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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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Grazing in Terrestrial and Marine Environments (British Ecological Society Symposium No. 4). Edited by D. J. C risp
Fundamentals of Botany Series . Edited by W. A. J ensen and L. G. K avaljian
Multivariate Statistical Analysis for Biologists . By H ilary S eal
Differenciation des Cellules Sexuelles et Eécondation chez les Cryptogames (Protoplasmatologia , Vol. VII/3b). By B. V azart
Allgemeine Botanik . By W. N ultsch
Piante Medicinali, Chimica, Farmacologia e Terapia . Vol. II. By R. B enigni , C. C apra and P. E. C attorini
Thermophilic Fungi . By D onald G. C ooney and R alph E merson
The Genera of Flowering Flants (Angiospermae). Based Principally on the Genera Plantarum of G. Bentham and J. D. Hooker. Dicotyledones . vol. 1. By J. H utchinson
Algal Cultures and Phytoplankton Ecology . By G. E. F ogg
Flora Europaea, Vol . 1. Eycopodiaceae to Plantanaceae . Edited by T. G. T utin , V. H. H eywood , N. A. B urges , D. H. V alentine , S. M. W alters and D. A. W ebb
The Biology of the Algae . By F. E. R ound
Flora of the British Isles Illustrations . Part 4. Monocotyledons . Drawings by S ybil J. R oles
Plants and the Ecosystem . By W. D. B illings . (Fundamentals of Botany Series, edited by W. A. J ensen and L. G. K avaljian
Essays on Crop Evolution . Edited by S ir J oseph H utchinson     

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Book reviewed in this article: Social Anthropology . By Godfrey Lienhardt Rethinking Anthropology . By E. R. Leach Societies: Evolutionary and Comparative Perspectives . By Talcott Parsons Kinship and Family Organization . Bernard Farber The Impact of Urbanization in By G. Breese . Societies Series. Cliffs, N.J., 1965. Paperbound, no price stated. Industry. By W. E. Moore; Newly Developing Countries The Hunters . By Elman R. Service The New Guinea Villager . By C. D. Rowley. F. W. Cheshire Behind the Ranges : Patrolling in New Guinea. By J. P. Sinclair Australian Aboriginal Portraits . By Charles P. Mountford Animal Species and Their Evolution . By A. J. Cain The Concise Encyclopadia of Archaeology . Edited by Leonard Cottrell Archaeology: An Introduction . By Clement W. Meighan Marine Archaeology . Edited by Joan du Plat Taylor The Land of Shinar . By Leonard Cottrell Ancient Europe : A Survey. By Stuart Piggott The North Britons : the Prehistory of a Border People. By Richard Feachem The Hardin Village Site . By Lee H. Hanson Pattern and Process in the Early Intermediate Pottery of the Central Coast of Peru . By Thomas C. Patterson     

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Food Microbiology (1978). W. C. Frazier and D. C. Westcoff.
Microbial Interactions (1977). Edited by J. L. Reissig.
CRC Handbook Series In Clinical Laboratory Science (1977). Editor-in-Chief, D. Seligson. Section E: Clinical Microbiology, Volume I. Edited by A. von Graevenitz.
Nitrogen Fixation (1978). John Postgate, F.R.S. 67 pp. Institute of Biology.
Methods Of Cultivating Parasites In Vitro (1978). A. E. R. Taylor and J. R. Baker.
Viruses And Trace Contaminants In Water And Wastewater (1977). Edited by J. A. Borchardt, J. K. Cleland, W. J. Redman and G. Oliver.     

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Nature's Second Kingdom. By F. D elaporte . Translated by Arthur Goldhammer.
Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology , New Series, Volume 10. Hormonal regulation of development II. The functions of hormones from the level of the cell to the whole plant. Edited by T. K. S cott .
Cell Culture and Somatic Cell Genetics of Plants , Volume 1. Laboratory procedures and their applications. Edited by I. K. V asil .
Databases in Systematics. Edited by R. A llkin and F. A. B isby .
Plant Chemosystematics. By J. B. H arborne and B. L. T urner .
Current Concepts in Plant Taxonomy. Edited by V. H. H eywood and D. M. M oore .
Introduction to Principles of Plant Taxonomy. By V. V. S ivarajan .
Our Green and Living World: The Wisdom to Save It. By E. S. A yensu , V. H. H eywood , G.L. L ucas and R. A. D efillips .
Lipids in Plants and Microbes. By J. L. H arwood and N. J. R ussell .
The Role of Terrestrial Vegetation in the Global Carbon Cycle: Measurement by Remote Sensing. Edited by G. M. W oodwell .
Chromosomes Today , Volume 8. Edited by M. D. B ennett , A. G ropp and U. W olf .     

