Miocene monkey beds

Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics: The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia edited by R.F. Kay et al. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. ￡62.50 hbk (xvi +592 pages) ISBN 1 56098 4 18 X.     

Book Reviews

Anthropology Explored: The Best of Smithsonian AnthroNotes. Edited by Ruth Osterweis Selig. Marilyn R. London; illustrated by Robert L. Humphrey. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. 1998. 348 pp. (hardcover) $35. ISBN: 1-56098-763-4; (paperback) $17.95. ISBN: 1-56098-790-1.

Art in Chemistry: Chemistry in Art. Barbara R. Greenberg and Dianna Patterson. Englewood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press. 1998. 259 pp. (paperback) $26.50. ISBN: 1-56308-487-2.

Teacher's Weather Sourcebook. Tom Konvicka. Englewood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press. 1999. 321 pp. (paperback) $25. ISBN: 1-56308-488-0.

Transforming Middle School Science Education. Paul de Hart Hurd. New York: Teachers College. 2000. $19.95. ISBN: 0-8077-3922-7.

Plays of Exploration and Discovery for Grades 4-6. L. E. McCullough. Lyme, N.H.: Smith and Kraus. 1999. 157 pp. (paperback) $14.95. ISBN: 1-575-25113-2.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Incidence and costs of severe hypoglycaemia requiring attendance by the emergency medical services in South Central England

Aims The aim was to estimate the incidence of severe hypoglycaemia requiring emergency ambulance assistance, its management and associated costs. Methods A retrospective observational study used routinely collected data for a 1-year period from December 2009 to November 2010 from the South Central Ambulance Service National Health Service Trust, UK. The main outcome was episodes reported by ambulance personnel and costs were estimated from published data. Results During the 1-year study period, 398?409 emergency calls were received, of which 4081 (1.02%) were coded as hypoglycaemia. The overall numbers (and annual rate) of hypoglycaemia recorded among people ≥?15?years with presumed diabetes was 3962 (2.1%), but for those aged 15-35?years was 516 (7.5%) and for those aged ≥?65?years was 1886 (1.9%). Of those attended, 1441 (35.3%) were taken to hospital. The estimated total cost of initial ambulance attendance and treatment at scene was ￡553?000; if transport to hospital was necessary, the additional ambulance costs were ￡223?000 plus emergency department costs of ￡140?000; and the cost of primary care follow-up was estimated as ￡61?000. The average cost per emergency call was ￡263. The estimated annual cost of emergency calls for severe hypoglycaemia is ￡13.6m for England. Conclusions Our estimates suggest prevalence of severe hypoglycaemia attended by the emergency services is high in younger age groups and lower for older age groups, although the absolute numbers of severe events in older age groups contribute substantially to the overall costs of providing emergency assistance for hypoglycaemia.     

Palaeoichthyology

History of the Coelacanth Fishes by P.L. Forey Chapman & Hall, 1998. ￡99.00 hbk (xiii+419 pages) ISBN 412 784807.     

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 last of the Nomads. the last of the Ethnographies or “All Anthropologists are Liars”

Pintupi Country, Pintupi Self; Sentiment, Place, and Politics Among Western Desert Aborigines. By Fred R. Myers. Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington and Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra, 1986. Pp. 7+334; black and white diagrams. $32.95 (hard cover). ISBN 0–85575–171–1 hard cover — AIAS); ISBN 0–87474–690–0 (hard cover —Smithsonian).     

Natural CO(2) springs: obstacle or opportunity?

Plant Responses to Elevated Carbon Dioxide: Evidence from Natural Springs edited by A. Raschi, F. Miglietta, R. Tognetti and P.R. van Gardingen Cambridge University Press, 1997. ￡40.00/$69.95 hbk (xiv+272 pages) ISBN 0 521 58203 2.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Reflections of a Culture Broker: A View from the Smithsonian

Reflections of. Culture Broker:. View from the Smithsonian. Richard Kurin. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. 315 pp.     

Anthropology Explored: The Best of Smithsonian AnthroNotes

Anthropology Explored: The Best of Smithsonian AnthroNotes. Ruth Osterweis Selig and Marilyn R. London, eds. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998. 348 pp.     

Anthropology Explored: The Best of Smithsonian AnthroNotes.

Anthropology Explored: The Best of Smithsonian AnthroNotes. Ruth Osterweis Selig and Marilyn R. London. eds. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998. 348 pp.     

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.     

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.