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The Biology of the Tardigrades, by Ian M. Kinchin
Oecophorine Genera of Australia, Vol 1 The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). Monographs on Australia Lepidoptera 3, by Ian F. B. Common
Parasitoids. Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology, by H. C. J. Godfray
Predation and Defence amongst Reptiles, by J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson
The Hawkmoths of the Western Palaearctic, by A. R. Pittaway
The Brackish Water Fauna of Northwestern Europe, by R. S. K. Barnes
Fishes of the World, by Joseph S. Nelson     

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The Individual in Darwin's World, by S. J. Gould.
The Units of Evolution. Essays on the Nature of Species, edited by M; Ereshefsky.
Evolutionary Biology of Aging, by M. R. Rose
Genetic and Ecological Diversity, by L. M. Cook.
Evolutionary Genetics and Environmental Stress, by A. A. Hoffmann and P. A. Parsons.
Sodium Hunger, by J. Schulkin.
Practical Taxonomic Computing, by R. J. Pankhurst.     

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Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with Reference to some Pacific and Western Atlantic Species, Volume 3, edited by Isabella A. Abbott
Conservation of Medicinal Plants edited by Olayiwola Akerele, Vernon Heywood & Hugh Synge
Introduction to Floriculture, 2nd Ed., edited by R. A. Larson
Plant Membranes: A Biophysical Approach to Structure, Development and Senescence by Ya'acov Y. Leshem
The Ecology o/Fynbos, edited by R. Cowling
A Dictionary of Plant Pathology, by P. Holliday
7th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration 13 April to 31 July 1992. Catalogue by James J. White & Autumn M. Farole
Plant Growth: interactions with nutrition and environment, edited by J. R. Porter & D. W. Lawlor
Response of Plants to Multiple Stresses, edited by H. A. Mooney, W. E. Winner & E. J. Pell
Pollen and Spores: Patterns of Diversification, edited by S. Blackmore and S. H. Barnes
International Checklist for Hyacinths and Miscellaneous Bulbs, edited by J. van Scheepen
Atlas Florae Europaeae, 9 (Paeoniaceae to Capparaceae), edited by Jaakko Jalas & Juha Suominen
Nitrogen fixation, edited by M. Polsinelli, R. Materassi & M. Vincenzini
Crucifers of Great Britain and Ireland, by T.C.G. Rich
Micropropagation: Technology and Application, edited by P. C. Debergh & R. H. Zimmerman
Phytochemical Induction by Herbivores, edited by D. W. Tallamy & M. J. Raupp
Pattern Formation in Plant Tissues, by T. Sachs
Introduction to the Principles of Plant Taxonomy, 2nd ed, by V. V. Sivarajan (edited by N. K. B. Robson)
Signal Perception and Transduction in Higher Plants, edited by R. Ranjeva & A. M. Boudet
Plant Growth Substances 1988, edited by R. P. Pharis & S. B. Rood
Gibberellins, edited by N. Takahashi, B.O. Phinney & J. MacMillan     

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Life Among the Scientists. An anthropological study of an Australian scientific community, by Max Charlesworth, Lyndsay Farrall, Terry Stokes and David Turnbull.
Carnivore Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution, edited by John L. Gittleman.
Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology, Volume 6, edited by P. H. Harvey and L. Partridge.
The Malay Archipelago, by Alfred Russel Wallace, with an introduction by John Bastin.
Microbial Products: New Approaches, edited by S. Baumberg, I. S. Hunter & M. Rhodes.
Life at the Edge: Readings from Scientific American Magazine, edited by James L. Gould and Carol L. Gould.
Theoretical Population Genetics, by J. S. Gale.
Speciation and its Consequences, edited by Daniel Otte and John A. Endler.
Island Africa, The Evolution of Africa's Rare Animals and Plants, by Jonathan Kingdon.     

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Ecophysiology of the Camelidae and Desert Ruminants, by Richard T. Wilson
Paleontology of Vertebrates, by Jean Chaline
The Tettigoniidae: Biology, Systematics and Evolution, edited by W. T. Bailey and D. C. F. Rentz
Behaviour of Pinnipeds, edited by D. Renouf
Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 5, edited by D. W. Macdonald, D. Muller-Schwarze and S. E. Natynczuk
The Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae), edited by A. Maitland Emmet & the late John Heath
Heterotypical Behaviour in Man and Animals, edited by M. Haug, P. F. Brain and C. Aron
Insect Life Cycles, Genetics, Evolution and Co-ordination, edited by F. Gilbert.
Grasshoppers and Allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland, by J. A. Marshall and E. C. M. Haes     

