Toward better scientific presentation

Day, Robert A. 1979: How to Write and Publish a Scientific-Paper. 160 pp. ISI Press, Philadelphia. ISBN 0 894950088 (cloth), ISBN 0894950061 (paperback). Price USD 15.00 and 8.95, respectively.
Cremmins, Edward T. 1982: The Art of Abstracting. 145 pp. ISI Press, Philadelphia. ISBN 0894950150. Price USD 13.95 (paperback).
Barnes, Gregory A. 1982: Communication Skills for the Foreign-Born Professional. ISI Press, Philadelphia. ISBN 0894950134 (cloth). ISBN 0894950142 (paperback). Price USD 18.95 and 13.95, respectively.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Seeliger, U. (ed.). 1992. Coastal Plant Communities of Latin America. xx + 392 pp. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. ISBN 0-12 634550-3. Price: USD 75.-. Short reviews R. Pott (ed.). 1989. Rintelner Symposium I. Berichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft 1 , 165 pp. Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft, Institut für Geobotanik, Nienburger Str. 17, D-3000 Hannover, Germany. ISBN 3-88452-775-4. Price: not indicated. R. Pott (ed.). 1991. Berichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft 3 , 291 pp. ISBN 3-88452-776-2. Price: DEM 55.-. Hügin, Gerhard & Henrichfeise, Alfons. 1992. Naturschutzbewertung der badischen Oberrheinaue. Vegetation und Wasserhaushalt des rheinnahen Waldes. 48 pp + maps. Schriftenreihe für Vegetationskunde 24. Bundesforschungsanstalt für Naturschutz und Landschaftsökologie, Bonn-Bad Godesberg. ISBN 3-7843-2072-4. Preis DEM 10.-. Duhme, F., Lenz, R. & Spandau, L. (eds). 1992. 25 Jahre Lehrstuhl für Landschaftsökologie in Weihenstephan mit Prof Dr. Dr. h.c. W. Haber. Landschaftsökologie Weihenstephan 6. Freunde der Landschaftsökologie Weihenstephan, Ziegelgasse 19, D-8050 Freising, Germany. ISBN 3-922318-06-1. Price: not indicated.     

Book reviews. Short reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Balick, Michael J., Elisabetsky, Elaine & Laird, Sarah A. (eds.) 1996. Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest: Biodiversity and Its Importance . XIV + 440 pp. Columbia University Press, New York, NY. ISBN 0–231–10170–8 (cloth). Price USD 75.-. (cloth), USD 35.-. (paper). Gregory J. Anderson^{1 1}Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3043, USA. Menz, Gunter. 1996. Niederschlagund Biomass in den wechselfeuchten Tropen Ostafrikas . 208 pp + 15 colour photographs, 27 coloured maps. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart. ISBN 3–515–06487–7. Price DEM 188.-. Wielgorskaya, T.1995. Dictionary of generic names of seed plants . 570 pp. Columbia University Press, New York, NY. ISBN 0–231–07892–7. Price USD 80.-(USA), USD 85.- (international). Frey, Hans-Ulrich. 1995. Waldgesellschaften und Waldstandorte im St. Galler Berggebiet . Veröffent-lichungen des Geobotanischen Institutes der Eidgenos-sichen Technischen Hochschule, Stiftung Rübel, in Zurich, Heft 126a, b. ISSN 0524–9433. 280 pp + separate tables and maps. Price: CHF 85.-. Schaminée, J.H.J., Stortelder, A.H.F. & Weeda, E.J. 1996. De Vegetatie van Nederland. 3. Graslanden. zomen- droge heiden . 356 pp. 109 colour photographs. ISBN 91–8871–605–8. Price: NLG 110.-.     

