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Book reviews in this article: Fauna of Australia. Vol. IB. Mammalia Edited by D. W. Walton and B. J. Richardson. Plant Physiological Ecology: Field Methods and Instrumentation Edited by R. W. Pearcy, J. Ehleringer, H. A. Mooney and P. W. Rundel. Fire in the Tropical Biota: Ecosystem Processes and Global Challenges Edited by J. G. Goldammer. Nature Conservation 2: The Role of Corridors Edited by D. A. Saunders and R. J. Hobbs.     

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INORGANIC PLANT NUTRITION. Edited by A. L äuchli & R. L. B ieleski
HANDBOOK OF PLANT CELL CULTURE. VOL. I. TECHNIQUES FOR PROPAGATION AND BREEDING. Edited by D. A. E vans , W. R. S harp , P. V. A mmirato & Y. Y amada
TECHNIQUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. Edited by J. M. W alker & W. G aastra
THE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF GIBBERELLINS, VOLS I AND II. Edited by A lan C rozier
AZOSPIRILLUM II. Edited by W. K lingmuller
MATHEMATICAL MODELS IN AGRICULTURE. By J. F rance & J. H. M. T hornley
GENETIC ENGINEERING: APPLICATIONS TO AGRICULTURE. Edited by L. O wens
ALGAL SYMBIOSIS. Edited by L ynda J. G off     

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Detection of Bacterial Endotoxins with the limulus amebocyte lysate Test (1987). Edited by Stanley W. Watson, Jack Levin & Thomas J. Novitsky.
Computers in Microbiology (1987). Edited by J.D. Rant, R.K.A. Feltham & W. Shepherd.
Molecular Strategies of Parasite Invasion (1987). Edited by N. Agabian, H. Goodman & N. Nogueira.
Footrot in Ruminants (1986). Edited by D.J. Stewart, J.E. Peterson, N.M. McKern & D.L.
Bacterial Protein Toxins (1986). Edited by P. Falmagne, J.E. Alouf, F.J. Fehrenbach, J. Jeljaszewicz & M. Thelestam.
Carbon Substrates in Biotechnology (1987). Edited by J.D. Stowell, A.J. Beardsmore, C.W. Keevil & J.R. Woodward.     

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THE CHRYSIDID WASPS OF THE WORLD. By Lynn S. Kimsey and Richard M. Bohart.
REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF INSECTS. Edited by W. J. Bailey and J. Ridsdill-Smith.
DUNG BEETLE ECOLOGY. Edited by I. Hanski and Y. Cambefort.
THE TETTIGONIIDAE: BIOLOGY, SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION. Edited by W. J. Bailey and D. C. F. Rentz.     

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GIBBERELLINS–CHEMISTRY, PHYSIOLOGY AND USE . Edited by J. R. L enton
BIOMONITORING AIR POLLUTANTS WITH PLANTS . By W. J. M anning & W. A. F eder
HORMONAL REGULATION OF DEVELOPMENT, I . Edited by J. M ac M illan
PLANT GROWTH SUBSTANCES . Edited by F. S koog
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY OF PHY-TOPLANKTON . Edited by I. M orris
PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH JOHN INNES SYMPOSIUM. The Plant Genome and Second International Haploid Conference . Edited by D. R. D avies & D. A. H opwood
LOW TEMPERATURE STRESS IN CROP PLANTS: the role of the membrane . Edited by J ames M. L yons , D ouglas G raham & J ohn K. R aison
TRANSPORT IN PLANTS . By U lrich L üttge & N oe H iginbotham     

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Bacterial and Bacteriophage Genetics (1994). By E. A. Birge
Microbial Mats: Structure, Development and Environmental Significance (1994). Edited by L. J. Stal and P. Caumette
Microbiology of the Avian Egg (1994). Edited by R. G. Board and R. Fuller
The Mycota (Volume 1): Growth, Differentiation and Sexuality (1994). Edited by J. G. H. Wessels and F. Meinhardt
Born Disease (1995). Edited by H. Koprowski and W. I. Lipkin
Molecular Pathogenesis of Surgical Infections (1994). Edited by T. Wadström, I. A. Holder and G. Kronvall
Natural Antimicrobial Systems and Food Preservation (1994). Edited by V. M. Dillon and R. G. Board
Bacterial Pathogenesis of Plants and Animals: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms (1994). Edited by J. L. Dangl
Normal Microflora (1995). By G. W. Tannock
Mucosal Immunology: Intraepithelial. Lymphocytes (Advances in Host Defense Mechanisms, Volume 9) (1993). Edited by H. Kiyono and J. R. McGee     

