Reviews of publications

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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Calcareous Grasslands–Ecology and Management, edited by S. H. Hillier, D. W. H. Walton & D. A. Wells
Plant Reproductive Ecology: Patterns and Strategies, edited by J. & L. Lovett Doust
Flora of the Outer Hebrides, by R. J. Pankhurst & J. M. Mullin
The Ecology of Mycorrhizae, by M. F. Allen
Tropical Lichens: Their Systematics, Conservation and Ecology, edited by D. J. Galloway
Microbial Control of Weeds, edited by D. O. TeBeest
Atlas of the Bryophytes of Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1. Liverworts (Hepaticae and Anthocerotae). edited by M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & A.J. E. Smith
Luigi Balugani's drawings of African plants, by Paul Hutton, F. Nigel Hepper & Ib Friis     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Island ecology (Outline studies in ecology), by M. Gorman
Comparative Morphology of Recent Crustacea, by Patsy A. McLaughlin. W. H. Freeman
Genetic Models of Sexual Selection, by Peter O'Donald
Pulmonates, edited by Vera Fretter and J. Peake
Weeds (2nd Edition), by W. C. Muenscher
Orang-Utan Behavior, by T. L. Maple
Aquatic Oligochaete Biology, edited by R. O. Brinkhurst & D. G. Cook
Studies in Mathematical Biology, Part II: Populations and Communities, edited by S. A. Levin
Atlas of the Netherlands Flora. I, Extinct and very rare species, edited by J. Mennema, A. J. Quene-Botorenbrood & C. L. Plate. Dr W. Junk     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF EUROPEAN HARE POPULATIONS Edited by Zygmund Pielowski & Zdzislaw Pucek. Polish Hunting Association, Warsaw, 1976.
THE BIOLOGY OF MARSUPIALS Edited by Bernard Stonehouse & Desmond Gilmore
AFRICAN UNGULATES: a comparative review of their ethology and behavioural ecology By Walter Leuthold.
ECOLOGY OF RED DEER By Brian Mitchell, Brian W. Staines & David Welch. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WHALE by L. Harrison Matthews.
THE MAMMALS OF THE PALEARCTIC REGION: a taxonomic review by G. B. Corbet. British Museum
DEVELOPMENT IN MAMMALS Volume 3. Edited by Martin H. Johnson.
RECENT ADVANCES IN PRIMATOLOGY edited by D. J. Chivers and others
Volume 1 -Behaviour ; edited by D. J. Chivers & J. Herbert: Pp 980, 19.20. Volume 2 -Conservation ; edited by D. J. Chivers
Volume 3 - Evolution ; edited by D. J. Olivers & K. A. Joysey
SEX DETERMINATION AND SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN MAMMALS by Alfred Glucksmann
HANDBUCH DER SAUGETIERE EUROPAS. Band 1: Nagetiere 1. Edited by Jochen Niethammer and Franz Krapp.
MAMMALS - THEIR LATIN NAMES EXPLAINED by A. F. Gotch.
EVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES OF THE MAMMALIAN MIDDLE EAR By Gerald Fleischer. Springer-Verlag     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Nigerian Field: Index to volumes 1–50 (1931–1985).
Fruits of South-east Asia, by Jacqueline Piper.
Grain Legumes–Evolution and Genetic Resources, by J. Smartt.
Plant Population Genetics, Breeding, and Genetic Resources, edited by A. H. D. Brown, M. T. Clegg, A. L. Kahler and B. S. Weir.
Evolution, Systematics and Fossil History of the Hamamelidae.
The Systematics Association Special Volumes 40 A&B.
Plant pheno-morphological studies in Mediterranean type ecosystems, edited by Gideon Orshan.
Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Nitrate Assimilation, edited by J. L. Wray & J. R. Kinghorn
Species dispersal in agricultural habitats, edited by R. G. H. Bunce & D. C. Howard.
Flora Iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares, Vol. 2: Platanaceae–Plumbaginaceae (partim), edited by S. Castroviejo, M. Lainz, G. Lopez Gonzalez et al.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Benchmark Papers in Ecology, Series Editor Frank B. Golley. Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross (also distributed by Academic Press)
Marine Life: an illustrated encyclopedia of invertebrates in the sea, by J. David George & Jennifer J. George
The Principles of Pollination Ecology (3rd Edition), by K. Faegri &
The Tidal Thames: a history of a river and its fishes, by Alwynne Wheeler
Heaven and Earth: 120 album leaves from a Ming encyclopedia–San-ts'ai t'u-hui, 1610, selected & annotated by John A. Goodall
Biology & Systematics of Colonial Organisms, edited by G. Larwood & B. R. Rosen
Behavioral Sex Differences in Nonhuman Primates, by G. Mitchell
Captivity and Behavior: primates in breeding colonies, laboratories and zoos, edited by J. Erwin, T. L. Maples & G. Mitchell     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Royal Horticultural Society, Gardeners' Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers, edited by C. Brickell
The lichenicolous fungi of Greenland, by Vagn Alstrup & David L. Hawksworth.
Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes, edited by F. A. Skinner, R. M. Boddey and I. Fendrik
The embryology of angiosperms: a classified bibliography (1965–1985), by C. R. Nagendram & M. S. Dinesh
Algae and Human Affairs, edited by Carole A. Lembi & J. Robert Waaland
Biology of Seagrasses, edited by A. W. D. Larkum, A. J. McComb & S. A. Shepherd
Modern methods in orchid conservation. The role of physiology, ecology and management, by H. W. Pritchard
Frank Kingdon-Ward, the Last of the Great Plant Hunters, by Charles Lyte
Plant names of medieval England, by Tony Hunt
Natural Product Medicine, by Ara H. Der Marderosian and Lawrence E. Liberti
All About Angiosperms, by A. D. J. Meeuse. CIP-Gegevens Koninklijke Bibiothek, Den Haag
Flowering Plants of the Seychelles (An Annotated Check List of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms with Line Drawings), by S. A. Robertson
The Herbarium Handbook, edited by Leonard Forman & Diane Bridson
Trees of Nigeria, by R. W. J. Keay
This is a revised edition of Nigerian Trees by R. W. J. Keay, C. F. A. Onochie & D. P. Stanfield
A New Herball by William Turner, edited by George T. L. Chapman and Marilyn Tweddle
Flora i Vegetació del Montsec (Pre-Pirineus Catalans) by Àngel M. Romo i Díez
Plants vasculars del quadrat UTM 31TCG46: Abella de la Conca, by Angel M. Romo i Díez
Indicator Plants of Coastal British Columbia, by K. Klinka, V. J. Krajina, A. Ceska and A. M. Scagel
Plankton–A Microscopic World, by G. M. Hallegraeff
Plant Polyphenols–Vegetable Tannins Revisited, by E. Haslam     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
Die Milben des Süsswassers (Hydrachnellae und Halacaridae [part.], Acari) Teil 1: Bibliographie, Teil 2: Katalog , by Kurt O. Viets.
A Primate Radiation: Evolutionary Biology of the African Guenons , edited by Annie Gautier-Hion, F. Bourlière, J.-P. Gautier and J. Kingdon.
Neurobiology of the Cardiorespiratory System , edited by E. W. Taylor.
The Dragonflies of Europe , by R. R. Askew.
Studying Fossil Horses , by V. Eisenmann, M. T. Alberdi, C. de Giuli & U. Staesche. Collected papers after the 'New York International Hipparion Conference. 1981' Volume I: Methodology , edited by M. Woodburne & P. Sondaar. E. J. Brill.
The Hymenoptera , edited by Ian Gauld & Barry Bolton.
A Study of Blackbirds , by David Snow
Temperature Biology of Animals , by Andrew R. Cossins and Ken Bowler.
Honey Identification , by Rex Sawyer.
Megaherbivores: The Influence of Very Large Body Size on Ecology , by R. N. Owen-Smith.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Flowers of the Himalaya , by Oleg Polunin and Adam Stainton.
A Guide to the Vegetation of Britain and Europe , by Oleg Polunin and Martin Walters.
The Experimental Biology of Bryophytes, edited by A. F. Dyer & J. G. Duckett.
A Birdwatcher's Miscellany, edited by Rob Hume.
The Moths and Butterjlies of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 10, Noctuidae (Part II) and Agaristidae, edited by J. Heath.
Atlas of Butterjlies in Britain and Ireland, by J. Heath, E. Pollard & J. A. Thomas.
Colour Identification Guide to Butterjlies of the British Isles, revised edition by T. G. Howarth.
The World of Butterjlies, An Illustrated Encyclopaedia, by V. Sbordoni & S.Forestiero.
Colour Identijcation Guide to Moths of the British Isles, by Bernard Skinner.
The Biology of Buttegies, edited by R. I. Vane-Wright & P. R. Ackery.
Australian Grasses, by Nancy T. Burbidge, revised by Surrey W. L. Jacobs.
Collins Guide to Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns, by R. Fitter & A. Fitter. Collins.
Grasses of the Soviet Union, by N. N. Tsvelev, edited by A. A. Fedorov.
The European Garden Flora, Volume 2, Monocotyledons (Part ZZ), edited by S. M Walters et al.
Grasses, 3rd edition, by C. E. Hubbard, revised by J. C. E. Hubbard.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article.
FISH IN RESEARCH edited by Otto W. Neuhaus & John E. Halver.
HANDBOOK ON BREEDING OF INDIAN MAJOR CARPS BY PITUITARY HORMONE INJECTION by S. L. Chondar.
FISH PHYSIOLOGY VOL. 1. EXCRETION, IONIC REGULATION AND METABOLISM edited by W. S. Hoar & D. J Randall.
THE OCEAN, a Scientific American Book.
FISH PHYSIOLOGY Vol. II. THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM edited by W. S. Hoar and D. J. Randall.
ANTARCTIC ECOLOGY edited by M. W. Holdgate.
COMPARATIVE FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE NANDIDAE (PISCES: TELEOSTEI) by Karel F. Liem.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article:
EUROPEAN INLAND WATER FISH
MANAGEMENT OF LAKES AND PONDS by George W. Bennett
THE BIOLOGY OF LAMPREYS edited by M. W. Hardisty & I. C. Potter
CONSERVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF NATURAL WATERS, edited by R. W. Edwards & D. J. Garrod     