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Atlas of Mapped Distributions of Dominance and Modern Pollen Percentages for Important Tree Taxa of Eastern North America . By P. A. D elcourt , H. R. D elcourt and T. W ebb III.
New Manual of Bryology. Volume 1. Edited by R. M. S chuster .
The Ecology and Physiology of the Fungal Mycelium. Edited by D. H. J ennings and A. D. M. R ayner .
Isotopes and Radiation in Agricultural Sciences. Edited by M. E. L'A nnunziata and J. O. L egg .
The Physiology of Flowering Plants : their growth and development . Third edition. By H. E. S treet and H. Ö pik .
Reconstructing Quaternary Environments. By J. J. L owe and M. J. C. W alker .
European Mires. Edited by P. M oore .
Compartments in Algal Cells and Their Interaction. (Proceedings in Life Sciences Series.) Edited by W. W iessner , D. G. R obinson and R. C. S tarr .
Chloroplast Metabolism. By B arry H alliwell .
Flooding and Plant Growth. Ed. by T. T. K ozlowski .
Mode of Action of Antifungal Agents. Ed. by A. P. J. T rinci and J. F. R yley .
Disease Resistance in Plants. By J. E. V anderplank .     

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Methods in Microbiology, Edited by C. Booth. Series Editors, J. R. Norris & D. W. Ribbons
Methods in Microbiology, Edited by J. R. Norris & D. W. Ribbons
Microbial Ecology, 1971. Martin Alexander
Einführung in die Industrielle Mikrobiologie, 1971. H. J. Rehm. Heidelberger Taschenbücher
Soil Micro-organisms, 1971. T. R. G. Gray & S. T. Williams     

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CLONING AGRICULTURAL PLANTS VIA IN VITRO TECHNIQUES . Edited by B. V. C onger
EFFECTS OF HEAVY METAL POLLUTION ON PLANTS. VOLUME 1. EFFECTS OF TRACE METALS ON PLANT FUNCTION (352 pp.). VOLUME 2. METALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT (257 pp.). Edited by N. W. L epp
STOMATAL PHYSIOLOGY . Edited by P. G. J arvis AND T. A. M ansfield
DEVELOPMENTS IN PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCES. VOLUME 3. CARBON AND NITROGEN METABOLISM . Edited by J. D. B ewley
ECOLOGICAL STUDIES. VOLUME 36. PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN PLANT ECOLOGY. TOWARD A SYNTHESIS WITH ATRIPLEX , By C. B. O smond , O. B jörkman and D. J. A nderson
PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES LIMITING PLANT PRODUCTIVITY . Edited By C. B. J ohnson
MATHEMATICS AND PLANT PHYSIOLOGY . Edited by D. A. R ose and D. A. C harles -E dwards
BIOSYNTHESIS OF ISOPRENOID COMPOUNDS, VOLUME 1 . Edited by J. W. P ortkr and S. L. S purgeon
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PLANT ROOTS . Edited by R. B rouwhr , O. G apaiuková , J. K olek & B. C. L oughman
THE CELL CYCLE (Society for Experimental Biology, Seminar Series No. 10). Edited by P. C. L. J ohn     

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Infectious Diseases: Diagnoses and Management (1980). Edited by T. T. Yoshikawa, A. W. Chow and L. B.
Bacterial Adherence. Receptors and Recognition Series B, Volume 6 (1980). Edited by E. H. Beachey.
Quantitative Aquatic Biological Indicators (1980). D. J. H. Phillips.
The Laboratory Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis (1980). D. G. Fleck and W. Kwantes.
Oral Microbiology (1980). P. Marsh. 88 pp. Ontario: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd.
Plasmids and Transposons. Environmental Effects and Maintenance Mechanisms (1980). Edited by C. Stuttard and K. R. Rozee.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
INORGANIC PLANT NUTRITION. Edited by A. L äuchli & R. L. B ieleski
HANDBOOK OF PLANT CELL CULTURE. VOL. I. TECHNIQUES FOR PROPAGATION AND BREEDING. Edited by D. A. E vans , W. R. S harp , P. V. A mmirato & Y. Y amada
TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. Edited by J. M. W alker & W. G aastra
THE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF GIBBERELLINS, VOLS I AND II. Edited by A lan C rozier
AZOSPIRILLUM II. Edited by W. K lingmuller
MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN AGRICULTURE. By J. F rance & J. H. M. T hornley
GENETIC ENGINEERING: APPLICATIONS TO AGRICULTURE. Edited by L. O wens
ALGAL SYMBIOSIS. Edited by L ynda J. G off     