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INORGANIC NITROGEN METABOLISM. Edited by W. R. U llrich , P. J. A paricio , P. J. S yrrett & F. C astillo
INORGANIC NITROGEN METABOLISM. Edited by W. R. U llrich , P. J. A paricio , P. J. S yrrett & F. C astillo     

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Atlas of the British Flora . Edited by F. H. P erring and S. M. W althrs .
Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology . Vol. XIV: Growth and Growth Substances. Edited by W. R uhland .
Drawings of British Plants . Part XVII: Compositae (3). By S tella R oss -C raig .
Apical Meristems . By F. A. L. C lowes . Botanical Monographs, vol. 2. Edited by W. O. J ames .
Cellular Regulatory Mechanisms . Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology
Proceedings of the Summer School of Botany held June 2–15, 1960, at Darjeeling . Edited by P. M aheshwari , B. M. J ohri and I. K. V asil .
Exotic Forest Trees in the British Commonwealth . By R. J. S treets . Edited by Sir H arry C hampion .
A Flora of the Alaskan Arctic Slope . By I. L. W iggins and J. H. T homas
Grundzüge der Pflanzenanatomie . By B. H uber .
Taschenbuch der Botanik . By H. M iehe . Revised by W. M evius .
A Conspectus of Aphids as Vectors of Plant Viruses . By J. S. K ennedy , M. F. D ay and V. F. E astop .
Crop Adaptation and Distribution . By C arroll P. W ilsie .
Flora of Cultivated Plants of the U.S.S.R. Vol. XIII: Perennial Leguminous Plants: Medicago, Melilotus and Trigonella. Edited by E. N. S inskaya . Translated by N. L andau .
Der Federsee . Edited by W. Z immermann .
Carbohydrate Resources within the Perennial Plant . By C. A. P riestley .
Flora of the British Isles . By A. R. C lapham , T. G. T utin and E. F. W arburg .
Mineral Salts Absorption in Plants . By J. F. S utcliffe .
The Development of British Heathlands and their Soils . By G. W. D imbleby .
Annual Review of Plant Physiology , vol. 13. Edited by L. M achlis and W. R. B riggs .     

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Salt Marshes and Salt Deserts of the World . By V. J. C hapman . Edited by N. P olunin .
The Measurement of Grassland Productivity . Proceedings of the University of Nottingham Sixth Easter School in Agricultural Science. Edited by Professor J. D. I vins
Intermediary Metabolism in Plants . By D. D. D avies .
Nomenclature of Plants . A Text for the Application by the Case Method of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. By H arold S t . J ohn .
Biological Clocks . Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology.
A Taxonomic Revision of the Humiriaceae . By J. C uatrecasas .
Models and Analogues in Biology . Fourteenth Symposium of the Society for Experimental Biology.
Encyclopaedia of Plant Physiology. Vol. XI, Parts 1 and 2. Edited by W. R uhland .
Protoplasmatologia. Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung , Vol. II, C8d. Permeabilitäts-theorien . By V. W artiovaara and R. C ollander .
Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie . Edited by W. R uhland . Volume V: The Assimilation of Carbon Dioxide.
Die Pflanzenwelt der Tschechoslovakei . Ergebnisse der 12. internationalen pflanzengeo-graphischen Excursion (IPE) durch die Tschechoslovakei, 1958. Edited by W erner L üdi .
Macromolecular Complexes . Edited by M. V. E dds , J r .
Trace Elements in Plants . By W. S tiles .     

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THE BIOSYNTHESIS AND METABOLISM OF PLANT HORMONES. Edited by A. C rosier & J. R. H illman
ENCYLOPEDIA OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 10. HORMONAL REGULATION OF DEVELOPMENT II. THE FUNCTIONS OF HORMONES FROM THE LEVEL OF THE CELL TO THE WHOLE PLANT. Edited by T om K. S cott
PLANT DISEASES. INFECTION, DAMAGE AND LOSS. Edited by R. K. S. W ood & G. J. J elus
PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS. MOLECULAR AND GENETIC PERSPECTIVES. Vol. I. Edited by T. K osuge & E. W. N ester
PRINCIPLES OF GENE MANIPULATION: AN INTRODUCTION TO GENETIC ENGINEERING (3rd edn). By R. W. O ld & S. B. P rimrose     

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M icroalgae (1994) By E.W. Becker.
T he E volutionary B iology of V iruses (1994). Edited by S.S. Morse.
MCQ s in M edical M icrobiology and I nfectious D iseases (1993). By P.W. Ross and F.X.S. Emmanuel.
T uberculosis : B ack to T he F uture (1994). Edited by J.D.H. Porter and K.P.W. McAdam.
M aking S afe F ood : A M anagement G uide for M icrobiological Q uality (1991). By W.F. Harrigan and R.W.A. Park.
B acterial P rotein T oxins : FEMS S ymposium No. 73. (1994). Edited by J. Freer, R. Aitken, J.E. Alouf, G. Boulnois, P. Falmagne, F. Fehrenbach, C. Montecucco     

