbooks available are difficult to understand. Num Pages: 286 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PBT; PS; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471496656
- ISBN
- 9780471496656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.39
€ 49.39
Paperback. Because of their enormous size, elephants have long been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. The author traces the history of the war elephant in India and the spread of the institution to the West, where elephants took part in some of the greatest wars of antiquity. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 colour plates, 40 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFFZ; JHMC; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226264363
- ISBN
- 9780226264363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.07
€ 43.07
Paperback. A book that outlines the debates on environmental and ecological citizenship that have emerged out of the concern with environmental justice since the 1990s. It demonstrates how awareness of environmental hazards, injustices and new forms of risk is only useful when it generates strategies for political change. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPVH1; RNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 138. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842779033
- ISBN
- 9781842779033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.25
€ 38.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556439193
- ISBN
- 9781556439193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.92
€ 18.99
€ 17.92
Paperback. Covering the field of ecological stoichiometry, this study brings this field into its own as a unifying force in ecology and evolution. Synthesizing a range of knowledge, it shows how an understanding of the biochemical deployment of elements in organisms from microbes to metazoa gives the key to making sense of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Num Pages: 464 pages, 21 tables. 92 line illus. 4 halftones. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSB; RB; RNC; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074917
- ISBN
- 9780691074917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.30
€ 123.30
Paperback. Introduces the concepts of emergy and transformity. This book presents the natural energies such as solar radiation and the cycling of water, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen diagrammed in terms of energy and emergy flow. It also reveals the similarities between human economic and social systems and the ecosystems of the natural world. Num Pages: 432 pages, 216 line drawings, 17 tables. BIC Classification: KNB; RNA; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128872
- ISBN
- 9780231128872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 47.07
€ 53.99
€ 47.07
Paperback. Since 2006, when the first edition of this book appeared, major advances have taken place in restoration science and in the practice of ecological restoration, both now accepted as key components of the increasingly urgent search for sustainability at global, national, and community levels. Editor(s): van Andel, Jelte; Aronson, James. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 187 x 12. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444336368
- ISBN
- 9781444336368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.16
€ 94.16
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 line illus. 21 tables. 8 maps. BIC Classification: KCZ; RNFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165356
- ISBN
- 9780691165356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.10
€ 56.10
Paperback. A collection of essays on sustainable solutions to the current global crisis, from Schumacher College. Editor(s): Harding, Dr. Stephan. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 diagrams/tables. BIC Classification: RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Floris Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863158353
- ISBN
- 9780863158353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.00€ 21.78
€ 26.00
€ 21.78
Paperback. A controversial, timely reassessment of the environmentalist agenda by outstanding historians, scientists, and critics. Editor(s): Cronon, William. Num Pages: 560 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: JFCX; RNK; RNP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393315110
- ISBN
- 9780393315110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.79
€ 25.99
€ 23.79
Paperback. An innovative anthology that offers a global perspective on how people think about predicting the future of life on Earth Editor(s): Robin, Libby; Sorlin, Sverker; Warde, Paul. Num Pages: 592 pages, 44 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; RNK; TQD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300184617
- ISBN
- 9780300184617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.78
€ 48.78
Paperback. Translator(s): Schein, Allison; Vergnaud, Lara. Num Pages: 474 pages. BIC Classification: JFFU; MBNH2; RNFF; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620972021
- ISBN
- 9781620972021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.29
€ 27.29
Paperback. From artificial glaciers in the Himalayas to painted mountains in Peru, electrified reefs in the Maldives to garbage islands in the Caribbean, the author found people doing the most extraordinary things to solve the problems that we ourselves have created. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBG; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099572497
- ISBN
- 9780099572497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.16
€ 17.99
€ 13.16
Paperback. The paperback of the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals how the earth became the shape it is today. This book will change the way you see the world - permanently. Num Pages: 528 pages, 54 b/w, 24 col plates (32pp), With index. BIC Classification: PDZ; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006551379
- ISBN
- 9780006551379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.56
€ 19.99
€ 15.56