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Book review in this article The Amazon: Limnology and Landscape Ecology of a Mighty Tropical River and its Basin . Monographie Biologicae I. CAMPBELL Rainforests of Australia Edited by Penny Figgis M. LOWMAN Earthworms: Their Ecology and Relationships with Soils and Land Use K. E. Lee J. A. SPRINGETT Hydrobiology of the Mangal. Developments in Hydrobiology 20 Edited by Francis Dov Por and Inka Dor, Dr W. Junk BV C. D. WOODROFFE The Penguin Dictionary of Botany Edited by S. Blackmore and E. Tootill P. G. LADD Microbial Processes in Reservoirs. Developments in Hydrobiology 27 Edited by D. Gunnison, Dr W. Junk A. H. ARTHINGTON     

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Book reviews in this article: Fauna of Australia. Vol. IB. Mammalia Edited by D. W. Walton and B. J. Richardson. Plant Physiological Ecology: Field Methods and Instrumentation Edited by R. W. Pearcy, J. Ehleringer, H. A. Mooney and P. W. Rundel. Fire in the Tropical Biota: Ecosystem Processes and Global Challenges Edited by J. G. Goldammer. Nature Conservation 2: The Role of Corridors Edited by D. A. Saunders and R. J. Hobbs.     

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Book Reviewed in this article: Birds of Wallacea C. M. N. White and M. D. Bruce Snakes, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Edited by R. A. Seigel, J. T. Collins and S. S. Novak The Biology of Perch and Related Fish J. F. Craig Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific J. E. N. Veron Conservation Biology. The Science of Scarcity and Diversity Edited by M. E. Soulé Plant Ecology Edited by Michael J. Crawley Origins and Development of Adaptation. CIBA Foundation Symposium 102 Edited by D. Evered and G. M. Collins.     

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Book review in this article Ecological Communities. Conceptual Issues and the Evidence Edited by D. R. Strong Jr, D. Simberloff, L. G. Abele and A. B. Thistle M. P. AUSTIN The Evolutionary Ecology of Ant-Plant Mutualisms Andrew Beattie Environmental Chemistry Peter O'Neill J. S. BURGESS Biology of Chrysopidae. Series Entomologica, Volume 27 Edited by M. Canard, Y. Semeria and T. R. New, Dr W. Junk K. LAMBKIN The Dynamic Partnership: Birds and Plants in Southern Australia Edited by H. A. Ford and D. C. Paton, D. J. Woolman G. H. PYKE Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands, A. Ecosystems of the World 12A Edited by M. Evenari, I. Noy-Meir and D. W. Goodall Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands, B. Ecosystems of the World 12B Edited by M. Evenari, I. Noy-Meir and D. W. Goodall B. H. WALKER Tropical Zooplankton. Developments in Hydrobiology 23 Edited by H. J. Dumont and Tundisi IAN A. E. BAYLY Landscape Ecology. Theory and Application Zev Naveh and Arthur S. Lieberman R. A. PERRY     

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Book Reviewed in this article: Eucalypt Ecology: Individuals to Ecosystems Edited by Jann E. Williams and John C. Z. Woinarski Plant Variation and Evolution, 3rd edition D. Briggs and S. M. Walters Marsupial Biology: Recent Research, New Perspectives Edited by N. R Saunders and L. A. Hinds     

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Book review in this article studies on Plant Demography. A Festschrift for John L. Harper Edited by J. White Ecology of Marine Parasites Klaus Rohde Tidal Flat Ecology. An Experimental Approach to Species Interactions Karsten Reise Ecology and Natural History of Desert Lizards. Analyses of the Ecological Niche and Community Structure E. R. Pianka Ecophysiology of Desert Reptiles S, D. Bradshaw Natural Selection and its Constraints Oliver Mayo Management of Australia's Rangelands G. N. Harrington, A. D. Wilson and M. D. Management of Large Mammals in African Conservation Areas. Proceedings of a symposium held in Pretoria, South Africa, 29–30 April 1982 Edited by R. Norman Owen-Smith, HAUM     