Reviews of Publications

book reviewed in this article:
Macroevolution. Pattern and Process , by S. M. Stanley.
A World List of Mammadian Species , by G. B. Corbet & J. E. Hill.
Indole and Biogenetically Related Alkaloids , edited by J. D. Phillipson & M. H. Zenk.
Comparative Ecology , by Y. Itô (edited and translated by J. Kikkawa).
The I.B.P. Survey of Conservation Sites: an Experimental Study , edited by A. R.
Man, the Promising Primate , by Peter J. Wilson.
The Pleistocene Mammals of North America , by Bjorn Kurten & Elaine Anderson.
British Gardeners , by Miles Hadfield, Robert Harling & Leonie Highton.
The Functioning of Freshwater Ecosystms , by E. D. LeCren & R. H. Lowe-McConnell.
I Fiori della Alpi by F. Rasetti.
The Oligocene Rodents of North America , by Albert E. Wood.
The Fossil Hunters in Search of Ancient Plants , by Henry N. Andrews.
Anatomy of the Dicotyledons, Vol. I , by C. R. Metcalfe & L. Chalk.     

Reviews of publications

Principles of Crop Improvement, by N. W. Simmonds
Marine Organisms – Genetics, Ecology & Evolution, edited by B. Battaglia & J. A. Beardrnore
Arthropod Phytogeny, edited by A. P. Gupta. Van Nostrand Reinhold
Field Guide to the Land Snails of Britain and North-west Europe, by M. P. Kernev & R. A. D. Cameron; illustrated by Gordon Riley
Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe, by Alwync Wheeler; illustrated by Peter Stebbing; maps by F. Rodney Fraser
Penguin Nature Guides: The Biology of Flowers, by Eigil Holm; illustrated by Thomas BredsdorfT; translated by Joan Tate; edited & adapted by Ronald Melville
Penguin Nature Guides: Orchids of Northern Europe, by Sven Nilsson; illustrated by Bo Mossberg; edited & adapted by P. Francis Hunt
A New Look at the Dinosaurs, by Alan Charig. Heinemann     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article: Die Milben des Süsswassers (Hydrachnellae und Halacaridae [part.], Acari) Teil 1: Bibliographie, Teil 2: Katalog, by Kurt O. Viets. A Primate Radiation: Evolutionary Biology of the African Guenons, edited by Annie Gautier-Hion, F. Bourlière, J.-P. Gautier and J. Kingdon. Neurobiology of the Cardiorespiratory System, edited by E. W. Taylor. The Dragonflies of Europe, by R. R. Askew. Studying Fossil Horses, by V. Eisenmann, M. T. Alberdi, C. de Giuli & U. Staesche. Collected papers after the ‘New York International Hipparion Conference. 1981’ Volume I: Methodology, edited by M. Woodburne & P. Sondaar. E. J. Brill. The Hymenoptera, edited by Ian Gauld & Barry Bolton. A Study of Blackbirds, by David Snow Temperature Biology of Animals, by Andrew R. Cossins and Ken Bowler. Honey Identification, by Rex Sawyer. Megaherbivores: The Influence of Very Large Body Size on Ecology, by R. N. Owen-Smith.     

