The origin of animal body plans: a study in evolutionary developmental biology, by w. Arthur, and cells, embryos and evolution, by j. Gerhart and m. Kirschner

Cambridge University Press, 1997. $64.95/￡45.00hbk (xii +338 pages) ISBN 0 521 55014 9 Blackwell Science, 1997. $49.50/￡29.50pbk (xi +642 pages) ISBN 0 865 42574 4.     

Ichthyological enthusiasm

Coral Reef Fishes: Caribbean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean including the Red Sea by E. Lieske and R. Myers Princeton University Press, 1996. $35.00 hbk (400 pages) ISBN 0 691 02659 9 Air-Breathing Fishes: Evolution, Diversity, and Adaptation by J.B. Graham Academic Press, 1997. $79.95 hbk (xi+299 pages) ISBN 0 12 294860 2 The Diversity of Fishes by G.S. Helfman, B.B. Collette and D.E. Facey Blackwell, 1997. ￡55.00 hbk (xii+528 pages) ISBN 0 86542 256 7.     

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.     

Induced responses to herbivory by R. Karban and I.T. Baldwin

The University of Chicago Press, 1997. $44.00/￡35.25 hbk, $17.95/￡14.25 pbk (x+320 pages) ISBN 0 226 42495 2/0 226 42496 0.     

Parallel worlds converge

The Nature of Disease in Plants by R.P. Scheffer Cambridge University Press, 1997. ￡45.00/$64.95 hbk (ix +325 pages) ISBN 0 521 48247 X.     

Improving biological control

Nature Wars: People vs. Pests by Mark L. Winston Harvard University Press, 1997. ￡16.50/$24.95 hbk (x +210 pages) ISBN 0 674 60541 1.     

Book Reviews

Autoxidation of Unsaturated Lipids. Edited by H W-S CHAN Academic Press 1987 63 (X + 296 pages) ISBN 0-12-167630-7

Methods of Biochemical Anaylsis. Vol. 33 (Ed. David Glick, John Wiley INTERSCIENCE, 1988).

Free Radicals, Oxidant Stress and Drug Action. Edited by Catherine Rice-Evans The Richelieu Press, London, 1987 455 Pages     

From aapa to zymogeny

A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics (2nd edn) by R. Lincoln, G. Boxshall and P. Clark Cambridge University Press, 1998. ￡50.00 hbk, ￡17.95 pbk (ix+361 pages) ISBN 0 521 59139 2/0 521 43843 X The Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management edited by P. Calow Blackwell Science, 1998. ￡125.00 hbk (xv+805 pages) ISBN 0 86542 838 7.     

The elusive prospect of sustainable forestry

Timber Production and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Rain Forests by A.G. Johns Cambridge University Press, 1997. ￡40.00/$69.95 hbk (xvii+225 pages) ISBN 0 521 57282 7.     

Sustainable development

Perspectives on Global Change: The TARGETS Approach edited by Jan Rotmans and Bert de Vries Cambridge University Press, 1997. ￡40.00/$69.95 hbk (xv+463 pages) ISBN 0 521 62176 3.     

Broccoli and phyletic gradualism

The Evolutionary Biology of Plants by K.J. Niklas University of Chicago Press, 1997. ￡51.95/$65.00 hbk, ￡15.95/$19.95 pbk (xix +449 pages) ISBN 0 226 58082 2/0 226 58083 0.     

Host-parasite evolution: general principles and avian models

edited by D.H. Clayton and J. Moore, Oxford University Press, 1997. pound60.00 (hbk)/ pound25.00 (pbk) (xi+473 pages) ISBN 0 19 854893 1/0 19 854892/3.     

Receding black moths

Melanism: Evolution in Action by Michael E.N. Majerus Oxford University Press, 1998. ￡55.00/$105.00 hbk, ￡23.95/$45.00 pbk (xiii+352 pages) ISBN 0 19 854983 0 / 0 19 854 982 2.     

Book Reviews

An Introduction to Ultracentrifugation T. J. Bowen; Wiley/Interscience, New York, 1970; xviii + 171 pages; soft cover; $6.95.

Electropphoresis D. J. Shaw, Academic Press, New York, 1969; 144 pages, hard cover, $4.95

Methods i n Zone Electrophoresis J. R. Sargent, 2nd Edition, BDH Chemicals Ltd., Poole, England; 1969; 118 pages; hard cover; $7.50     

The lessons of palaeoecology re-taught

Terrestrial Ecosystems in Changing Environments by Herman H. Shugart Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Studies in Ecology), 1998. ￡75.00 hbk, ￡27.95 pbk (xiv+537 pages) ISBN 0 521 56342 9/0 521 56523 5.     

Coping with change

Extreme Environmental Change and Evolution by A.A. Hoffmann and P.A. Parsons Cambridge University Press, 1997. ￡55.00/$74.95 hbk, ￡19.95/$29.95 pbk (xii+259 pages) ISBN 0 521 44107 2/0 521 44659 7.     

Plant Resource Allocation, edited by F.A. Bazzaz and J. Grace

Academic Press, 1997. $84.00 hbk (xi+303 pages) ISBN 0 12 083490 1.     

All in the family

The Evolution of Sibling Rivalry by D.W. Mock and G.A. Parker Oxford University Press, 1998. $120.00 hbk, $55.00 pbk (xiii +464 pages) ISBN 0 19 857743 5/0 19 857744 3.     

A model fish

Sex, Color and Mate Choice in Guppies by Anne E. Houde Princeton University Press, Monographs in Behavior and Ecology, 1997. ￡35.00/$49.50 hbk, ￡14.95/$19.95 pbk (xii +210 pages) ISBN 0 691 02790 0 / 0 691 02789 7.     

Stress response

Global Ecology in Human Perspective by C.H. Southwick Oxford University Press, 1996. ￡16.50 hbk (xxi +392 pages) ISBN 0 19 509867 6 Ecology: A Bridge Between Science and Society by E.P. Odum Sinauer Associates, 1997. ￡17.95 pbk (xiv +330 pages) ISBN 0 87893 630 0.