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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Alternative states in shallow lakes

Ecology of Shallow Lakes by Marten Scheffer Chapman and Hall (Population and Community Biology Series 22), 1998. ￡45.00/$79.65 hbk (xx+357 pages) ISBN 0 412 74920 3.     

Behind the pretty face

Geographic Information Systems in Ecology by Carol A. Johnston Blackwell Science, Methods in Ecology, 1998. ￡29.50 (256 pages) ISBN 0 632 03859 4.     

A tropical rain forest feast

An Introduction to Tropical Rain Forests (2nd edn) by T.C. Whitmore Oxford Science Publications, 1998. ￡45 hbk, ￡19.50 pbk (224 pages) ISBN 0 19 850148 X/0 19 850147 1 Tropical Rain Forest: A Wider Perspective edited by F.B. Goldsmith Chapman and Hall (Conservation Biology Series) 1998. ￡69.00 hbk (xix+416 pages) ISBN 0 412 81510 9 Vanishing Treasures of the Philippine Rain Forest by L.R. Heaney and J.C. Rigalado Jr University of Chicago Press, 1998. ￡19.25/$24.00 pbk (96 pages) ISBN 0 91486819 5.     

Rethinking tropical ecosystem management

Tropical Environments: The Functioning and Management of Tropical Ecosystems by M. Kellman and R. Tackaberry Routledge, 1997. ￡60.00 hbk, ￡18.99 pbk (xix+380 pages) ISBN 0 415 11608 2/0 415 11609 0.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Disciplining molecular evolution

Molecular Evolution by W-H. Li Sinauer, 1997. ￡32.95 hbk (xv+487 pages) ISBN 0 87893 463 4.     

Huxley: Evolution's High Priest by A. Desmond

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

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.     

Hors d'oeuvre

Basic Palaeontology by M. Benton and D. Harper Addison Wesley Longman, 1997. ￡22.99 pbk (xv+342 pages) ISBN 0 582 22857 3.     

Adaptation and natural selection for the masses

Plan and Purpose in Nature by George C. Williams Weidenfeld and Nicholson Press, 1996. ￡11.99 hbk (viii +191 pages) ISBN 0 297 81646 2.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

A lively bustle

Host-Parasite Evolution: General Principles and Avian Models edited by D.H. Clayton and J. Moore Oxford University Press, 1997. ￡25.00 hbk (xiii +473 pages) ISBN 0 198 54892 3.