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SENSORY ECOLOGY: REVIEW AND PERSPECTIVES. Edited by M. A. Ali.
BIOENERGETICS & GROWTH. FISH PHYSIOLOGY, Volume 8.786 pp. Edited by W. S. Hoar, D. J. Randall & J. R. Brett.
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY OF TUNAS. Edited by G. D. Sharp & A. E. Dizon.
LAKE CHILWA: STUDIE OF CHANGE IN A TROPICAL ECOSYSTEM. Edited by M. Kalk, A. J. McLachlan and C. Howard-Williams.     

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B iotechnology: A T extbook OF I ndustrial M icrobiology (1984). W. Crueger & A. Crueger.
I ntroduction TO M odern M ycology 2nd edition B asic M icrobiology Volume 7 (1984). J. W. Deacon.
L aboratory A nimal M edicine (1984). Edited by J. G. Fox, B. J. Cohen & F. M. Loew.
B acterial V accines (1984). Edited by R. Germanier.
M onoclonal A ntibodies: P rinciples AND P ractice P roduction AND A pplication IN C ell B iology , B iochemistry AND I mmunology (1983) J. W. Goding.
A dvances IN B iotechnological P rocesses Volume 3 (1984). Edited by A. Mizrahi & A. L. van Wezel.
C urrent D evelopment IN B iological N itrogen F ixation (1984). Edited by N. S. Subba Roa.     

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EFFECTS OF LOW TEMPERATURES ON BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES . Edited by G. J. Morris & A. Clark
CELL DIFFERENTIATION: MOLECULAR BASIS AND PROBLEMS . Edited by L.Edited by L. NOVER, M.LUCKNER & B. PARTHER
ECOLOGICAL BULLETINS 30. ECOLOGY OF A SUBARCTIC MIRE . Edited by M. SVENSSON
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, VOLUME 13A. PLANT CARBOHYDRATES I. INTRACELLULAR CARBOHYDRATES . Edited by F. A. LOEWUS & W. TANNER
COMPONENTS OF PRODUCTIVITY OF MEDITERRANEAN-CLIMATE REGIONS. BASIC AND APPLIED ASPECTS . Edited by N. S. M arganis & H. A. M^OONEY
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, VOLUME 13B. PLANT CARBOHYDRATES H. EXTRACELLULAR CARBOHYDRATES . Edited by W. T anner & F. A. L oewus
PHOTOSYNTHESIS BIBLIOGRAPHY, VOLUME 8 1977, VOLUME 9 1978, VOLUME 101 1979 . Edited by Z. SESTAK & J. CATSKY
THE CHANGING CLIMATE: RESPONSES OF THE NATURAL FLORA AND FAUNA. By MICHAEL J. FORD     

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British Wild Flowers. By J ohn H utchinson . 2 vols
Sex in Micro-organisms. Edited by D. H. W enrich . Pp. vi + 3 62 , with numerous figures in the text
Human Heredity. By James V. N eel and W illiam J. S chull
Antimetabolites and Cancer. Edited by Cornelius P. R hoads     

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Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, Volume 83 (1978). Edited by W. Arber
Beta-Lactamases (1979). Edited by J. M. T. Hamilton-Miller and J. T. Smith.
Economic Microbiology, Volume 4. Microbial Biomass (1979). Edited by A. H. Rose.
Identification Methods for Microbiologists (1979). Edited by F. A. Skinner and D. W. Lovelock.
Microbial Growth and Survival in Extremes of Environment (1980). Edited by G. W. Gould and J. L. Corry.
Motility of Living Cells. Outline Studies in Biology (1980). P. Cappuccinelli.
The Safety of Foods (1980). Edited by H. D. Graham.
Streptococcal Diseases and the Immune Response (1980). Edited by S. E. Read and J. B. Zabriskie.
Introduction to Modern Virology (1980). S. B. Primrose and N. J. Dimmock.     

