Book Reviews

PALAEOBIOLOGY: A SYNTHESIS, Editors: D. E. G. Briggs and P. R. Crowther. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford 1990.608 pp. ISBN 0 632 025255. £89.50.

EVOLUTION AND THE FOSSIL RECORD, by K. Allen and D. Briggs (Eds). 265 pp. Belhaven Press, London 1989. £25.

THE EMERGENCE OF ANIMALS: THE CAMBRIAN BREAKTHROUGH, by M.A.S. McMenamin and D.L.S. McMenamin, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0–231–06646–5‐ISBN 0–231–06647–3 (paperback). $35 Hardback, $17 paperback.

ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF THE ANTARCTIC BIOTA, by JA. Crame (Ed.), Geological Soc. special publication n° 47, 322 pp. London. Price: £58.     

Measuring richness and evenness

Surveying Natural Populations by L-A.C. Hayek and M.A. Buzas Columbia University Press, 1997. $69.00/￡48.00 hbk, $28.00/￡19.00 pbk (xvi+563 pages) ISBN 0 231 10240 2/0 231 10241 0.     

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William T. Burke. The New International Law of Fisheries: UNCLOS 1982 and Beyond. 1994. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. 382 pp. ISBN 0–19–825251‐X (cloth), $105.00.

Jon M. Van Dyke, Durwood Zealke, and Grant Hewison, eds. Freedom for the Seas in the 21st Century: Ocean Governance and Environmental Harmony. 1993. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. 504 pp. ISBN 1–55963–241–0 (cloth), $55.00. ISBN 1–55963–242–9 (paper), $27.50.     

The controversy continues

Function, Phylogeny and Fossils: Miocene Hominoid Evolution and Adaptations Begun, DG, Ward, CV, Rose, MD eds. (1997). New York: Plenum Press. xii + 424 pp. ISBN 0-306-45457-2. $120.00 (cloth). The Evolution of Western Eurasian Neogene Mammal Faunas Bernor, RL, Fahlbusch, V, Mittman, H (eds). (1996). New York: Columbia University Press. ix + 487 pp. ISBN 0-231-08246-0. $92.00 (cloth). © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

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THE EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY OF PLANTS, by Karl J. Niklas. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997. ISBN 0–226–58082–2; price $65.00 (cloth). ISBN 0–226–58083–0; price $19.95 (Paper).     

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SELENIUM IN THE ENVIRONMENT. Edited by W T Frankenberger Jr and Sally Benson. Marcel Dekker Incorporated, 1994; 472 pp; US $165; ISBN: 0–8247 8993–8

AGROCHEMICALS FROM NATURAL PRODUCTS. Edited by C R A Godfrey. Marcel Dekker Incorporated, 1995; 472 pp; US $165; ISBN 0–8247–9553–9

NITROGEN FERTILIZATION IN THE ENVIRONMENT. Edited by P E Bacon. Marcel Dekker Incorporated, 1995; 608 pp; US $185; ISBN: 0–8247–8994–6     

Book reviews

Andrea de Guttry and Natalino Ronzitti, eds. The Iran‐Iraq War (1980–1988) and the Law of Naval Warfare. 1993. Cambridge, England: Grotius Publications. 573 pp. ISBN 1–857010–13–2. (Available from Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, and New York, NY, ISBN 0–521–463025, $190)

David L. Larson. Security Issues and the Law of the Sea. 1993. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. 382 pp. ISBN 0–8191–9089–6. $47.50     

The international legal regime for navigation

Thomas A. Clingan. The Law of the Sea: Ocean Law and Policy. 1994. San Francisco: Austin and Winfield. 638 pp. ISBN 1–880921–37–5 (hardcover), $89.95. ISBN 1–880921–28–6 (softcover), $69.95     

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Chronopharmacology. Cellular and Biochemical Interactions (Cellular Clocks Series/3), by Prof. Dr. Björn Lemmer, Center of Pharmacology, J.W. Goethe‐University, Frankfurt am Main, FRG. 1989. 744 pp., $150.00 (US and Canada), $180.00 (All other countries). ISBN 0–8247–8103–1 Published by Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, USA.

