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Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with Reference to some Pacific and Western Atlantic Species, Volume 3, edited by Isabella A. Abbott
Conservation of Medicinal Plants edited by Olayiwola Akerele, Vernon Heywood & Hugh Synge
Introduction to Floriculture, 2nd Ed., edited by R. A. Larson
Plant Membranes: A Biophysical Approach to Structure, Development and Senescence by Ya'acov Y. Leshem
The Ecology o/Fynbos, edited by R. Cowling
A Dictionary of Plant Pathology, by P. Holliday
7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration 13 April to 31 July 1992. Catalogue by James J. White & Autumn M. Farole
Plant Growth: interactions with nutrition and environment, edited by J. R. Porter & D. W. Lawlor
Response of Plants to Multiple Stresses, edited by H. A. Mooney, W. E. Winner & E. J. Pell
Pollen and Spores: Patterns of Diversification, edited by S. Blackmore and S. H. Barnes
International Checklist for Hyacinths and Miscellaneous Bulbs, edited by J. van Scheepen
Atlas Florae Europaeae, 9 (Paeoniaceae to Capparaceae), edited by Jaakko Jalas & Juha Suominen
Nitrogen fixation, edited by M. Polsinelli, R. Materassi & M. Vincenzini
Crucifers of Great Britain and Ireland, by T.C.G. Rich
Micropropagation: Technology and Application, edited by P. C. Debergh & R. H. Zimmerman
Phytochemical Induction by Herbivores, edited by D. W. Tallamy & M. J. Raupp
Pattern Formation in Plant Tissues, by T. Sachs
Introduction to the Principles of Plant Taxonomy, 2nd ed, by V. V. Sivarajan (edited by N. K. B. Robson)
Signal Perception and Transduction in Higher Plants, edited by R. Ranjeva & A. M. Boudet
Plant Growth Substances 1988, edited by R. P. Pharis & S. B. Rood
Gibberellins, edited by N. Takahashi, B.O. Phinney & J. MacMillan     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Nigerian Field: Index to volumes 1–50 (1931–1985).
Fruits of South-east Asia, by Jacqueline Piper.
Grain Legumes–Evolution and Genetic Resources, by J. Smartt.
Plant Population Genetics, Breeding, and Genetic Resources, edited by A. H. D. Brown, M. T. Clegg, A. L. Kahler and B. S. Weir.
Evolution, Systematics and Fossil History of the Hamamelidae.
The Systematics Association Special Volumes 40 A&B.
Plant pheno-morphological studies in Mediterranean type ecosystems, edited by Gideon Orshan.
Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Nitrate Assimilation, edited by J. L. Wray & J. R. Kinghorn
Species dispersal in agricultural habitats, edited by R. G. H. Bunce & D. C. Howard.
Flora Iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares, Vol. 2: Platanaceae–Plumbaginaceae (partim), edited by S. Castroviejo, M. Lainz, G. Lopez Gonzalez et al.     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
Island ecology (Outline studies in ecology), by M. Gorman
Comparative Morphology of Recent Crustacea, by Patsy A. McLaughlin. W. H. Freeman
Genetic Models of Sexual Selection, by Peter O'Donald
Pulmonates, edited by Vera Fretter and J. Peake
Weeds (2nd Edition), by W. C. Muenscher
Orang-Utan Behavior, by T. L. Maple
Aquatic Oligochaete Biology, edited by R. O. Brinkhurst & D. G. Cook
Studies in Mathematical Biology, Part II: Populations and Communities, edited by S. A. Levin
Atlas of the Netherlands Flora. I, Extinct and very rare species, edited by J. Mennema, A. J. Quene-Botorenbrood & C. L. Plate. Dr W. Junk     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Metal Ions in Neurology and Psychiatry (Neurology and Neurobiology Vol. 15) edited by S. Gabay, J. Harris, and B. T. Ho. Alan R. Liss
The Cortex of the Rat, A Stereotaxic Atlas by K. Zilles
Neuropharmacology of Serotonin edited by A. R. Green     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The North American Grasshoppers:Volume II Acrididae, Oedipodinae , by D. Otte.
Animal Behavior and ils Applicaiions, by Derek V. Ellis.
Bracken:Ecology, Land Use and Control Technology, edited by R. T. Smith and J. A. Taylor.
Functional Vertebrate Morphology, edited by M. Hildebrand, D. M. Bramble, K. F. Liem and D. B. Wake.
Air Pollution by Pholochemical Oxidants, edited by R. Guderian.
Physiological Ecology of Lichens (Cambridge Studies in Ecology), by Kenneth A. Kershaw.
The Evolutionary Ecology of Ant-Plant mutualisms , by A. J. Beattie.
Fundamentals of Insect Physiology, edited by Murray S. Blum.
The Leajhppers and Planthoppers, edited by L. R. Nault and J. G. Rodriguez.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Ecophysiology of the Camelidae and Desert Ruminants, by Richard T. Wilson
Paleontology of Vertebrates, by Jean Chaline
The Tettigoniidae: Biology, Systematics and Evolution, edited by W. T. Bailey and D. C. F. Rentz
Behaviour of Pinnipeds, edited by D. Renouf
Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 5, edited by D. W. Macdonald, D. Muller-Schwarze and S. E. Natynczuk
The Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae), edited by A. Maitland Emmet & the late John Heath
Heterotypical Behaviour in Man and Animals, edited by M. Haug, P. F. Brain and C. Aron
Insect Life Cycles, Genetics, Evolution and Co-ordination, edited by F. Gilbert.
Grasshoppers and Allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland, by J. A. Marshall and E. C. M. Haes     

