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Books reviewed in this article:
Root Development and Function. Ed. by P. J. G regory , J. V. L ake and D. A. R ose
Modern Methods in Plant Analysis. Volume 3. Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. Edited by H. F. L inskens and J. F. J ackson
Genetic Differentiation and Dispersal in Plants. Edited by P. J acquard , G. H eim and J. A ntonovics
Tropical Forest and its Environment . By K. A. L ongman and J. J enik
Ecology of Biological Invasions. Edited by R. H. G roves and J. J. B urdon
Ecology of Microbial Communities: 41st Symposium of The Society for General Microbiology. Ed. by M. F letcher , T. R. G. G ray and J. G. J ones     

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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

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:
Annual Review of Plant Physiology , Vol. 22 Ed. by L. M achlis .
Microbes and Biological Productivity. (Society for General Microbiology Symposium 21). Ed. by D. E. H ughes and A. H. R ose .
Crop Production: Cereals and Legumes. By B. F. B land .
Potential Crop Production. Ed. by P. F. W areing and J. P. C ooper .
Pollen: Development and Physiology. Ed. by J. H eslop -H arrison .
Chromosomal Evolution in Higher Plants. By G. L. S tebbins .
Integrated Experimental Ecology: Methods and Results of Ecosystem Research in the German Soiling Project. Ed. by H. E llenberg .
Evolutionary Ecology. By H erbert P. R iley .     

REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article:
Phytochemical Methods. By J. B. H arborne .
Annual Review of Phytopathology , Vol. 11. Ed. by K. F. B aker .
Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants in the Tropics. By G. F. W eber .
Yeast Mould and Plant Protoplasts. Ed. by J. R. V illanueva , I. G arcía -A cha , S. G ascon and F. U ruburu .
Identification of the Larger Fungi. By R oy W atling .
An Atlas of Plant Structure. Vol. 2. By B. B racegirdle and P. H. M iles .
Taxonomy and Ecology. The Systematics Association: Special Volume No. 5. Ed. by V. H. H eywood .
Quantitative and Dynamic Plant Ecology. By K. A. K ershaw .
Models in Ecology. By J. M aynard S mith .
Vegetation of the Earth in Relation to Climate and the Eco-Physiological Conditions. By H. W alter .
A New Ecophysiological Approach to Forest Water Relationships in Arid Climates. By I. G indel .
Flore de France. Vol. 1. By M arcel G uinochet and R oger de V ilmorin .     

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Mycoplasma Diseases of Trees and Shrubs. Ed. by K. M aramorosch and S. P. R aychaudhuhi .
Alpine Rasengesellschaften auf Silikatgestein bei Davos. By L uca V etterli .
The Rust Fungi. Ed. by K. J. S cott and A. K. C hakravorty .
Environment and Plant Ecology. By J. R. E thehington .
Cryptogams. By K. E sser
Nitrogen fixation. Volume 1: Ecology. Ed. by W. J. B roughton .
Agricultural Plants. By R. H. M. L anger and G. D. H ill
Decomposer Basidiomycetes: their Biology and Ecology. Ed. by J. C. F rankland , J. N. H edger and M. J. S wift .
Cell Walls'81: Proceeding of the Second Cell Wall Meeting held in Gottingen, April 8–11, 1981. Ed. by D. G. R obinson and H. Q uader .     

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     

Book reviews

Book Reviewed in this article: Plant Life in Aquatic and Amphibious Habitats Edited by R. M. M. Crawford River Plants of Western Europe. The Macrophytic Vegetation of Watercourses of the European Economic Community S. M. Haslam The Ecology of Temporary Waters D. Dudley Williams Weeds. An Illustrated Botanical Guide to the Weeds of Australia B. A. Auld and R. W. Medd Soil-Plant Relationships: An Ecological Approach David W. Jeffrey Seabirds: Feeding Ecology and Role in Marine Ecosystems Edited by J. P. Croxall The Conservation of Ecosystems and Species G. E. Jones Climate and Plant Distribution F. I. Woodward The Niche in Competition and Evolution Wallace Arthur Pesticides in Soils Edited by Sarina Saltzman and Bruno Yaron     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Principles and Methods of Phylogenetic Systematics: A Cladistics Workbook. — Daniel R. Brooks, Janine N. Caira, Thomas R. Platt, and Mary R. Pritchard. 1984.
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics: Volume 15. — Richard F. Johnston, Peter W. Frank, and Charles D. Michener (eds). 1984.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Desertification: Exploding the Myth by D. S. G. Thomas and N. J. Middleton, John Wiley & Sons.
An African Savanna: Synthesis of the Nylsvley study by R. J. Scholes and B. H. Walker.
The Ecology of fishes on Coral Reefs Ed. by Peter F. Sale.     

