Toward better scientific presentation

Day, Robert A. 1979: How to Write and Publish a Scientific-Paper. 160 pp. ISI Press, Philadelphia. ISBN 0 894950088 (cloth), ISBN 0894950061 (paperback). Price USD 15.00 and 8.95, respectively.
Cremmins, Edward T. 1982: The Art of Abstracting. 145 pp. ISI Press, Philadelphia. ISBN 0894950150. Price USD 13.95 (paperback).
Barnes, Gregory A. 1982: Communication Skills for the Foreign-Born Professional. ISI Press, Philadelphia. ISBN 0894950134 (cloth). ISBN 0894950142 (paperback). Price USD 18.95 and 13.95, respectively.     

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.-.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Bailey, Robert G. 1998. Ecoregions: the ecosystem geography of the oceans and continents. ix + 176 pp. Springer‐Verlag, New York. ISBN 0–387–98311–2 (softcover), 0–387–98305–8 (hardcover). Price: USD 39.95 (soft cover); USD 79.95 (hard cover).     

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Book reviewed in this issue. Packham, J. R., Harding, D. J. L., Hilton, G. M. & Stuttard, R. A. 1992. Functional Ecology of Woodlands & Forests . xii + 408 pp. Chapman & Hall, London. Cloth ISBN 0–412–44390–2. Price: USD 95.-. Paper ISBN 0–412–43950–6. Price: USD 35.-.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Ne'eman, G. & Trabaud, L. Ecology, Biogeography and Management of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia Forest Ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin . xii + 412 pp. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. ISBN 90–5782‐055‐2 (hardcover). Price: USD 120.00 Jonsell, B. (ed.) 2000. Flora Nordica , Vol. 1. Lycopodiaceae to Polygonaceae. xxii + 344 pp. The Bergius Foundation and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm. ISBN 91 7190 033 0 (hardcover). Price: 50 USD     

Short reviews of Nordic publications

Rydin, H., Snoeijs, P. & Diekmann, M. (eds.) 1999. Swedish plant geography ‐ Dedicated to Eddy van der Maarel on his 65th birthday. 233 pp. Opulus Press, Uppsala. ISBN 91–7210–084–2 (paperback), 91–7210–484–8 (cloth). Price: USD 56.‐ (paperback); xx USD (cloth). Joost: graag even checken     

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Book reviewed in this article: Vera, F.W.M. 2000. Grazing Ecology and Forest History. xix + 506 pp. CABI Publishing, Wallingford & New York. ISBN 0–85199–442–3 (hardcover). Price: USD 100.‐.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Delcourt, H.R. 2002. Forests in Peril: Tracking Deciduous Trees from Ice‐Age Refugia into the Greenhouse World. vii + 234 pp. The MacDonald and Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, VA. ISBN 0–939923–89–0 (paper). Price: USD 22.95.     

Other short reviews

Wiedemann, A.M., Dennis, L.R.J. & Smith, F.H. 1999. Plants of the Oregon coastal dunes. (New edition). 120 pp. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR. ISBN 0–87071–457–0. (paperback) Price: USD 12.95.     

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Book reviewed in this issue. Collins, M. (ed.) 1990. The Last Rainforests: A World Conservation Atlas . 200 pp. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0–19–520836–6. Price: USD 29.95.     

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Book reviewed in this issue. Zonneveld, I. S. & Forman, R. T. T. (eds.) 1990. Changing Landscapes: An Ecological Perspective . Springer Verlag, New York. ISBN 0–387–97102–5. Price: USD 69.50.     

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Book reviewed in this issue. Vandermeer, J. 1989. The Ecology of Intercropping . 237 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U. K. ISBN 0–521–34592–8. Price: USD 59.50.     

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Book reviewed in this issue. Bohn, U. & Neuhäusl, R. (eds.) 1990. Vegetation and Flora of Temperate Zones . viii+81 pp. SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague. ISBN 90–5103–034–7. Price: USD 16.-.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Lieth, H. & Schwartz, M.D. (eds.) 1997. Phenology in seasonal climates I . Progress in Biometeorology, Vol. 12. 143 pp. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. ISBN 90–73348–79-X. Price: USD 42.25.     

Book announcement

G. Ricciardelli d'Albore: Textbook of Melissopalynology, Apimondia Publishing House, Bucharest, Romania. ISBN 973–605–023–8. Ordering address: Apimondia, corso Vittorio Emanuele n. 101, Rome, Italy, Tel:/fax: + +39 6 685 22 86. Price: USD 25.     

A classic compilation

Kurtén, B. 1988: On Evolution and Fossil Mammals . XVII + 301 pp. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0–231–05868–3. Price: USD40.00 (bound).     

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Book reviewed in this issue. Pearcy, R. W., Ehleringer, J., Mooney, H. A. & Rundel P. W. (eds.) 1989. Plant Physiological Ecology. Field Methods and Instrumentation . 457 pp. Chapman and Hall, London and New York. ISBN 0–412–23230–8. Price: USD 110.-.     

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Book reviewed in this issue. Lambers, H., Cambridge, M. L., Konigs, H. & Pons, T. L. (eds.) 1989. Causes and Consequences of Variation in Growth Rate and Productivity of Higher Plants , x + 354 pp. SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague. ISBN 90–5103–033–9. Price: USD 90.00.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Berdowski, J.; Guicherit, R. & Heij, B. 2001. The Climate System. vi + 178 pp. A.A. Balkema Publishers, Lisse, The Netherlands. ISBN 90 5809 255 0 (hardbound). Price: USD 54.00.     

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Abstract. Canham, C.D., Cole, J.J. & Lauenroth, W.K. 2003. Models in ecosystem science. 476 pp. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 0‐691‐09289‐3 (paperback). Price: USD $35.00.