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Flowers of the Himalaya , by Oleg Polunin and Adam Stainton.
A Guide to the Vegetation of Britain and Europe , by Oleg Polunin and Martin Walters.
The Experimental Biology of Bryophytes, edited by A. F. Dyer & J. G. Duckett.
A Birdwatcher's Miscellany, edited by Rob Hume.
The Moths and Butterjlies of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 10, Noctuidae (Part II) and Agaristidae, edited by J. Heath.
Atlas of Butterjlies in Britain and Ireland, by J. Heath, E. Pollard & J. A. Thomas.
Colour Identification Guide to Butterjlies of the British Isles, revised edition by T. G. Howarth.
The World of Butterjlies, An Illustrated Encyclopaedia, by V. Sbordoni & S.Forestiero.
Colour Identijcation Guide to Moths of the British Isles, by Bernard Skinner.
The Biology of Buttegies, edited by R. I. Vane-Wright & P. R. Ackery.
Australian Grasses, by Nancy T. Burbidge, revised by Surrey W. L. Jacobs.
Collins Guide to Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns, by R. Fitter & A. Fitter. Collins.
Grasses of the Soviet Union, by N. N. Tsvelev, edited by A. A. Fedorov.
The European Garden Flora, Volume 2, Monocotyledons (Part ZZ), edited by S. M Walters et al.
Grasses, 3rd edition, by C. E. Hubbard, revised by J. C. E. Hubbard.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Genus Utricularia, by Peter Taylor.
Tropical Woody Rubiaceae. Characteristic features and progressions. Contributions to a new subfamial classification, by Elmar Robbrecht.
Bracken Biology and Managment, edited by J. A. Thomson and R. T. Smith.
How to Know Western Australian Wildflowers, Part I, by W. E. Blackall and B. J. Grieve.
Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire, by Eva Crackles.
Flower Artists of Kew, Botanical Paintings by Contemporary Artists, by William T. Stearn.
The Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, by A.J. E. Smith.
Competition, by P. A. Keddy.
Origin of Cultivated Rice, by H. I. Oka.
The Impact of Biotechnology on Agriculture, edited by R. S. Sangwan and B. S. Sangwan-Norreel.     

Book Reviews

Senile Dementia: Outlook for the Future (Modern Aging Research, Vol. 5) edited by J. Wertheimer and M. Marois. Alan R. Liss
Nucleic Acid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology by W. I. P. Mainwaring, J. H. Parish, J. D. Pickering, and N. H. Mann.
Modulation of Sensorimotor Activity During Alterations in Behavioural States edited by R. Bandler. Alan R. Liss
Monoamine Innervation of Cerebral Cortex (Neurology and Neurobiolgy, Vol. 10) edited by L. Descarries, T. R. Reader, and H. H. Jasper, Alan R. Liss
Neurocommunications: An Introduction by I. C. Whitfield
Ionic Channels of Excitable Membranes by B. Hille
Metabolic Probes of Central Nervous System Activity in Experimental Animals and Man (Magnes Lecture Series, Vol. 1) by Louis Sokoloff
Neurobiology (The Clinical Neurosciences, Vol. V) edited by R. N. Rosenberg, R. G. Grossman, S. S. Schochet Jr., E. R. Heinz, W. D. Willis Jr.     

