Buchbesprechungen

Karl Esser: Kryptogamen 1. Cyanobacterien, Algen, Pilze, Flechten. Praktikum und Lehrbuch. Dritte, wesentlich überarbeitete Auflage. 585 S., 300 Abb., Springer‐Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg 2000. Preis: 129.00 DM, ISBN 3–540–66451–3

Jain, S. M., Gupta, R. J., Newton, R. J. (Eds.): Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants. Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht 1999, Vol. 2, 547 S

Vanneste, J. L. (Ed.): FIRE Blight: The Disease and its Causative Agent, Erwinia amylovora. CABI Publishing, CAB International, Oxon, UK, 2000, 370 p., 16 color plates, 38 figures, 25 tables, 6 boxes, Price US$120.00, ISBN 0 85199 294 3

Heitefuss, R. Pflanzenschutz. Grundlagen der praktischen Phytomedi‐zin. 3., neubearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart. 2000, 399 S., 94 Abb., 22 Tab., Preis 49.90 DM, ISBN 313 5133036/650

L. Benzing, Der sachkundige Vorratsschützer. Sachkunde für Anwender und Abgebende von Vorratsschutzmitteln. Agrimedia Spithal, 2000, 158 S., 32 farbige Abb., 14 schwarz ‐ weiße Abb., 23 Tab.. Preis: 78 DM, ISBN 3–86037–115–0     

Book reviews

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.     

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     

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

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.     

Book reviews

CONTRIBUTIONS TO PALEOZOIC PALEONTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY IN HONOR OF ROUSSEAU H. FLOWER. Memoir 44. New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, xiv + 415 pp.

THE DINOSAUR HERESIES: A REVOLUTIONARY VIEW OF DINOSAURS By R.T. Bakker Published by Longman Scientific and Technical, 1987.482 pages. ISBN 0–582–00420–9

DINOSAURS PAST AND PRESENT. Edited by S.J. Czerkas and E.C. Olson. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 1987. Vol. 1, 163 pp., ISBN 0–938644–24–6 (softcover) or 0–295–96541‐X (hardcover); vol. 2, 150 pp., ISBN 0–938644–23–8 (softcover) or 0–295–96570–3 (hardcover).

MESSEL — EIN SCHAUFENSTER IN DIE GESCHICHTE DER ERDE UND DES LEBENS, edited by Stephan Schaal and Willi Ziegler. Verlag Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main, 1988 (Senckenberg‐Buch, 64), 315 pp. ISBN 3–7829–1111–3. 68.‐DM.

EXTINCTION AND SURVIVAL IN THE FOSSIL RECORD, edited by G.P. Larwood. The Systematics Association, Special Volume No. 34. Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), Oxford, 1988, 365pp. 45.     

Book reviews

Patterns of thought in Africa and the West: Essays on magic, religion and science , by Robin Horton. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997. xi, 471pp., figures, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 0–521–36926–6 (paperback).

Women's experiences with HIV/AIDS: An international perspective , edited by Lynellyn D. Long and E. Maxine Ankrah. Columbia University Press, New York, 1996. x, 426pp., tables, references, notes on contributors, index. ISBN 0–231–10605‐X (paperback).

A healing place: Indigenous visions for personal empowerment and community recovery , by Kayleen M. Hazelhurst. Central Queensland University Press, Rockhampton, 1996. xiii, 274pp., notes, illustrations, references. ISBN 0–908140–87–8 (paperback).

Reading the skin: Adornment, display and society among the Wahgi , by Michael O'Hanlon. Crawford House Press, Bathurst, 1989. 139pp., map, photographs, orthography and kinship terms, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 1–86333–003–8 (hardback).

Paradise: Portraying the New Guinea Highlands , by Michael O'Hanlon. Crawford House Press, Bathurst, 1993. 99pp., maps, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 1–86333–078‐X (paperback).

To sing with pigs is human: The concept of person in Papua New Guinea , by Jane C. Goodale. University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1995. xvi, 269pp., map, tables, figure, musical scores, photographs, bibliography, index. ISBN 0–295–94736–2 (paperback).

Resplendent sites, discordant voices: Sri Lankans and international tourism , by Malcolm Crick. Harwood Academic Publishers, Chur, 1994. x, 237pp., maps, tables, photographs, bibliography, index. ISBN 3–7186–5564–0 (hardback).

Impasse of the angels: Scenes from a Moroccan space of memory , by Stefania Pandolfo. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997. xi, 389pp., photograph, notes, index. ISBN 0–226–64532–0 (paperback).

Mal'uocchiu: Ambiguity, evil eye, and the language of distress , by Sam Migliore. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1997. xiv, 159pp., tables, figures, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 0–8020–7922–9 (paperback).

Satmar: Two generations of an urban island: The life, thought and culture of an Hasidic Jewish community in America , by Israel Rubin. Peter Lang, New York, 1997. xii, 341pp., tables, figures, notes, index. ISBN 0–8204–0759–3 (hardback).