Book Reviews

Abstract: Book reviewed in this article:
Nutrition and the Brain , Vol. 8 by R. J. Wurtman and J. J. Wurtman.
Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology by D. M. Glick.
Antiepileptic Drugs (Third Edition) edited by R. H. Levy, F. E. Dreifuss, R. H. Mattson, B. S. Meldrum, and J. K. Penry.
Developmental Neurobiology (Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series, Vol. 12) edited by P. Evrard and A. Minkowski.
Allosteric Modulation of Amino Acid Receptors: Therapeutic Implications (Fidia Research Foundation Symposium Series, Vol. 1) by E. A. Barnard and E. Costa.
Neurochemical Pharmacology—A Tribute to B. B. Brodie (Fidia Research Foundation Symposium Series, Vol. 2) edited by E. Costa.
Neuromethods Vol. 11: Carbohydrate and Energy Metabolism edited by A. A. Boulton, G. B. Baker, and R. F. Butterworth.
Adenosine and Adenosine Receptors edited by M. Williams.
Laughing Death: The Untold Story of Kuru by V. Zigas.
Psychoactive Drugs: Tolerance and Sensitization edited by A. J. Goudie and M. W. Emmett-Oglesby.
The NMDA Receptor edited by J. C. Watkins and G. L. Collingridge.
Basic and Clinical Aspects of Neuroscience (Vol. 3): The Role of Brain Dopamine edited by E. Flückiger, E. E. Müller, and M. O. Thorner.
Glycine Neurotransmission edited by O. P. Otterson and J. Storm-Mathisen.
The Neuropeptide Cholecystokinin (CCK): Anatomy and Biochemistry, Receptors, Pharmacology and Physiology edited by J. Hughes, G. Dockray, and G. Woodruff.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Plant Science An introduction to World Crops, by J. Janick. R. W. Schery, F. W. Woods & V. W. Ruttan. W. H. Freeman
Life of the Vertebrates, by J. Z. Young, F.R.S
The Mammals of North America, by E. Raymond Hall. John Wiley
The Giant Panda, edited by Zhu Jing & Li Yangwen
Modern Ethology; The Science of Animal Behaviour, by S. A. Barnett
Environmental Physiology of Fishes, edited by M. A. Ali
British Planarians, Synopsis of the British Fauna No. 19, by I. R. Ball & T. B. Reynoldson
Development and Specialization of Skeletal Muscle, edited by D. F. Goldspink
Human Navigation and the Sixth Sense, by R. R. Baker
Mosses of Eastern North America, by H. A. Crum & L. E. Anderson     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Zoological Explorations of Southern Africa, 1650–1790, by L. C. Rookmaaker
Aphid Predators, by Graham E. Rotheray
The Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, by Michael J. Roberts
Primitive Ghost Moths, by Ebbe S. Nielsen & Niels P. Kristensen
Scanning Microscopy of Vertebrate Mineralized Tissues, edited by Lawrence Martin, Alan Boyde, Frederick Grime & Sheila Jones
British Pyralid Moths, A Guide to their Identification, by Barry Goater
Antibodies: a practical approach. Volume II, edited by D. Catty     

Book Reviews

Books review in this article:
Nutrition and Neurobiology edited by J. C. Somogyi and D. Hötzel
Benzodiazepine/GABA Receptors and Chloride Channels: Structural and Functional Properties edited by R. W. Olsen and J. C. Venter
Progress in Retinal Research, Volume 5 edited by N. N. Osborne and G. J. Chader