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BIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE ENGLISH LAKES by T. T. Macan
OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE BIOLOGY. An annual review. Vol. 7. Edited by Harold Barnes
A SYMPOSIUM ON THE DISEASES OF FISHES AND SHELLFISHES edited by S. F. Snieszko
ADVANCES IN MARINE BIOLOGY Vol. 8 edited by Sir Frederick S. Russel and Sir Maurice Yonge.
MARINE ECOLOGY, Volume 1, ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, PART 1 edited by 0. Kinne.
TRAITE DE PISCICULTURE by Marcel Huet
FISH PHYSIOLOGY VOL. Ill REPRODUCTION AND GROWTH, BIOLUMINESCENCE, PIGMENTS AND POISONS edited by W. S. Hoar and D. J. Randall.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PARASITES AND DISEASES OF FISHES OF CANADA: 1879–1969 by L. Margolis.
INFEKTSIONNIE BOLEZNI RIB I BOR'BA S NIMI, [INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF FISHES AND THEIR CONTROL]. Pod redaksiei Prof. Bauera.
CIRCULATION IN FISHES by G. H. Satchell.
BIOETHICS, BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE by Van Rensselaer Potter.     

Reviews of Publications

Avian Systematics and Taxonomy. Centenary Volume, edited by J. F. Monk.
The Ecology of Butterflies in Britain, edited by R. L. H. Dennis.
Evolution. A Biological and Palaeontological Approach, edited by P. Skelton.
Ethnobiological Classification. Principles of Categorization of Plants and Animals in Traditional Societies, by Brent Berlin.
The Discovery of Evolution, D. Young. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Natural History Museum Publications)
A Chronological Taxonomy of Conus, 1758–1840, by A. J. Kohn.
Biological Diversity of Mexico. Origins and Distribution, edited by T. P. Ramamoorthy, R. Bye, A. Lot and J. Fa.
Antarctic Fish Biology: Evolution in a Unique Environment, by J. T. Eastman.
Sawfly Life History Adaptations to Woody Plants, edited by M. Wagner and K. F. Raffa.
An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology 3rd Ed., by J. R. Krebs and N. B. Davies.
The Natural History of Selborne, by Gilbert White, compiled by R. Davidson-Houston.
Genes in Ecology, edited by R. J. Berry, T. J. Crawford and G. M. Hewitt.
Algae and Symbiosis, edited by W. Reisser.
Artificial Intelligence and Molecular Biology, edited by L. Hunter     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article: Reproduction of Marine Invertebrates. Vol. VI. Echinoderms and Lophophorates, edited by A. C. Giese, J. S. Pearse and V. B. Pearse. Pacific Grove, California, U.S.A. The Butterflies of Kenya and their Natural History, by T. B. Larsen. The Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Suffolk, by I. J. Killeen. Ipswich, U.K. Flycatcher. Memoirs of an Amateur Entomologist by K. A. Spencer. Ecosystems of the World 24. Intertidal and Littoral Ecosystems, edited by A. C. Mathieson and P. H. Nienhuis. Revision of the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), by Helmut Zibrowius and Stephen D. Cairns. Paris: Mémoires du Musée Nationale d'Histoire Naturellee, 1992. Animals and Disease. An Introduction to the History of Comparative Medicine, by L. Wilkinson. The Inevitable Bond. Examining Scientist-Animal Interactions, edited by H. Davis and D. Balfour. Martin Lister's English Spiders (1678), edited by J. Parker and B. Harley (translated by M. Davies and B. Harley)). The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs, edited by P. F. Sale. San Diego, USA: The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity, by M. J. Scoble. Bats. A Community Perspective, by J. S. Findley. The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Second Edition. Botanical monkeys, by E. J. H. Corner. The Biology of Millipedes, by S. P. Hopkin and H. J. Read. Mammals in the Palaearctic Desert: Status and Trends in the Sahara-Gobian Region, edited by J. A. McNeely and V. M. Neronov. Coelenterate Biology: Recent Research on Cnidaria and Ctenophora, edited by R. B. Williams, P. F. S. Cornelius, R. G. Hughes and E. A. Robson. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991. Animal Behaviour, 4th ed., by A. Manning and M. S. Dawkins. Weevils, Naturalists' Handbook 16, by M. G. Morris. Insects on Cabbage and Oilseed Rape. Naturalists' Handbooks 18, by W. D. J. Kirk.     