Book Reviews

May, R.M. (Ed.) (1981) Theoretical Ecology: Principles and Applications.
Mason, C.F. (1981) Biology of Freshwater Pollution.
Ilmavirta, V., Jones, R.I. & Persson, P.-E. (1982) Lakes and Water Management.
Ball, I.R. & Reynoldson, T.B. (1981) British Planarians. Platyhelminthes: Tricladida.     

REVIEW

Book Reviewed in this article:
Die Orchideen. BY R udolf S chlechter . 3rd edn. Ed. by F. G. B rieger , R. M aatsch and K. S enghas .
Charles Darwin's Natural Selection. Ed. by R. C. S tauffer .
Drawings of British Plants: Index. By Stella Rose-Craig.
Fauna and Flora of St. Andrews Bay. Ed. By M. S. Laverack and M. Blackler.
Molds, Mushrooms, and Mycotoxins. By Clyde M. Christensen.
Environment and Plant Ecology. By J. R. E therington .     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Cellular Interactions in Symbiosis and Parasitism. Ed. by C. B. C ook , P. W. P appas and E. D. R udolph.
Adaptation of Plants to Water and High Temperature Stress. Ed. by N eil C. T urner and P aul K ramer.
Physiological Plant Ecology. By W. L archer.
Atlas of Flowering Plant Structure . By J ean -C laude R oland and F rançoise R oland     

Book reviews

Book Reviewed in this article: Birds of Wallacea C. M. N. White and M. D. Bruce Snakes, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Edited by R. A. Seigel, J. T. Collins and S. S. Novak The Biology of Perch and Related Fish J. F. Craig Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific J. E. N. Veron Conservation Biology. The Science of Scarcity and Diversity Edited by M. E. Soulé Plant Ecology Edited by Michael J. Crawley Origins and Development of Adaptation. CIBA Foundation Symposium 102 Edited by D. Evered and G. M. Collins.     

Reviews of publications

Book reviewed in this article:
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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Book Reviewed in this article Ecology of Desert Organisms G. N. Louw and M. K. Seely Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry J. B. Harborne Saline Lakes—Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Athalassic (Inland) Saline Lakes, held in Saskatchewan, Canada, June 1982, Developments in Hydrobiology 16 Edited by U. T. Hammer, Dr W. Junk BV Saltmarsh Ecology. Tertiary Level Bioloqy Series S. P. Long and C. F. Mason Variable Plants and Herbivores in Natural and Managed Systems Edited by R. F. Denno and M. S. McClure     

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Book Reviewed in this article:
Carbon Partitioning within and between Organisms. Ed. by C.J. P ollock , J. F. F arrar & A. J. G ordon .
Mycorrhizas in Ecosystems. Ed. by D. J. R ead , D. H. L ewis , A. H. F itter & I. J. A lexander .
Methods in Comparative Ecology: a Laboratory Manual. Ed by G. A. F. H endry & J. P. G rime .
Climate Modes of the Phanerozoic. By L. A. F rakes , J. E. F rancis & J. A. S yktus .
The Evolution of Asexual Reproduction in Plants. By M. M ogie .     

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Pesticides and Pollution. {The New Naturalist , no. 50.) By K enneth M ellanby .
The Ecology of Insect Populations in Theory and Practice. By L. R. C larke , P. W. G eier , R. D. H ughes and R. F. M orris
Barley Yellow Dwarf , By G. W. B ruehl
Yams: an Account of the Nature, Origins, Cultivation and Utilization of the Useful Members of the Dioscoreaceae. By D. G. C oursey     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Fruit Flies of Economic Significance: Their Identification and Bionomics. By Ian M. White and Marlene M. Elson-Harris. Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary Importance . A checklist of preferred names and allied terms. Compiled by A.R. Pittaway. Behaviour and Impact of Aphidophaga [Proceedings of the 4th meeting of the IOBC working group ‘Ecology of Aphidophaga’], Edited by Polgar, L., R. J. Chambers, A. F. G. Dixon and I. Hodek. Proceedings of the 7^th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships     

REVIEWS

Review in this article:
Drawings of British Plants. Part XIV. Adoxaceae-Dipsacaceae . By S tella R oss -C raig .
Darwin's Biological Work: Some Aspects Reconsidered . Edited by P. R. B ell .
Flora of the British Isles, Illustrations, Part II, Rosaceae-Polemoniaceae . By A. R. C lapham , T. G. T utin and E. F. W arburg . Drawings by S ybil J. R oles .
Protoplasmic Streaming. Protoplasmatologia. Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung . Edited by L. V. H eilbrunn and F. W eber .
The Ecology of Soil Fungi. An International Symposium . Edited by D. P arkinson and J. S. W aid .
Marine Algae of the Eastern Tropical and Subtropical Coasts of the Americas . By W illiam R andolph T aylor .
Introduction to Plant Geography . By N icholas P olunin .
Frost, Drought and Heat Resistance . By J. L evitt .