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Bumblebees. By D. V. A lford
Stick and Leaf Insects. By J. T. C lark
The World of the Honeybee. By C olin G. B utler . Third edition
The Biology of Tribolium with Special Emphasis on Genetic Aspects. By A. S okoloff
The Use of Genetics in Insect Control. Edited by R. P al and M. J. W hitten     

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Plant Molecular Biology. Molecular Genetic Analysis of Plant Development and Metabolism. Ed. by G loria C oruzzi & P ere P uigdomégnech
Vacuum Methods in Electron Microscopy. By W. C. B igelow . Practical Methods in Electron Microscopy. Vol 15. Series Editor: Audrey M. G lauert .
The Fungi. By M ichael J. C arlile & S arah C. W atkinson .
Aspects of Tropical Mycology. Symposium of the British Mycological Society held at the University of Liverpool, April 1992. Edited by S. I saac , J. C. F rankland , R. W atling & A. J. S. W halley .
Belalong, A Tropical Rainforest. By T he E arl O f C ranbrook & D avid S. E dwards .
Ecology and Management of Invasive Riverside Plants. Ed. by L. C. D e W aal , L. E. C hild , P. M. W ade & J. H. B rock     

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East African Monographs in Biology Vol. 2: 'The Ruminant Stomach'. By R. R. Hoffmann.
East African Vegetation. By E. M. Lind and M. E. S. Morrison.
Mammals of East and Central Africa. By R. M. B ere
Wild Cats of the World. By C. A. W. G uggisberg
Elephants and Their Habitats; The Ecology of Elephants in North Bunyoro, Uganda. By R. M. L aws , I. S. C. P arker & R. C. B. J ohnstone
Hyaena. By H ans K ruuk
The Biology of Hystricomorph Rodents. Edited by I. W. Rowlands & Barbara J. Weir
Handy Matrices. By C. J. P ennycuick     

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Book reviewed in this article:
P arasitology in F ocus : F acts and T rends (1988). Edited by H. Mehlman.
C olour A tlas for the D iagnosis of B acterial P athogens in A nimals (1988). Edited by W. Bisping & G. Amtsberg.
R ole of G ut F lora in T oxicity and C ancer (1988). By I.R. Rowland.
A naerobes T oday (1988). Edited by J.M. Hardie & S.P. Bordello.
T he R elease of G enetically -E ngineered M icro -O rganisms (1988). Edited by M. Sussman, C.H. Collins, F.A. Skinner & D.E. Stewart-Tull.
M icrobial T echnology in the D eveloping W orld (1988). Edited by E.J. Dasilva, Y.R. Dommergues, E.J. Nyns & C. Ratledge.
M icrobial L ipids Volume 1 (1988). Edited by C. Ratledge & S.G. Wilkinson.     

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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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HACCP: A P ractical A pproach (1994). By S. Mortimore and C. Wallace.
M olecular B iology of A rchaea (1994). Edited by F. Pfeiffer, P. Palm and K.-H. Schleifer.
R otaviruses (1994). Edited by R.F. Ramig.
P ower U nseen : H ow M icrobes R ule the W orld (1994). By B. Dixon.
V iruses and C ancer (1994). Edited by A. Minson, J. Niel and M. McCrae.
W ater M icrobiology (1994). By G. Bitton.
H andbook for R hizobia : M ethods in L egume - Rhizobium T echnology (1994). By P. Somasegaran and H.J. Hoben.
S tatistics and E xperimental D esign : A n I ntroduction for B iologists and B iochemists (1994). 3rd Edition. By G.M. Clarke
P rinciples of G ene M anipulation : A n I ntroduction to G enetic E ngineering (1994). 5th Edition. By R.W. Old and S.B. Primrose.
R espiratory I nfections : D iagnosis and M anagement (1994). Third edition. Edited by J.E. Pennington.
O bstetric and G ynecologic I nfectious D isease (1994). Edited by J.G. Pastorek II.
M olecular G enetics of B acteria (1994). 2nd Edition. By J.W. Dale.
B acterial P athogenesis : P art A: I dentification and R egulation of V irulence F actors (1994). Methods in Enzymology, Volume 235. Edited by V.L. Clark and P.M. Bavoil
B acterial P athogenesis : P art B: I nteraction of P athogenic B acteria with H ost C ells (1994). Methods in Enzymology, Volume 236. Edited by V.L. Clark and P.M. Bavoil.
M ononuclear P hagocytes : B iology of M onocytes and M acrophages (1992). Edited by R. van Furth.     