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Book reviews in this article. Encyclopaedia of Plant Physiology, New Series, Vol. 12, Part C, Physiological Plant Ecology III. Responses to the Chemical and Biological Environment Edited by O. L. Lange, P. S. Nobel, C. B. Osmond and H. Ziegler The Ethics of Environmental Concern Robin Attfield The Evolutionary Biology of Colonizing Species P. A. Parsons Ecological Genetics D. J. Merrell Phytotelmata: Terrestrial Plants as Hosts for Aquatic Insect Communities Edited by J. H. Frank and L. P. Lounibos Lake Chad — Ecology and Productivity of a Shallow Tropical Ecosystem. Monographiae Biologicae 53 Edited by J. P. Carmouze, J. R. Durand and C. Lévèque, Dr. W. Junk Guidelines for the Management of Large Mammals in African Conservation Areas Edited by A. A. Ferrar     

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Book Reviewed in this article: Plant Life in Aquatic and Amphibious Habitats Edited by R. M. M. Crawford River Plants of Western Europe. The Macrophytic Vegetation of Watercourses of the European Economic Community S. M. Haslam The Ecology of Temporary Waters D. Dudley Williams Weeds. An Illustrated Botanical Guide to the Weeds of Australia B. A. Auld and R. W. Medd Soil-Plant Relationships: An Ecological Approach David W. Jeffrey Seabirds: Feeding Ecology and Role in Marine Ecosystems Edited by J. P. Croxall The Conservation of Ecosystems and Species G. E. Jones Climate and Plant Distribution F. I. Woodward The Niche in Competition and Evolution Wallace Arthur Pesticides in Soils Edited by Sarina Saltzman and Bruno Yaron     

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Root Development and Function. Ed. by P. J. G regory , J. V. L ake and D. A. R ose
Modern Methods in Plant Analysis. Volume 3. Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. Edited by H. F. L inskens and J. F. J ackson
Genetic Differentiation and Dispersal in Plants. Edited by P. J acquard , G. H eim and J. A ntonovics
Tropical Forest and its Environment . By K. A. L ongman and J. J enik
Ecology of Biological Invasions. Edited by R. H. G roves and J. J. B urdon
Ecology of Microbial Communities: 41st Symposium of The Society for General Microbiology. Ed. by M. F letcher , T. R. G. G ray and J. G. J ones     

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Book Reviewed in this article: The Botany of Mangroves P. B. Tomlinson. Ecology of Mangroves P. Hutchings, P. Saenger Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities M. Begon, J. L. Harper, C. R. Townsend. Population Ecology: a Unified Study of Animals and Plants M. Begon, M. Mortimer. The Physiological Ecology of Lichens K. A. Kershaw. Kangaroos: their Ecology and Management in the Sheep Rangelands of Australia Edited by G. Caughley, N. Shepherd, J. Short. Evolutionary Ecology of Marsupials A. K. Lee, A. Cockburn. Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach C. B. Cox, P. D. Moore.     

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Biological Effects of Radiation. Edited by B enjamin M. D uggar .
The Plant Diseases of Great Britain: A Bibliography. Compiled and annotated by G. C. A insworth .
Plant Ecology. By H ilda D rabble .
Zur Soziologie der Isoëtetalia. By M ax M oor .     

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Book Reviewed in this article: Tropical Forest Remnants: Ecology, Management and Conservation of Fragmented Communities Edited by William F. Laurance and Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr,. Wildlife and Landscape Ecology: Effects of Pattern and Scale Edited by J. A. Bissonette     

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Book reviewed in this article: Landscape Ecology. Function and Management. Principles from Australia's Rangelands Edited by J. Ludwig, D. Tongway, D. Freudenberger, J. Noble and K. Hodgkinson Biological Invasions Mark Williamson Experiments in ecology: Their logical design and interpretation using analysis of variance A. J. Underwood     

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Molecular Evolution: A Phylogenetic Approach, by Roderic D.M. Page and Edward C Holmes.
Readings in Ecology. Edited by Stanley I. Dodson, Timothy F. H. Allen, Stephen R. Carpenter. Kandis Elliot. Anthony R. Ives, Robert L. Jeanne, James F. Kitchell, Nancy E. Langston and Monica G. Turner.
Oxford Dictionary of Ecology, by Michael Allaby.     