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The Diatoms–Biology and Morpology of the Genera, by F. E. Round, R. M. Crawford and D. G. Mann.
The Control of Eutrophication of Lakes and Reservoirs, edited by S.-O. Ryding and W. Rast.
An Amazonian Rain Forest, edited by C. F. Jordan. Vol. 2 in Man and the Biosphere Series. Carnforth, Lanes., U.K.
Exploiting the Tropical Rain Forest, edited by D. Lamb, Vol. 3 in Man and the Biosphere Series. Carnforth, Lanes
Biological Control of Microbial Plant Pathogens, by R. Campbell. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Aquatic Plant Book, by C. D. K. Cook. The Hague, The Netherlands: SPB Academic Publishing     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Evolutionary Trends in Plants
A Preliminary, Verafied List of Plant Collectors in Mexico by Irving W. Knobloch. Phytologia Memoirs
An Evolutionary Basis for Pollination Ecology by S. C. Willemstein.
Flora of Lough Neagh , by John Harron with the assistance of Brian S. Rushton
Biologically Active Natural Products , edited by K. Hostettmann & P. J. Lea.
La vegetacion en el Pais Valenciana , by Manuel Costa
W. J. Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles: Supplement , by D. L. Clarke
Domestication of Plants in the Old World , by Daniel Zohary & Maria Hopf     

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The Paleobiology of Trace Fossils, edited by Donovan, S. K. John Wiley & Sons
Biological Systematics. The State of the Art, by A. Minelli.
The Portable Darwin, by Porter, D. M. and Graham, P. W. Penguin
Ecological Understanding. The Nature of Theory and the Theory of Mature, by Pickett, S. T. A., Kolasa, J. and Jones
Community Ecology, by R. J. Putman.
Volcanism and Early Terrestrial Biotas. Eds Rofle, Clarkson and Panchen.
Burr FA, Evert RF. 1982. A cytochemical study of the wound-healing proteins in Bryopsis hypnoides.
Gould SJ. 1989. Wonderful life: the Burgess Shale and the nature of history.
Dow MM, Cheverud JM, Rhoads J, Friedlaender J. 1987b. Statistical comparison of biological and cultural/history variation.
Gay HJ. 1990. The ant association and structural rhizome modifications of the far eastern fern genus Lecanopteris (Polypodiacaea).     

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Worms to Wasps, an Illustrated Guide to Australia's Terrestrial Invertebrates, by Mark Harvey and Alan Yen
Comparative Social Organization of Wild Reindeer in Relation to Food, Mates and Predator Avoidance, by T. Skogland.
The Jackson Elk Herd: Intensive Wildlife Management in North America, by M. S. Boyce
The Social Badger: Ecology and Behaviour of a Group Living Carnivore (Meles meles), by Hans Kruuk
Wildlife Production Systems: Economic Utilization of Wild Ungulates, edited by R. J. Hudson, K. R. Drew and L. M. Baskin
Sessile Animals of the Sea Shore, by Vernon A. Harris
The Natural History of Weasels & Stoats, by Carolyn King
Bird Flight Performance: A Practical Calculation Manual, by Colin J. Pennycuick     

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Marine fish larvae-morphology, ecology and relation to fisheries , edited by Reuben Lasker.
Environmental Physiology of Plants , by A. H. Fitter & R. K. M. Hay.
Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics , by Clive A.
Dinosaurs , by L. B. Halstead &Jenny Halstead.
Large White Butterfly. The biology, biochemistry and physiolosy of Pieris brassicae ( Linnaeaus ), by John Feltwell.
Omnivorous primates: Gathering and hunting in human evolution , edited by Robert S. O. Harding and Geza Teleki.
Handbook of Zoo Medicine , by Heinz George Klös & Ernst Lang.
Cetacean behaviour: Mechanisms and functions , edited by L. M. Herman Wiley     

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Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds: With reference to some Pacific and Caribbean Species, 2 edited by Isabella A. Abbott. La Jolla
Botanic Gardens and the World Conservation Strategy edited by D. Bramwell, O. Hamann, V. Heywood & H. Synge
Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry 3rd ed., by J. B. Harborne
A monographic study of the genus Rosularia (Crassulaceae) by Urs Eggli
The Photographic Guide to Identify Mediterranean Wild Flowers by Roger Phillips assisted by Martin Rix and Nicky Fox
The Photographic Guide to Identify Mediterranean Wild Flowers by Roger Phillips assisted by Martin Rix and Nicky Fox
Conserving the Wild Relatives of Crops by Erich Hoyt.
Somatic Cell Genetics of Woody Plants edited by M. R. Ahuja
Indian Journal of Natural Rubber Research
Dictionary of Weeds of Eastern Europe by G. Williams and K. Hunyadi
Nutrition of the Angiosperm Embryo by David R. Murray.
Plant Pigments edited by T. W. Goodwin.
Panbiogeography edited by R. Craw & G. Sermonti
Saxifrages of Europe: with notes on African, American and some Asiatic species by D. A. Webb & R. J. Gornall     

