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Book reviews in this article: Lizard Ecology: Historical and Experimental Perspectives Edited by L. J. Vitt and E. R. Pianka. Natural Enemies: The Population Biology of Predators, Parasites and Diseases Edited by Michael J. Crawley. Shifting Agriculture and Sustainable Development: An Interdisciplinary Study from North-Eastern India P. S. Ramakrishnan.     

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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 Flavonoids. Advances in Research since 1980. Ed. by J. B. H arborne .
Hungry crops : a guide to nutrient deficiencies in field crops By N. J. G rundon .
Microbial ecology: organisms, habitats, activities. By H einz S tolp .
Evolutionary Biology of the Fungi. Ed. by A. D. M. R ayner , C. M. B rasier and D. M oore .
Micro-algal Biotechnology . Edited by M.A. B orowitzka and L. J. B orowitzka and L. J. B orowitzka .
Experimental Phycology: A laboratory manual Edited by C hristopher S. L obban , D avid J. C hapman , and B runo P. K remer .
100 Families of Flowering Plants. By M. H ickey and C. K ing .
Differentiation Patterns in Higher Plants. Edited by K. M. U rbanska .
The Living Tundra. By Yu. I. C hernov , Translated by D. L öve .
North American Terrestrial Vegetation. Edited by M. G. B arbour & W. D. B illings .
Biogeography and Quaternary History in Tropical Latin America. By T. C. W hitmore and G. T. P rance (Editors).
Biogeographical Evolution of the Malay Archipelago . By T. C. W hitmore (Editor).
Postglacial Vegetation of Canada. By J. C. R ichie .     

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Book reviewed in this articles:
The Biology of Frankia atid Actinorhizal Plants . Ed. by C hrista R. S chwintzer and J ohn D. T jepkema .
Seed Dormancy in Grasses. By G. M. S impson .
Plants under Stress. Ed. by H. G. J one s, T. J. F lowers and M. B. J ones .
Plant Resistance to Insects. A Fundamental Approach. By C. M. S mith .
The Vascular Cambium . Edited by M. I qbal     

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Plant Cell Structure and Metabolism. By J. L. Hall, T. J. Flowers and R. M. Roberts
The Developmental Biology of Plants and Animals. Ed. by C. F. Graham and P. F. Wareing.
The Physiology of Flowering Plants. (2nd Edition) H. E. Street & H. Öpik.
Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants. By L. Beevers.
Encyclopaedia of Plant Physiology. Volume 2, Transport in Plants II. Part A Cells. Edited by U. Lüttge and M. G. Pitman with a foreword by R.N. Robertson.
The Biology of Plant Phenolics. By J. R. L. Walker.
The Chemotaxonomy of Plants by P. M. Smith.
Lichenology: Progress and Problems. Ed. by D. H. Brown, D. L. Hawksworth and R. H. Bailey.
Microbiology of Aerial Plant Surfaces. Ed. by C. H. Dickinson and T. F. Preece.
Flora Europaea , Vol. 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Edited by T. G. Tutin, V. H. Heywood, N. A. Burges, D. M. Moore, D. H. Valentine, S. M. Walters and D. A. Webb with the assistance of A. O. Chater, R. A. DeFilipps and I. B. K. Richardson.
Flore de France. Fasicule 2. By M. Guinochet & R. de Vilmorin.
Trees and Bushes of Europe. By Oleg Polunin with drawings by Barbara Everard.
Tropical Rain Forest of the Far East. By T. C. Whitmore, with a chapter on soils by C. P. Burnham.
The Forest Service. A Study in Public Land Management. By Glen O. Robinson.
Aquatic Weeds in S.E. Asia (Proceedings of a Regional Seminar on Noxious Aquatic Vegetation, New Delhi, 12–17 December, 1973). Edited by C. K. Varshney and J. Rzoska.
Crop Genetic Resources for Today and Tomorrow (International Biological Programme 2). Ed. O. H. Frankel and J. G. Hawkes.
The Genetics of Algae (Botanical Monographs, Volume 12). Edited by Ralph A. Lewin.
Morphologische Studien im Bereiche der Pyrrhophyta. Das Problem Form und Selektion. By A. Böhm.     

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Lectures on the Inorganic Nutrition of Plants. By D. R. H oagland .
Uredineana, Recueil d'Études Systématiques et Biologiques sur les Urédinées du Globe. Edited by A. L. G uyot .
Postglacial Forest Succession, Climate, and Chronology in the Pacific Northwest. By H enry P. H ansen .
Der Lindenmischwald (Tilieto-Asperuletum taurinae) des schweizerischen voralpinen Föhnund Seenbezirkes, seine pflanzensoziologische und forstliche Bedeutung. By Dr W alter T repp .
The Grasslands of Latin America. By G. M. R oseveare .
The Diseases of the Flax Plant (Linum usitatissimum Linn. ). By A rthur E. M uskett and J ohn C olhoun , with a Foreword by R ev . T he R ight H on . R obert M oore
Biology of Pathogenic Fungi. Edited by W alter J. N ickerson , with a Foreword by J. G. H opkins .     