Chronobiology and chronomedicine. Basic research and applications. Proceedings of the IVth Annual Meeting of the European Society for Chronobiology, Birmingham, July 1988, by E. Morgan. 1990, 407 pp., soft cover sFr. 79.‐ISBN 3–631–42301–2 Published by Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt a.M., Bern, New York, Paris.

Biological rhythms in clinical practice by J. Ahrendt, J.M. Waterhouse and D.S. Minors 1989. 299 pp.m, hard cover £ 48.‐ISBN 0–7236–0961–6     

The last of the Nomads. the last of the Ethnographies or “All Anthropologists are Liars”

Pintupi Country, Pintupi Self; Sentiment, Place, and Politics Among Western Desert Aborigines. By Fred R. Myers. Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington and Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1986. Pp. 7+334; black and white diagrams. $32.95 (hard cover). ISBN 0–85575–171–1 hard cover — AIAS); ISBN 0–87474–690–0 (hard cover —Smithsonian).     

Book Reviews

VITAMINS Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and New York. 1988 ISBN 0–89925–273–7 (US) 1001 pages + Literature Supplement and Subject Index (1058 pages incl.); DM 380.-; approx US $225.-

MEDICAL, BIOCHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF FREE RADICALS Edited by O. Hayaishi, E. Niki, M. Kondo and T. Yoshikawa Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, New York, 1989 ISBN 0–444–87482–8, Volume 1, 766 pages, Volume 2, continuing up to 1536 pages, and a subject and author index, 1559 pages inclusive

PHARMACOLOGY OF MICRONUTRIENTS NESTOR W. FLODIN Current Topics in Nutrition and Disease, Vol.20, Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York ISBN 0–8451–1619–3: 342 pages, $69.50     

Book reviews. Short reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Balick, Michael J., Elisabetsky, Elaine & Laird, Sarah A. (eds.) 1996. Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest: Biodiversity and Its Importance . XIV + 440 pp. Columbia University Press, New York, NY. ISBN 0–231–10170–8 (cloth). Price USD 75.-. (cloth), USD 35.-. (paper). Gregory J. Anderson^{1 1}Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3043, USA. Menz, Gunter. 1996. Niederschlagund Biomass in den wechselfeuchten Tropen Ostafrikas . 208 pp + 15 colour photographs, 27 coloured maps. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart. ISBN 3–515–06487–7. Price DEM 188.-. Wielgorskaya, T.1995. Dictionary of generic names of seed plants . 570 pp. Columbia University Press, New York, NY. ISBN 0–231–07892–7. Price USD 80.-(USA), USD 85.- (international). Frey, Hans-Ulrich. 1995. Waldgesellschaften und Waldstandorte im St. Galler Berggebiet . Veröffent-lichungen des Geobotanischen Institutes der Eidgenos-sichen Technischen Hochschule, Stiftung Rübel, in Zurich, Heft 126a, b. ISSN 0524–9433. 280 pp + separate tables and maps. Price: CHF 85.-. Schaminée, J.H.J., Stortelder, A.H.F. & Weeda, E.J. 1996. De Vegetatie van Nederland. 3. Graslanden. zomen- droge heiden . 356 pp. 109 colour photographs. ISBN 91–8871–605–8. Price: NLG 110.-.     

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International Regulation of Whaling: From Conservation of Whaling to Conservation of Whales and Regulation of Whale‐Watching, by Patricia Birnie. Oceana Publications, 1985. 2 volumes: Vol. I ISBN 0–379–20602–1: Vol. II ISBN 0–379–20604–8, $100 per set.     