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Book Reviewed in this article: Northern Australia: Progress and Prospects. Volume 2. Floodplains Research Edited by D. Wade-Marshall and P. Loveday Nature of Australia. A Portrait of the Island Continent John Vandenbeld. On Pollination and Pollinators in Western Australia E. Holm. Chrysophytes: Aspects and Problems Edited by J. Kristiansen and R. A. Andersen. Evolutionary Physiological Ecology Edited by P. Calow. Towards Holistic Agriculture R. W. Widdowson. City Parks and Cemeteries. Tasmania's Remnant Grasslands and Grassy Woodlands J. Kirkpatrick, L. Gilfedder and R. Fensham.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Walter Benjamin. By Julian Roberts Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Between Phenomenology and Structuralism (Theoretical Traditions in the Social Sciences Series). By James Schmidt Phenomenology in Practice and Theory. Edited by William S. Hamrick Advocacy and Anthropology, First Encounters. Edited by Robert Paine A Plague of Caterpillars. A Return to the African Bush. By Nigel Barley The Innocent Anthropologist. Notes from a Mud Hut. By Nigel Barley So Much That Is New. Baldwin Spencer 1860–1929: A Biography. By D.J. Mulvaney and J.H. Calaby The Native Tribes of Western Australia. By Daisy Bates Women, Employment and Development in the Arab World. Edited by Julinda Abu Nqsr Peasants, Subsistence Ecology, and Development in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. By Lawrence S. Grossman The History and Social Influence of the Potato. By Redcliffe Salaman Human Ecology: The Story of Our Place in Nature from Prehistory to the Present. By Bernard Campbell Philosophy and Archaeology. By Merrilee H. Salmon The Psychosocial Interior of the Family.3rd Edition, Edited by Gerald Handel The Artificial Family. A Consideration of Artificial Insemination by Donor. By R. Snowden and G.D. Mitchell Maternal and Child Health in Rural Kenya. An Epidemiological Study. Edited by J.K. van Ginneken and AS. Muller Maternal Bonding. By Wladyslaw Sluckin, Martin Herbert and Alice Sluckin The Continuum Concept. By Jean Liedloff Wives and Midwives, Childbirth and Nutrition in Rural Malaysia. By Carol Laderman Human Sexuality: Contemporary Controversies. Edited by Harold Feldman Australian Women and the Political System. Edited by Marian Simms Singapore: Struggle for Success. By John Drysdale. George Allen and Unwin     

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Book Reviewed in this article Quantitative Plant Ecology. Studies in Ecology, Volume 9 P. Grieg-Smith Pollination Biology Edited by Leslie Real The Biology of Mistletoes Edited by M. Calder and P. Bernhardt Biology of Rotifers. Proceedings of the Third International Rotifer Symposium, held at Uppsala, Sweden, August 30-September 4, 1982. Developments in Hydrobiology 14 Edited by B. Pejler, R. Starkweather and Th. Nogrady, Dr W. Junk BV Life in Inland Waters W. D. Williams. Proceedings of the Third Australasian Conference on Grassland Invertebrate Ecology Edited by K. E. Lee The Deer Wars. The Story of Deer in New Zealand Graeme Caughley     