Ecological Communities Plant Mediation in indirect interaction Webs

Takayuki Ohgushi, Timothy P. Craig and Peter W. Price (Eds)Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521850391 £80.00 458pp Reviewed by Patricia Sang

Oxford University PressKing, Stansfield, Mulligan ISBN: 9780195307610 £19.99 596pp Reviewed by Ian Carter

Pallgrave Macmillan Anthony J.F. Griffiths, Susan R. Wessler,Richard C. Lewontin, and Sean B. Carroll ISBN: 9780716799023 £44.99 838pp Reviewed by Olivier Sparagano

British Psychological Society/Blackwell Publishing Julia C. Berryman, Elizabeth Ockleford, Kevin Howells, David J. Hargreaves, and Diane J. Wildbur ISBN: 9781405126984 £18.99 272pp Reviewed by N Souter

Lafferty & Panella Pearson: Benjamin-Cummings ISBN: 9780805395747 £12.12 206pp + CDROM Reviewed by J Mynett     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this issue. Stonehouse, B. 1989. Polar Ecology , viii + 222 pp. Chapman and Hall, New York, NY. ISBN 0–412–01701–6 (cloth). Price: USD 89.50. ISBN 0412–01711–3 (paper). Price: USD 35.00.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Ne'eman, G. & Trabaud, L. Ecology, Biogeography and Management of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia Forest Ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin . xii + 412 pp. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. ISBN 90–5782‐055‐2 (hardcover). Price: USD 120.00 Jonsell, B. (ed.) 2000. Flora Nordica , Vol. 1. Lycopodiaceae to Polygonaceae. xxii + 344 pp. The Bergius Foundation and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm. ISBN 91 7190 033 0 (hardcover). Price: 50 USD     

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Book reviewed in this issue. Packham, J. R., Harding, D. J. L., Hilton, G. M. & Stuttard, R. A. 1992. Functional Ecology of Woodlands & Forests . xii + 408 pp. Chapman & Hall, London. Cloth ISBN 0–412–44390–2. Price: USD 95.-. Paper ISBN 0–412–43950–6. Price: USD 35.-.     

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THE PALEOGENE OF ASIA: MAMMALS AND STRATIGRAPHY, by Donald E. Russell and Zhai Ren‐jie. Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Sciences de la Terre. Tome 52. 1987. 469 pp. and 232 figs. Price: 300 F. (about 50 US$).

FOURTH SYMPOSIUM ON MESOZOIC TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA, CANADA. AUGUST 10–14, 1987. SHORT PAPERS, edited by P. J. Currie and E. H. Koster (1987). Occasional Paper of the Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, No. 3: 239pp. (ISBN 0–7732–0047–9).

GENETICS, PALEONTOLOGY AND MACROEVOLUTION by Jeffrey Levinton. Cambridge University Press, 637pp. ISBN‐0–521 24933 3 Price £27.50. Published Spring 1988.     

A classic compilation

Kurtén, B. 1988: On Evolution and Fossil Mammals . XVII + 301 pp. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0–231–05868–3. Price: USD40.00 (bound).     

Evolution - but not macro

Levinton, J. 1988: Genetics, Paleontology and Macroevolution . LX + 637 pp. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0–521–24933 3. Price: U.S. $37.50 (bound).     

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GuidetoStandardFlorasoftheWorld,2 nd Ed.,byDavidG .Frodin,CambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork.April2 0 0 1 .xxiv,1 1 0 0pp .ISBN 0 - 52 1 - 790 77- 8.Price:US＄2 4 0 0 0 (hardcover) .1 stEd .xx,61 9pp.CUP 1 984.ISBN 0 - 52 1 - 2 3688- 6 .Finallyaftermorethansixteenyears,thesecondeditionoftheGuidetoStandardFloraoftheWorldwaspublishedwithtwiceasmanypagesasfirsteditionin1 984.ThisrevisedGuidecertainlywillbeavaluablereferenceforbothama teursandprofessionalworldwide.Topresent,therehavebe…     

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N. M.Dutta, S. Gupta‐Bhattacharya, S. Mandal & K. Bhattacharya (Eds). Current Concepts in Pollen‐Spore and Biopollution Research. Prof. Sunirmal Chanda 60th Birthday Anniversary Felicitation Volume. 396 pp. Rainbow Processors & Printers, New Delhi. Research Periodicals & Book Publishing House, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. 1998. ISBN 0–9656038–1–4. Price: US$ 95.00. Ordering address: Researchco Reprints, 25‐B/2, New Rohtak Road (Near Liberty Cinema), New Delhi‐110 005, India or Research Periodicals & Book Publishing House, P.O. Box 720728, Houston, Texas 77272, U.S.A.