Reviews

Book Reviewed in this article: MacPhail , E. M. 1993: The neuroscience of animal intelligence: From the seahare to the seahorse. Columbia University Press, New York. 506 pp, numerous Figs, £50.00. ISBN 0–231–06144–7 reviewed by Holk Cruse Gazzaniga , M. S., (Editor-in-Chief) 1994: The cognitive neuroscience. A Bradford Book. MIT Press, Cambridge. 1447 S, 490 Abb, 27 farbige Tafeln, 29 Tabellen, US $195.00. ISBN 0–262–07157–6. reviewed by Christoph von Campenhausen Webster , J. 1994: Animal welfare. A cool eye towards Eden. Blackwell Science, Oxford. 273 pp, numerous Figs and Tabs, £14.99. ISBN 0–632–03928–0. reviewed by Thelma Rowell de Waal , F. B. M. 1993: Wilde Diplomaten. Versöhnung und Entspannungspolitik bei Affen und Menschen. (Peacemaking among Primates). Übersetzt von Ellen Vogel. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, München, dtv Sachbuch 30373, 295 S, 100 Abb, DM 16,90, ISBN 3–423–30373–5. Gebundene Ausgabe 1991: Carl Hanser Verlag, München, 296 S, 100 Abb, DM 45—, ISBN 3–446–16003–5. reviewed by Marietta K. Fritz Otterstedt , C. 1993: Abschied im Alltag. Grußformen und Abschiedsgestaltungim interkulturellen Vergleich. Iudicium Verlag GmbH, München. 382 S, kart, DM 68,—.ISBN 3–89129–222–8. reviewed by Friderun Ankel -Simons Thomson , K. S. 1993: Der Quastenflosser. Ein lebendes Fossil und seine Entdeckung. W. W. Norton, New York 1991 (übersetzt von M. Niehaus -Osterloh ). Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel. Boston, Berlin. 250 S, 46 Abb, geb., sFr 52—, DM 58,—. ISBN 3–7643–2793–6. reviewed by Amelie Koehler Lockley , M. 1993: Auf den Spuren der Dinosaurier. Dinosaurierfährten — Eine Expedition in die Vergangenheit (Tracking dinosaurs—a new look at an ancient world. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1991, übersetzt von G. Bosch mit wissenschaftlicher Beratung von C. Meyer ). Birkhäuser Verlag Basel. Boston, Berlin. 318 S, 38 s/w und 21 farbige Abb, 76 Strichzeichnungen, geb. sFr 58,—, DM 68,—. ISBN 3–7643–2774-X. reviewed by Amelie Koehler     

BUCHBESPRECHUNGEN

Grzimek , B. (Ed.): Grzimeks Enzyklopädie der Säugetiere – Bund 2 : München: Kindler-Verlag 1988. 648 S., zahlreiche Abb. Lexikon-Großformat. Leinenausgabe: Subskriptionspreis DM 128,–, später DM 148,–, ISBN 3–463-42002-3; Luxusausgabe (Halbleder): Subskriptionspreis DM 168,–, später DM 198,–, ISBN 3–463-42102-X. Patterson , C. (Ed.): Molecules und morphology in evolution – conflict or compromise? Cambridge, London, New York, New Rochelle, Melbourne, Sidney: Cambridge University Press 1987. £25.00, $49.50, ISBN H/b 0–521-32271-5. £9.95, $15.95, ISBN P/b 0–521-33860-3. Kuhn , H.-J.; Zeller , U. (Hrsg.): Morphogenesis of the mammalian skull . Mammalia depicta (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde) Heft 13. Hamburg und Berlin: Paul Parey 1987. 144 S., 68 Abb., 5 Tab. DM 88,-; für Mitglieder der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Säugetierkunde DM 70,40. ISBN 3–490-17718-5. O'Neill , R. V.; De Angelis , D. L.; Waide , J. B.; Allen , T. F. H.: A Hierarchical Concept of Ecosystems . Monographs in Population Biology 23. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1986. 254 pp., 20 figs. cloth $ 45,–, paper $ 14.50. Schram , F. R.: Crustacea . New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press 1986. XIV, 606 pp., num. figs. £50.00. ISBN 0–19-503742-1. Doolittle , D. P.: Population Genetics: Basis Principles . Advanced Series in Agricultural Science Vol. 16. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo: Springer Verlag 1987. X, 264 pp., 20 figs. Soft cover DM 70,–. ISBN 3–540-17326-9. Benirschke , K. (Ed.): Primates . The road to self-sustaining populations. With a foreword by Diamond , J. Proceedings of a conference held in San Diego, California, June 24–28. 1985, sponsored by the Morns animal foundation, Englewood, Colorado, and the Zoological Society of San Diego, California. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo: Springer Verlag 1986. 164 figs. XXIII, 1044 pp. Hard cover DM 198,–. ISBN 3–540-96270-0. Langer , P.: The Mammalian Herbivore Stomach . Comparative Anatomy, Function and Evolution. 557 pp, 246 figs and 72 tables. Stuttgart – New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag 1988. DM 248,–. ISBN 3–437-30568-9; US ISBN 0–89574-254-3. Müller , H. M.: Evolution, Kognition und Sprache. Die Evolution des Menschen und die biologischen Grundlagen der Sprachfähigkeit. Berlin und Hamburg: Paul Parey 1987. 162 S., 90 Abb. Kt. DM 39,80. ISBN 3–489-63034-3.     