Book Reviews

Books review in this article:
Modulators, Mediators, and Specifiers in Brain Function. Interactions of Neuropeptides, Cyclic Nucleotides, and Phosphoproteins in Mechanisms Underlying Neuronal Activity, Behaviour, and Neuropsychiatric Disorders . Y. H. Ehrlich, J. Volavka, L. G. Davis, and E. G. Brunngraber (editors)
Advances in Neurology, Vol. 23: Huntington's Disease edited by T. N. Chase, N. S. Wexler, and A. Barbeau
Dopaminergic Ergot Derivatives and Motor Function edited by Kjell Fuxe and Donald B. Calne
Immunocytochemistry by Ludwig A. Sternberger
Molecular Neurobiology of the Mammalian Brain J. Eccles, P. L. McGeer and E. McGeer
Neurobiology of Chemical Transmission edited by Masanori Otsuka and Zach Hall     

Book reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
SEXUALITY IN PLANTS AND ITS HORMONAL REGULATION. By M. Kh. C hailakhyan and V. N. K hrianin (edited by K enneth V. T himan ; translated by Vanya Loroch).
Tertiary Level Biology: PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS. By J. A. R oberts and R. H ooley
Tertiary Level Biology: PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. Second Edition. By D. G rierson and S. N. C ovey
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS IN ECOLOGY: THE BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY. By J ohn S heail     

Books

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Confronting Consumption, edited by T. Princen, M. Maniates, and K. Conca
Exploring Sustainable Consumption: Environmental Policy and the Social Sciences, edited by M.J. Cohen and J. Murphy     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Seaweed Resources in Europe, Uses and Potential, edited by MN.D.Guiry & G. Blunden
The Waterlilies: a monograph of the genus Nymphaea, by Henry S. Conard with an introduction by Philip Swindells
Plant Cell and Tissue Culture, edited by J.W.Pollard & J.M.Walker
Mechanism of Fertilization: Plants to Humans, edited by Brian Dale     

Book Reviews

Book Reviews in this article:
Dopaminergic Systems and Their Regulation edited by G. N. Woodruff, J. A. Poat, and P. J. Roberts.
Neurobiology of Hearing: The Cochlea edited by R. A. Altschuler, R. P. Bobbin, and D. W. Hoffman.
Neurochemistry: A Practical Approach edited by A. J. Turner and H. S. Bachelard.     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
The Royal Horticultural Society, Gardeners' Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers, edited by C. Brickell
The lichenicolous fungi of Greenland, by Vagn Alstrup & David L. Hawksworth.
Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes, edited by F. A. Skinner, R. M. Boddey and I. Fendrik
The embryology of angiosperms: a classified bibliography (1965–1985), by C. R. Nagendram & M. S. Dinesh
Algae and Human Affairs, edited by Carole A. Lembi & J. Robert Waaland
Biology of Seagrasses, edited by A. W. D. Larkum, A. J. McComb & S. A. Shepherd
Modern methods in orchid conservation. The role of physiology, ecology and management, by H. W. Pritchard
Frank Kingdon-Ward, the Last of the Great Plant Hunters, by Charles Lyte
Plant names of medieval England, by Tony Hunt
Natural Product Medicine, by Ara H. Der Marderosian and Lawrence E. Liberti
All About Angiosperms, by A. D. J. Meeuse. CIP-Gegevens Koninklijke Bibiothek, Den Haag
Flowering Plants of the Seychelles (An Annotated Check List of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms with Line Drawings), by S. A. Robertson
The Herbarium Handbook, edited by Leonard Forman & Diane Bridson
Trees of Nigeria, by R. W. J. Keay
This is a revised edition of Nigerian Trees by R. W. J. Keay, C. F. A. Onochie & D. P. Stanfield
A New Herball by William Turner, edited by George T. L. Chapman and Marilyn Tweddle
Flora i Vegetació del Montsec (Pre-Pirineus Catalans) by Àngel M. Romo i Díez
Plants vasculars del quadrat UTM 31TCG46: Abella de la Conca, by Angel M. Romo i Díez
Indicator Plants of Coastal British Columbia, by K. Klinka, V. J. Krajina, A. Ceska and A. M. Scagel
Plankton–A Microscopic World, by G. M. Hallegraeff
Plant Polyphenols–Vegetable Tannins Revisited, by E. Haslam     

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Ecology, Community and Lifestyle: Outline of an Ecosophy , by Arne Naess (translated and edited by David Rothenberg).
Restoration Ecology: A Synthetic Approach to Ecological Research , edited by W. R. Jordan, M. E. Gilpin and J. D. Aber.
Plankton Ecology: Succession in Plankton Communities , edited by Ulrich Sommer.
Biological Control of Pests, Pathogens and Weeds: Development and Prospects , edited by R. K. S. Wood and M.J. Way.
Large Scale Cell Culture Technology , edited by Bjorn K. Lydersen.
The Story of Silk , by J. Feltwell.
Ecological Experiments: Purpose, Design and Execution , by N. G. Hairston.N 0 5
Molecular Genetics and Comparative Evolution , by J. Langridge.