Maurice Reille. Pollen et Spores d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord. Suppl 2. 1998. 526 pp. ISBN 2–9507175–2–7. Price: 1600 FF (243.91 EUR).

Laboratoire de Botanique Historique et Palynologie, Case 451, F‐13397, Marseille cedex 20, France. Fax. +33 (0)4–91–28 86 68.

G. Ricciardelli d'Albore. Mediterannean melissopalynology. 468 pp. 218 Figs. 1998. Istituto de Entomologia Agraria, Borgo XX Giugno, 74, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy. Price: No charge except postage.

Zhang Xiaoping & Zhou Zhongze. A study on pollen morphology and its phylogeny in Polygonaceae in China. 235 pp. 10 Figs, 69 Plates. 1998. ISBN 7–312–01025–3/Q.22. Publishing House of University of Science and Technology of China. Hefei, China. Editor‐in‐Chief Zhang Taiyong. Price: 40 RMB (ca. 8 $US).     

Nordic Journal of Botany

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Hilliard, O. M. 1994. The Manuleae. A tribe of Scroph-ulariaceae. — Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. 579 pp, illus. ISBN 0–7486–0489–8, hardcover. Price: -.     

Book Reviews

Abstract. van der Maarel, E. (ed.) 2005. Vegetation ecology. 395 pp. Blackwell Publishing, Maiden, Oxford & Carlton. ISBN 0‐632‐05761‐0 (paperback). Price: GBP 34.99.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Vera, F.W.M. 2000. Grazing Ecology and Forest History. xix + 506 pp. CABI Publishing, Wallingford & New York. ISBN 0–85199–442–3 (hardcover). Price: USD 100.‐.     

Problematic fossils

A. Hoffman & M. H. Nitecki (eds.) 1987: Problematic Fossil Taxa. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics no. 5. 267 pp. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0–19–503992–0. Price £60 (bound).     

Book review

Biodiversity‐the airbrushed version, Kevin J. Gaston and John I. Spicer (2004), Biodiversity: An Introduction” (2^nd Edition), Blackwell Science, Oxford, 208 pp. ISBN 1405118571 paperback. Price £19.99.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Lieth, H. & Schwartz, M.D. (eds.) 1997. Phenology in seasonal climates I . Progress in Biometeorology, Vol. 12. 143 pp. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. ISBN 90–73348–79-X. Price: USD 42.25.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Berdowski, J.; Guicherit, R. & Heij, B. 2001. The Climate System. vi + 178 pp. A.A. Balkema Publishers, Lisse, The Netherlands. ISBN 90 5809 255 0 (hardbound). Price: USD 54.00.     

Book Reviews

PALAEOBIOLOGY: A SYNTHESIS, Editors: D. E. G. Briggs and P. R. Crowther. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford 1990.608 pp. ISBN 0 632 025255. £89.50.

EVOLUTION AND THE FOSSIL RECORD, by K. Allen and D. Briggs (Eds). 265 pp. Belhaven Press, London 1989. £25.

THE EMERGENCE OF ANIMALS: THE CAMBRIAN BREAKTHROUGH, by M.A.S. McMenamin and D.L.S. McMenamin, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0–231–06646–5‐ISBN 0–231–06647–3 (paperback). $35 Hardback, $17 paperback.

ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF THE ANTARCTIC BIOTA, by JA. Crame (Ed.), Geological Soc. special publication n° 47, 322 pp. London. Price: £58.