Making the grade in human evolution

Getting Here: The Story of Human Evolution By WW Howells (1997). Washington: Compass Press. 266 pp. $19.95 (cloth) ISBN 0-929590-16-3. $36.95 (paper) ISBN 0-929590-17-1. From Lucy to Language By DC Johanson and B Edgar. Principal Photography by David Brill (1996). New York: Simon and Schuster, 272 pp. $50.00 (cloth) ISBN 0-684-81023-9. Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Synthesis By GC Conroy (1997). New York: WW. Norton.xii + 557 pp. $43.13 (paper) ISBN 0-393-97042-6. Humans Before Humanity By R Foley (1997) Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.vii + 248 pp. $21.95 paper ISBN 0-631-20528-4. Contemporary Issues in Human Evolution By E Meickle, FC Howell and N Jablonski (1996) Wattis Symposium Series in Anthropology. Nina G. Jablonski, Series Editor. California Academy of Sciences Memoir 21. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences.viii+193pp $35.00 cloth ISBN 0-940228-45-9. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Primate locomotion: Recent advances.

Edited by Elizabeth Strasser, John Fleagle, Alfred Rosenberger, and Henry McHenry. New York: Plenum Press. 1998. 482 pp. ISBN 0–306–46022-X. $110.00 (cloth).     

Book reviews

Shigeru Oda, International Control of Sea Resources vol. 12, 2d ed. (reprint with a new introduction). (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1989), Publications on Ocean Development, 1989). 215 pp. Index. ISBN 90–247–3800–8. $75.00.

Prosper Weil, The Law of Delimitation: Reflections. Translated from the French by Maureen MacGlashan. (Cambridge: Grotius Publications, 1989). xv, 327 pp. ISBN 09–490–0940–7. $98.00, £55.00.     

The Cambridge encyclopedia of human paleopathology

By Arthur C. Aufderheide and Conrado Rodríguez-Martín, with a dental chapter by Odin Langsjoen. New York and Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 1998. 478 pp. ISBN 0–521–55203–6. $100.00 (cloth).     

Book reviews

Dinosaurs from China

DONG ZHIMING. China Ocean Press, Hong Kong, 1987. vi + 114 pp. ISBN 7–5027–0116–8. Hardcover ed., approximately $34.00; softcover ed., approximately $24.00 [This is the first English edition.]

DONG ZHIMING, with text by Angela C. Milner. China Ocean Press, Hong Kong, and the British Museum (Natural History), London, 1988. vi +114 pp. ISBN 0565–01073–5. Softcover ed., £9.95 at the Natural History Museum bookstore. [A hardcover edition probably exists, but I have not seen it.]

TRACE FOSSILS: BIOLOGY AND TAPHONOMY, by Richard G. Bromley, Unwin Hyman, London 1990. 280 pp. ISBNO 04 4453035. £40 hardback, £17.95 softback.

EXTINCTION EVENTS IN EARTH HISTORY, Editors E.G. Kauffman and O.H. Walliser. Springer‐Verlag, Berlin 1990. 431 pp. ISBN 0–387–52605–6. Price DM 75.

PHYLOGENY AND THE CLASSIFICATION OF FOSSIL AND RECENT ORGANISMS, edited by Norbert Schmidt‐Kittler and Rainer Willmann. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg, N.P. 28, Verlag Paul Parey, Hamburg & Berlin ISBN 3–490–14496–1.