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Plant Breeding Systems, by A. J. Richards.
Wood Anatomy and Identification of Trees and Shrubs from Israel and Adjacent Regions, by Abraham Fahn, Ella Werker and Pieter Baas.
Orchids from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, edited by Samuel Sprunger.
The Science of Allelopathy, edited by Alan R. Putnam and Chung-Shih Tang.
Genera Graminum: Grasses of the World, by W. D. Clayton and S. A. Renvoize.     

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The Mature and Origin of the Biological World, by E. J. Ambrose
An unusual newly discovered Archosauer from the Upper Triassic of Virginia USA, by R.E. Weems
The Biology of Nectaries, edited by B. Bentley and T. Elias
Animal Taxonomy, by H. E. Goto
Diets for Birds in Captivity by K. C. Lint & A. M. Lint
Lizards of Western Australia I. Skinks, by G. M. Storr, L. A. Smith & R. E. Johnstone
Advances in Legume Systematics, edited by R. M. Polhill & P. H. Raven
Tuberous, Cormous and Bulbous Plants, by J. S. Pate and K. W. Dixon
Evolution and the Theory of Games, by John Maynard Smith
Sound and Hearing, by Martin E. Rosenberg
Differential Equations and Applications in Ecology, Epidemics and Population Problems, edited by S. N. Busenberg & K. L. Cooke
Plant Pathology and Plant Pathogens, (2nd Edition), by Colin Dickinson & John Lucas
A Complete Guide to British Butterflies, by Margaret Brooks & Charles Knight     

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Fruits and Vegetables of the Caribbean, M. J. Bourne, G. W. Lennox and S. A. Seddon.
Vascular Plant Families and Genera compiled by R. K. Brummitt
Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Ibkica e Islas Baleares, volumes 3 & 4, edited by S. Castroviejo et al.     

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Seaweed Resources in Europe, Uses and Potential, edited by MN.D.Guiry & G. Blunden
The Waterlilies: a monograph of the genus Nymphaea, by Henry S. Conard with an introduction by Philip Swindells
Plant Cell and Tissue Culture, edited by J.W.Pollard & J.M.Walker
Mechanism of Fertilization: Plants to Humans, edited by Brian Dale     

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Aspects of Tropical Mycology , Eds S. Isaac, J. C. Frankland, R. Watling & A. J. S. Whalley
The Tapetum. Cytology, Function, Biochemistry and Evolution , M. Hesse, E. Pacini and M. Willemse (eds.). Plant Systematics and Evolution, Supplementum 7
Tropical Alpine Environments. Plant Form and Function . eds P. W. Rundel, A. P. Smith and F. C. Meinzer
A Ravision of Tabernaemontana (part two). The New World Species . A. J. M. Leeuwenberg     

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Patterns of Injury and Illness in Great Apes, by N. C. Lovell
Moths of Australia, by I. F. B. Common
The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their History and Meaning, by A. Maitland Emmet
Plant-Animal Interactions: Evolutionary Ecology in Tropical and Temperate Regions, edited by P. W. Price, T. M. Lewinsohn, G. W. Fernandes and W. W. Benson
Searching Behaviour: The behavioural ecology of finding resources, by William J. Bell     

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Evolution and Extinction. Proceedings of a Joint Symposium of the Royal Society and the Linnean Society held on 9 and 10 November 1989 , organized and edited by W. G. Chaloner and A. Hallam.
On Stress, Disease and Evolution. A Unifying Theory , by Graham W. Boyd.
The Use of Plant Genetic Resources , edited by A. H. D. Brown, O. H. Frankel, D. R. Marshall and J. T. Williams.     

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Sea Life of Britain and Ireland edited by Elizabeth Wood
Systematik in der Biologie , by Peter Ax
WILSON, E. O., 1989. The coming pluralization of biology and the stewardship of systematics
Microbial Ecosystems of Antarctica , by Warwick F. Vincent
Analytical Biogeography , edited by A. A. Myers and P. S. Giller
W eijermars , R., 1986. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
Birds and Berries , by Barbara and David Snow     

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Vertebrate Flight, by U. M. Norberg. Springer-Verlag, Hamburg, Zoophysiology Series No.
Protozoa and other Protists, by Michael Sleigh, London: Edward Arnold, 1989.