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.     

Measuring richness and evenness

Surveying Natural Populations by L-A.C. Hayek and M.A. Buzas Columbia University Press, 1997. $69.00/￡48.00 hbk, $28.00/￡19.00 pbk (xvi+563 pages) ISBN 0 231 10240 2/0 231 10241 0.     

Tropical ecology in miniature

The Butterflies of Costa Rica and their Natural History. Volume II: Riodinidae. by P.J. DeVries Princeton University Press, 1997. $90.00/￡70.00 hbk, $29.95/￡23.95 pbk (xxvii+288 pages) ISBN 0 691 02890 7 / 0 691 02889 3.     

Wetland history

Wetlands of the American Midwest: A Historical Geography of Changing Attitudes by Hugh Prince The University of Chicago Press (University of Chicago Geography Research Papers), 1997. $21.00/￡16.75 pbk (xiii+395 pages) ISBN 0 226 68283 8.     

Two books in one: natural history and evolutionary theory

Evolutionary Ecology across Three Trophic Levels: Goldenrods, Gallmakers and Natural Enemies by W.G. Abrahamson and A.E. Weis Princeton University Press, Monographs in Population Biology, 1997. $29.95/￡24.95 hbk (xiii+456 pages) ISBN 0 691 01208 3.     

Haunted hypotheses

American Pronghorn: Social Adaptations and the Ghosts of Predators Past by J.A. Byers The University of Chicago Press, 1998. $70.00/￡55.95 hbk, $23.95/￡19.25 pbk (xviii+300 pages) ISBN 0 226 08698 4/0 226 08699 2.     

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.     

Designer snails

The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells (2nd edn) by Hans Meinhardt Springer-Verlag, 1998. DM89.00/$54.95/￡34.00 hbk (xi+236 pages) ISBN 3 540 63919 5.     

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.     

Island cultures and ecosystems: down with harmony, up with pondfields

Historical Ecology in the Pacific Islands edited by Patrick V. Kirch and Terry L. Hunt Yale University Press, 1997. $30.00 hbk (xvii+331 pages) ISBN 0 300 06603 1.     

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.     

The cancer genome revealed

Human Cytogenetic Cancer Markersedited by Sandra R. Wolman and Stewart Sell, Humana Press, 1997. US $125.00 (xii+484 pages) ISBN 0 89603 357 0     

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.     

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.     

Helicobacter exposed

Helicobacter pylori Protocolsedited by C.L. Clayton and H.L. Mobley, Humana Press, 1997. Hardback US $89.50 (xiii+274 pages) ISBN 0 896 033 813     

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.     

Huxley: Evolution's High Priest by A. Desmond

Michael Joseph, 1997. ￡20.00 hbk (xiv+370 pages) ISBN 0 7181 38821.     

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.