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Book reviewed in this article: Karavar: Masks and Power in a Melanesian Ritual. By Frederick Karl Errington. Tribes and Boundaries in Australia. Edited by Nicholas Peterson. Bengali Women. By Manisha Roy. World Conqueror and World Renouncer: A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand Against a Historical Background. By S. J. Tambiah. Monks and Magic: An Analysis of Religious Ceremonies in Central Thailand. By B. J. Terwiel. Woman Cross Culturally: Change and Challenge. Edited by Ruby Rohrlich-Leavitt. War. Its Causes and Correlates. Edited by M. A. Nettleship, R. D. Givens and A. Nettleship. Discussions on War and Human Aggression. Edited by R. D. Givens and M. A. Nettleship. Transaction and Meaning. Directions in the Anthropology of Exchange and Symbolic Behaviour. Edited by Bruce Kapferer. Population, Ecology and Social Evolution. Edited by Steven Polgar. Yüan Porcelain and Stoneware. By Margaret Medley. The Art of Easter Island. By Thor Heyerdahl. The Lapita Pottery Style in Fiji and its Associations, By S. M. Mead, Lawrence Birks, Helen Birks and Elizabeth Shaw. People of the Eland. By Patricia Vinnicombe. The Cache River Archaeological Project: An Experiment in Contract Archaeology. Assembled by M. B. Schiffer and John H. House. Human Origins. Louis Leakey and the East African Evidence. Edited by G. LI. Isaac and E. R. McCown. Earliest Man and Environments in the Lake Rudolf Basin. Stratigraphy, Palaeoecology, and Evolution. Edited by Y. Coppens, F. C. Howell, G. LI. Isaac and R. E. F. Leakey. After the Australopithecines. Stratigraphy, Ecology and Culture in the Middle Pleistocene. Edited by K. W. Butzer and G. LI. Isaac. Archaeological Atlas of the World. By David and Ruth Whitehouse. Çatal Hüyük in Perspective. By Ian A. Todd. Black Viewpoints, The Aboriginal Experience. Edited by Colin Tatz.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
LIFE HISTORY DATA ON ICHTHYOPERCID AND PERCID FISHES OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. By Kenneth D. Carlander.
SO FRUITFUL A FISH. Ecology, Conservation, and Aquaculture of the Amazon's Tambaqui. By Carlos Araujo-Lima and Michale Goulding.
THE CATFISH CONNECTION. Ecology, Migration and Conservation of Amazon Predators. By Ronaldo Barthem & Michael Goulding.
AFRICAN INLAND FISHERIES, AQUACULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. Edited by K. Remane.     

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Book Reviewed in this article Outline of a Theory of Practice. Pierre Bourdieu. Richard Nice Evolution and Ecology: Essays on Social Transformation. Edited by Julian H. Steward, Jane C. Steward and Robert F. Murphy Urban Anthropology: The Cross-Cultural Study of Complex Societies. Richard Basham The Economic Status of Australian Aborigines. Jon C. Altman and John Nieuwenhuysen ‘Whitefella Business’: Aborigines in Australian Politics. Edited by Michael C. Howard Aborigines and Change: Australia in the Seventies. Edited by R. M. Berndt Kulinma: Listening to Aboriginal Australians. H. C. Coombs Taim Bilong Mani: The Evolution of Agriculture in a Solomon Island Society. John Connell Agricultural Project Design and Evaluation in an Island Community. Alan Bollard. Zum Beispiel Samoa. Götz Mackensen Peasants and Politics: Grass Roots Reaction to Change in Asia. Edited by D. B. Miller. Edward Arnold Sherpas Through Their Ritual. Sherry B Code and Custom in a Thai Provincial Court. David M. Engel Thailand: A Rice-Growing Society. Edited by Yoneo Ishii Migrants of the Mountains: The Cultural Ecology of the Blue Miao (Hmong Njua) of Thailand. William Robert Geddes Farmers in the Forest: Economic Development and Marginal Agriculture in Northern Thailand. Edited by Peter Kunstadter, E. C. Chapman and Sanga Sabhasri Early Palaeolithic in South and East Asia. Edited by Fumiko Ikawa-Smith Advances In Andean Archaeology. Edited by David L. Browman Simulation Studies in Archaeology. Edited by Ian Hodder Evolutionary Models and Studies in Human Diversity. Edited by Robert J. Meier Aboriginal Sign Languages of the Americas and Australia Principles of Visual Anthropology. Edited by Paul Hockings Tiv Song. Charles Keil Coyoteway. A Navajo Holyway Healing Ceremonial. Karl W. Luckert Spider Woman Stories: Legends of the Hopi Indians. Selected and Interpreted by G. M. Mullett Folklore in the Modern World. Edited by Richard Dorson