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Salt Marshes and Salt Deserts of the World . By V. J. C hapman . Edited by N. P olunin .
The Measurement of Grassland Productivity . Proceedings of the University of Nottingham Sixth Easter School in Agricultural Science. Edited by Professor J. D. I vins
Intermediary Metabolism in Plants . By D. D. D avies .
Nomenclature of Plants . A Text for the Application by the Case Method of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. By H arold S t . J ohn .
Biological Clocks . Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology.
A Taxonomic Revision of the Humiriaceae . By J. C uatrecasas .
Models and Analogues in Biology . Fourteenth Symposium of the Society for Experimental Biology.
Encyclopaedia of Plant Physiology. Vol. XI, Parts 1 and 2. Edited by W. R uhland .
Protoplasmatologia. Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung , Vol. II, C8d. Permeabilitäts-theorien . By V. W artiovaara and R. C ollander .
Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie . Edited by W. R uhland . Volume V: The Assimilation of Carbon Dioxide.
Die Pflanzenwelt der Tschechoslovakei . Ergebnisse der 12. internationalen pflanzengeo-graphischen Excursion (IPE) durch die Tschechoslovakei, 1958. Edited by W erner L üdi .
Macromolecular Complexes . Edited by M. V. E dds , J r .
Trace Elements in Plants . By W. S tiles .     

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Recent Advances in Anaerobic Bacteriology (1987). Edited by S.P. Borriello, J.M. Hardie, B.S. Drasar, B.I. Duerden, M.J. Hudson & R.J. Lysons.
Current Topics in Medical Mycology (1988). Volume 2. Edited by M.R. McGinnis
Advances in Biotechnological Processes Vol. 6 (1986). Edited by Avshalom Mizrahi
The Health Service Use of Ethylene Oxide Sterilization. Edited by G.A.J. Ayliffe, N.F. Cripps, C.E.A. Deverill & R.H. George
Biotechnology of Waste Treatment and Exploitation (1987). Edited by John M. Sidwick & Roger S. Holdom
Animal Cell Technology, Principles and Products (1987). By M. Butler
Methods in Aquatic Bacteriology (1988). Edited by B. Austin
Homeostatic Mechanisms in Microorganisms (1988). Edited by R. Whittenbury, G.W. Gould, J.G. Banks & R.G. Board
Lecture Notes on Medical Virology (1987). By D.J. Jeffries
Urinary Tract Infections (1987). By J.R. Dalton & E.J. Bergquist
Quality Control and Assurance in Clinical Laboratories (1988). Edited by A.D. Farr
Disinfection in Veterinary and Farm Animal Practice (1987). Edited by A.H. Linton, W.B. Hugo & A.D. Russell     

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Book Reviewed in this article Ecological Studies—Analysis and Synthesis, Volume 43. Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems—the Role of Nutrients Edited by F. J. Kruger, D. T. Mitchell and J. U. M. Jarvis Insect Ecology E. G. Mathews and R. L. Kitching Donald Thompson's Mammals and Fishes of Northern Australia Edited and annotated by Joan M. Dixon and Linda Huxley Grasses. A Guide to their Structure, Identification, Uses and Distribution in the British Isles. 3rd edition C. E. Hubbard, revised by J. C. E. Hubbard Soil Salinity Under Irrigation. Ecological Studies Number 51 Edited by I. Shainberg and J. Shalhevet Nothofagus cunninghamii (Southern Beech) Vegetation in Australia. Australian Flora and Fauna Series, Number 1 John R. Busby Sandy Beaches as Ecosystems. Developments in Hydrobiology 19 Edited by A. McLachlan and T. Erasmus, Dr W. Junk BV     

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B asic B iotechnology . A S tudent's G uide (1987). Edited by P. Prave, U. Faust, W. Sittig & D.A. Sukatsch.
B acteria AS P lant P athogens (1987). By Eve Billing.
B iotechnology. A C omprehensive T reatise I n 8 V olumes .
C urrent T opics I n M icrobiology A nd I mmunology 136: T he M olecular B iology O f B acterial V irus S ystems (1988). Edited by G. Hobom & R. Rott.
G enetic B iochemistry : F rom G ene T o P rotein (1988). By J. Etienne-Decant.
I ntracellular B acteria : C urrent T opics I n M icrobiology A nd I mmunology N o.
P roceedings O f T he 8TH I nternational B iotechnology S ymposium P aris 1988 (1989). Edited by G. Durand, L. Bobichon & J. Florent. Vol.
B iological W aste T reatment (1989). Edited by A. Mizrahi.
I n V itro T echniques I n R esearch (1989). Edited by J.W. Payne.
B loodstream I nfections : L aboratory D etection A nd C linical C onsiderations (1989). By C.L. Strand & J.A. Shulman.
M etal -M icrobe I nteraction (1989). Edited by Robert K. Poole & Geoffrey M. Gadd.
B iochemistry O f A ntimicrobial A ction (1989). By T.J. Franklin & G.A. Snow.
T heory A nd A pplication O f M icrobial A ssay (1989). By W. Hewitt & S. Vincent.