UFO crash at Roswell: The genesis of a modern myth , by Benson Saler, Charles A. Ziegler and Charles B. Moore. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC, 1997. xii, 198pp., maps, tables, figures, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 1–56098–751–0 (hardback).     

Fish migration and exploitation in the Amazon

The Catfish Connection: Ecology, Migration and Conservation of Amazonian Predators by R. Barthem and M. Goulding Columbia University Press, 1997. ￡36.00 hbk (xvi+144 pages) ISBN 0 231 10832 X So Fruitful a Fish: Ecology, Conservation, and Aquaculture of the Amazon's Tambaqui by C. Araujo-Lima and M. Goulding Columbia University Press, 1997. ￡36.00 hbk (xii+191 pages) ISBN 0 231 10830 3.     

‘Neither cargo nor cult…’

Neither cargo nor cult: Ritual politics and the colonial imagination in Fiji, by Martha Kaplan. Duke University Press, Durham NC, 1995. ISBN 0–8223–1593–9.     

Book review

National Research Council. Dolphins and the Tuna Industry: A Report of the National Academy of Sciences on Reducing Dolphin Mortality from Tuna Fishing. 1992. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. 176 pp. ISBN 0–309–04735–8. $22.95.     

Books

Books reviewed in this article: Balthazart , J. (ed.) 1989. Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology Boles , W.E. 1989. The Robins and Flycatchers of Australia. Brown , L. & Downhower , J.F. 1988. Analyses in Behavioral Ecology. Cade , T.J., Enderson , J.H., Thelander , C.G. & White , C.M. (eds) 1988. Campbell , T.W. 1988. Avian Hematology and Cytology. Clark , G. 1988. The Totorore Voyage. Cocker , M. 1989. Richard Meinertzhagen: Soldier, Scientist and Spy. Eklund , M.W. & Dowell , V.R. Jr. (eds) 1987. Avian Botulism, an International Perspective. Goodman , S.M. & Meininger , P.L. (eds) 1989. The Birds of Egypt. Harris , A., Tucker , L. & Vinicombe , K. 1989. The Macmillan Field Guide to Bird Identification. Houde , P.W. 1988. Palaeognathus Birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere. Klemm , W. & Kohl , S. 1988. Studia Transylvanica Vol. 8 Koenig , W.D. & Mumme , R.L. 1987. Population Ecology of the Cooperatively Breeding Acorn Woodpecker. Monographs in Population Biology 24. Pp. xiii + 435. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. US$55.00 (hbk), ISBN 0–691–08422-X; $16.95 (pbk), ISBN 0–691–08464–5. Montevecchi , W.A. & Tuck , L.M. 1987. Newfoundland Birds: Exploitation, Study, Conservation. Moore , N.W. 1987. The Bird of Time. The Science and Politics of Nature Conservation. Mountfort , G. 1988. Rare Birds of the World. A Collins/ICBP Handbook. Repetto , R. & Gillis Jennifer J. Johnson Round , P.D. 1988. Resident Forest Birds in Thailand: Their Status and Conservation. Shawyer , C.R. 1987. The Barn Owl in the British Isles: its Past, Present and Future. Schuiz , H. 1988. Weißstorchzug. Ökologie, Gefährdung und Schutz des Weißstorchs in Afrika und Nahost. Skutch , A.F. 1989. Life of the Tanager. Slobodchikoff , C.N. (ed.) 1988. The Ecology of Social Behavior. Somerset Ornithological Society . 1988. Birds of Somerset. Soulé , M.E. (ed.) 1987. Viable Populations for Conservation.     

Book reviews

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     

Mambu phone home

Mambu: A Melanesian millennium, by Kenelm Burridge. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1995 [reprinting of original 1960 edition with new preface]. 296pp., appendices, index. ISBN 0–691–00166–9 (paperback).     

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.     

Cargo cults everywhere?

Cargo cult: Strange stories of desire from Melanesia and beyond, by Lamont Lindstrom. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1993. xiv, 247pp., references, index, maps and photos. ISBN 0–8248–1563–7 (paperback).     

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     

Beziehungen Zwischen der Renalen Allantoin-Ausscheidung und der Infusion Verschiedener Substanzen in den Labmagen von Hammeln

Proceedings of the Society of Nutrition Physiology, J. Pallauf (Ed.), DLG‐Verlag, Frankfurt (Main), Vol. 8, 1999. 172 pp, softcover, price: 46,‐ DM plus postage, ISBN 3–7690–4092–0. Available from the DLG‐Verlag, Eschborner Landstraße 122, D 60489 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.     

Book review

Making up the toolkit for marine conservation science Elliott A. Norse & Larry B. Crowder, Editors (2005), Marine Conservation Biology. The Science of Maintaining the Sea's Biodiversity. Island Press, Washington, 2005, 470 pp. ISBN 1559636610 (hardback) $89.95, and 1559636629 (paperback) $49.95, http: //www.islandpress.org/     

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