Reviews of publications

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     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
The North American Grasshoppers:Volume II Acrididae, Oedipodinae , by D. Otte.
Animal Behavior and ils Applicaiions, by Derek V. Ellis.
Bracken:Ecology, Land Use and Control Technology, edited by R. T. Smith and J. A. Taylor.
Functional Vertebrate Morphology, edited by M. Hildebrand, D. M. Bramble, K. F. Liem and D. B. Wake.
Air Pollution by Pholochemical Oxidants, edited by R. Guderian.
Physiological Ecology of Lichens (Cambridge Studies in Ecology), by Kenneth A. Kershaw.
The Evolutionary Ecology of Ant-Plant mutualisms , by A. J. Beattie.
Fundamentals of Insect Physiology, edited by Murray S. Blum.
The Leajhppers and Planthoppers, edited by L. R. Nault and J. G. Rodriguez.     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
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.     

Reviews of publications

Ecology, Community and Lifestyle: Outline of an Ecosophy , by Arne Naess (translated and edited by David Rothenberg).
Restoration Ecology: A Synthetic Approach to Ecological Research , edited by W. R. Jordan, M. E. Gilpin and J. D. Aber.
Plankton Ecology: Succession in Plankton Communities , edited by Ulrich Sommer.
Biological Control of Pests, Pathogens and Weeds: Development and Prospects , edited by R. K. S. Wood and M.J. Way.
Large Scale Cell Culture Technology , edited by Bjorn K. Lydersen.
The Story of Silk , by J. Feltwell.
Ecological Experiments: Purpose, Design and Execution , by N. G. Hairston.N 0 5
Molecular Genetics and Comparative Evolution , by J. Langridge.     

Reviews of Publications

Avian Systematics and Taxonomy. Centenary Volume, edited by J. F. Monk.
The Ecology of Butterflies in Britain, edited by R. L. H. Dennis.
Evolution. A Biological and Palaeontological Approach, edited by P. Skelton.
Ethnobiological Classification. Principles of Categorization of Plants and Animals in Traditional Societies, by Brent Berlin.
The Discovery of Evolution, D. Young. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Natural History Museum Publications)
A Chronological Taxonomy of Conus, 1758–1840, by A. J. Kohn.
Biological Diversity of Mexico. Origins and Distribution, edited by T. P. Ramamoorthy, R. Bye, A. Lot and J. Fa.
Antarctic Fish Biology: Evolution in a Unique Environment, by J. T. Eastman.
Sawfly Life History Adaptations to Woody Plants, edited by M. Wagner and K. F. Raffa.
An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology 3rd Ed., by J. R. Krebs and N. B. Davies.
The Natural History of Selborne, by Gilbert White, compiled by R. Davidson-Houston.
Genes in Ecology, edited by R. J. Berry, T. J. Crawford and G. M. Hewitt.
Algae and Symbiosis, edited by W. Reisser.
Artificial Intelligence and Molecular Biology, edited by L. Hunter     

Reviews of publications

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     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Climate Change and the Global Harvest, Potential Impacts of the Greenhouse Effect on Agriculture, by Cynthia Rosenzweig and Daniel Hillel.
In the shadow of dinosaurs. Early Mesozoic tetrapods. Edited by N.C. Fraser and H-D. Sues.
Molecular Approaches to Ecology and Evolution, edited by Rob DeSalle and Bernd Schierwater Birkhauser Verlag AG
Behaviour and Ecology of Riparian Mammals, Symposia of the Zoological Society of London 71, edited by Nigel Dunstone and Martyn Gorman.     

Reviews of publications

Scanning Electron Microscopy in Taxonomy and Functional Morphology, edited by D. Claugher. Oxford
Vascular Epiphytes, by David H. Benzing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Advances in Pollination Ecology, edited by A. Dafni and D. Eisikowitch. Jerusalem: Weizmann Science Press of Israel
Host Specialization in the World Agromyzidae, by Kenneth A. Spencer; illustrations by Ann Spencer     

Books

Construction Ecology: Nature as the Basis for Green Buildings, edited by Charles J. Kibert, Jan Sendzimir, and G. Bradley Guy.
Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, by Charles J. Kibert     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
Benchmark Papers in Ecology, No 6, Phytosociology, compiled by R. P. Mcintosh
Benchmark Papers in Genetics, No. 9. Genetics ofSpeciation, edited by D. L. Jameson
Molluscs (5th Edition), byj. E. Morton
Seal Cull. The Grey Seal Controversy, by J. Lister-Kaye
Seal Song, by Brian Davies; photographs by Eliot Porter; introduction by Roger Caras; preface by Ray Bradbury
Advances in Bryozoology, edited by G. P. Larwood 8c M. B. Abbott     

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.     

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.     

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     

Reviews of Publications

Dung Beetle Ecology , edited by I. Hanski and Y. Cambefort.
The Environmental Impact of Burrowing Animals and Animal Burrows (Symposia of the Zoological Society of London No. 63) , edited by P. S. Meadows and A. Meadows.
Mammoths, Mastodonts and Elephants , by G. Haynes
Major Events in the History of Life , edited by J. W. Schopf.
Thomas Horsfield's Zoological Researches in Java and the Neighbouring Islands , with a memoir by J. Bastin.
Reproductive Biology of the Invertebrates, Vol. IV Part B, Fertilization, Development and Parental Care , edited by K. G. Adiyodi & R. G. Adiyodi     

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.     

A new world compendium

Review of New World Primates: Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, edited by Warren G. Kinzey. New York, Walter de Gruyter, Inc., 1997, xvii + 436 pp, cloth $6.95, paper $31.95.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Plant Collectors in Madagascar and the Comoro islands , by Laurence J. Dorr.
Plant Life Histories: Ecology, Phylogeny and Evolution , edited by Jonathan Silvertown, Miguel Franco and John L. Harper.
Flore de la Polynésie Française. Vol. 1., Cannabaceae, Cecropiaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Moraceae, Piperaceae, Ulmaceae, Urticaceae , by Jacques Florence     

Biotech in South Africa

Cover illustration: Biotech in South Africa. This BTJ special issue is edited by Professor Don Cowan (Cape Town, South Africa) and highlights many aspects on South African research and industry, ecology and economy. Images © Don Cowan (grasslands at the base of the Drakensberg Mountains, KwaZulu-Natal Province, SA), USGS (coal), USFDA (sugarcane) and Corbis Digital Stock (vines).