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Women of Value, Men of Renown: New Perspectives in Trobriand Exchange . By Annette B. Weiner. ‘Elota's Story: The Life and Times of a Solomon Islands Big Man . Edited by Roger M. Keesing. Birds of My Kalam Country: Mnmon Yad Kalam Yakt . By Ian Saem Majnep and Ralph Bulmer. Australian Aboriginal Concepts . Edited by L. R. Hiatt. Killing Me Softly: The Destruction of a Heritage . Phyl and Noel Wallace. Thomas Nelson (Australia). Mediterranean Family Structures . Edited by J. G. Peristiany. Class, Power and Ideology in Ghana: the Railway-men of Secondi . By Richard Jeffries. Language and Thought. Anthropological Issues . Edited by W. C. McCormack and S. A. Wurm. The Anthropology of the Body . Edited by John Blacking. Questions and Politeness: Strategies in Social Interaction . Edited by Esther N. Goody. Ethics in Social and Behavioural Research . By Edward Diener and Rick Crandall. Urbanization in the Americas from its Beginnings to the Present . Edited by R. P. Schaedel, J. E. Hardoy and N. S. Kinzer. Prehistory of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea . By Virginia Drew Watson and J. David Cole. Fire and Hearth: A Study of Aboriginal Usage and European Usurpation in South-western Australia . By Sylvia J. Hallam. Art in Society . Edited by Michael Greenhalgh and Vincent Megaw. Form in Indigenous Art: Schematization in the Art of Aboriginal Australia and Prehistoric Europe . Edited by Peter J. Ucko. Stone Tools as Cultural Markers: Change, Evolution and Complexity . Edited by R. V. S. Wright. Early Hydraulic Civilisation in Egypt. A Study in Cultural Ecology . By Karl W. Butzer.     

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B asic B iotechnology . A S tudent's G uide (1987). Edited by P. Prave, U. Faust, W. Sittig & D.A. Sukatsch.
B acteria AS P lant P athogens (1987). By Eve Billing.
B iotechnology. A C omprehensive T reatise I n 8 V olumes .
C urrent T opics I n M icrobiology A nd I mmunology 136: T he M olecular B iology O f B acterial V irus S ystems (1988). Edited by G. Hobom & R. Rott.
G enetic B iochemistry : F rom G ene T o P rotein (1988). By J. Etienne-Decant.
I ntracellular B acteria : C urrent T opics I n M icrobiology A nd I mmunology N o.
P roceedings O f T he 8TH I nternational B iotechnology S ymposium P aris 1988 (1989). Edited by G. Durand, L. Bobichon & J. Florent. Vol.
B iological W aste T reatment (1989). Edited by A. Mizrahi.
I n V itro T echniques I n R esearch (1989). Edited by J.W. Payne.
B loodstream I nfections : L aboratory D etection A nd C linical C onsiderations (1989). By C.L. Strand & J.A. Shulman.
M etal -M icrobe I nteraction (1989). Edited by Robert K. Poole & Geoffrey M. Gadd.
B iochemistry O f A ntimicrobial A ction (1989). By T.J. Franklin & G.A. Snow.
T heory A nd A pplication O f M icrobial A ssay (1989). By W. Hewitt & S. Vincent.     

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Atlas of Mapped Distributions of Dominance and Modern Pollen Percentages for Important Tree Taxa of Eastern North America . By P. A. D elcourt , H. R. D elcourt and T. W ebb III.
New Manual of Bryology. Volume 1. Edited by R. M. S chuster .
The Ecology and Physiology of the Fungal Mycelium. Edited by D. H. J ennings and A. D. M. R ayner .
Isotopes and Radiation in Agricultural Sciences. Edited by M. E. L'A nnunziata and J. O. L egg .
The Physiology of Flowering Plants : their growth and development . Third edition. By H. E. S treet and H. Ö pik .
Reconstructing Quaternary Environments. By J. J. L owe and M. J. C. W alker .
European Mires. Edited by P. M oore .
Compartments in Algal Cells and Their Interaction. (Proceedings in Life Sciences Series.) Edited by W. W iessner , D. G. R obinson and R. C. S tarr .
Chloroplast Metabolism. By B arry H alliwell .
Flooding and Plant Growth. Ed. by T. T. K ozlowski .
Mode of Action of Antifungal Agents. Ed. by A. P. J. T rinci and J. F. R yley .
Disease Resistance in Plants. By J. E. V anderplank .     

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ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF CADMIUM IN FRESH WATER, A BIBLIOGRAPHY, by J. Wallen, A. S. Wightman and W. Penning
ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES AND THE EVIDENCE. Edited by D. R. Stong, D. Simberloft, L G. Abele and A. B. Thistle
ADVANCES IN MARINE BIOLOGY, VOL. 21. Edited by J. H. S. Blaxter
ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF FISH BACTERIAL PATHOGENS, by G. Nicolas Frerechs
INTRODUCTION TO THE PRACTICE OF FISHERY SCIENCE, by W. F. Royce
DEVELOPMENTS IN AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES SCIENCE 14, RECENT INNOVATIONS IN CULTIVATION OF PACIFIC MOLLUSCS. Edited by D. E. Morse, K. K. Chew and R. Mann
LAKE BIWA. Edited by Shoji Horie