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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:
Botanical Histochemistry: Principles and Practice . By W illiam A. J ensen .
The Biology of Cilia and Flagella . By M. A. S leigh .
Dünnschicht-Chromatographie . Edited by E gon S tahl .
Plant Embryology. A Symposium .
The Morphology of Pteridophytes . By K. R. S porne .
Introductory Mycology . By C. J. A lexopoulos .
Residue Reviews , Vol. 1. Edited by F. A. G unther .
Energy Exchange in the Biosphere . By D avid M. G ates .
Pathology of Trees and Shrubs with Special Reference to Britain . By T. R. P eace .
Modern Methods of Plant Analysis . Vol. V. Edited by H. F. L inskens and M. V. T racey .
The Growth of Plants . By G. E. F ogg .
An Introduction to Plant Physiology . By W. O. J ames .
Die Physiologische Uhr. Zeitmessung in Organismen mit ungefähr Tagesperiodischen Schwingungen . By E. B ünning .     

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The Virus: Life's Enemy. By Kenneth M. Smith.
A Survey of Insecticidal Materials of Vegetable Origin. Edited by H. J. Holman.
The Breeding of Herbage Plants in Scandinavia and Finland.
Vegetative Propagation of Tropical and Sub-Tropical Plantation Crops. By G. St Clair Feilden and R. J. Garner.
The New Systematics. Edited by Julian Huxley.
Plant Microtechnique. By D. A. Johansen.
A Manual of Aquatic Plants. By N. C. Fassett.
The Orientation of Animals: Kineses, Taxes and Compass Reactions. By G. Fraenkel and D. L. Gunn.
Mechanisms of Biological Oxidations. By D. E. Green.
Statistical Calculation for Beginners. By E. G. Chambers, M.A.
Embryos and Ancestors. By G. R. de Beer.
Fundamentals of Biology. By A. W. Haupt.
Principles of Animal Biology. By Lancelot Hogben.
Man on his Nature. By Sir Charles Sherrington.
The Advance of the Fungi. By E. C. Large.     

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Panbiogeography . By L eon C roizat .
Evolution of Genetic Systems . By C. D. D arlington
Les Urédinées (ou Rouills des Végétaux) . Tome 3. Genre Uromyces. By A. L. G uyot
Comparative Morphology of Vascular Plants . By A driance S. F oster and E rnest M. G ifford , J r
Die Frühdiagnose in der Züchtung und Züchtungsforschung: Beitrage zur Methodik der Zuchtung langlebiger Pflanzen . Edited by H. S tubbe and W. S chmidt
On Jurassic Taxads and Conifers from North-Western Europe and Eastern Greenland . By R udolf F lorin
Nutrition of the Legumes . Proceedings of the University of Nottingham Fifth Easter School in Agricultural Science, 1958. Edited by E. G. H allsworth
Taschenbuch der Botanik (begrundet von Hugo Miehe). Vol. II, Systematik . By W alter M evius
Cytology and Cytogenetics . By C. P. S wanson
Lower Miocene Pollen Flora from the valley of Klodnica near Gliwice (Upper Silesia) . Published in Publications of the Scientific Society in Wroclaw, Series B, No. 88 (Prace Wroclawskiego Towarzystwa Naukowego). Wroclaw 1957, by S. M acro
Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology . Vol. XXII. Population Studies: Animal Ecology and Demography.
Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie . Edited by W. R uhland . Band VIII: Der Stick-stoffumsatz     

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The Morphology of Gymnosperms . By K. R. S porne
The Rice Blast Disease
An Account of the Herbaria of the Department of Botany in the University of Oxford . By H ermia N. C lokie
Chemical Microbiology . By A nthony H. R ose
Pflanzenschutzmittel-Rückstände . By H ans M aier -B ode
The State and Movement of Water in Living Organisms . Edited by G. E. F ogg
Teach Yourself Genetics . By R. J. B erry
Floral Biology . By M ary S. P ercival
Vascular Plants: Form and Function . By F. B. S alisbury and R. V. P arke
Nonvascular Plants: Form and Function . By W. T. D oyle
The Molds and Man . By C lyde M. C hristensen
Spore Liberation . By C. T. I ngold     

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Book review in this article Ecological Communities. Conceptual Issues and the Evidence Edited by D. R. Strong Jr, D. Simberloff, L. G. Abele and A. B. Thistle M. P. AUSTIN The Evolutionary Ecology of Ant-Plant Mutualisms Andrew Beattie Environmental Chemistry Peter O'Neill J. S. BURGESS Biology of Chrysopidae. Series Entomologica, Volume 27 Edited by M. Canard, Y. Semeria and T. R. New, Dr W. Junk K. LAMBKIN The Dynamic Partnership: Birds and Plants in Southern Australia Edited by H. A. Ford and D. C. Paton, D. J. Woolman G. H. PYKE Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands, A. Ecosystems of the World 12A Edited by M. Evenari, I. Noy-Meir and D. W. Goodall Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands, B. Ecosystems of the World 12B Edited by M. Evenari, I. Noy-Meir and D. W. Goodall B. H. WALKER Tropical Zooplankton. Developments in Hydrobiology 23 Edited by H. J. Dumont and Tundisi IAN A. E. BAYLY Landscape Ecology. Theory and Application Zev Naveh and Arthur S. Lieberman R. A. PERRY     

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Book Reviewed in this article:
Fluorescence Techniques in Cell Biology. Proceedings of the conference on 'Quantitative Fluorescence Techniques as Applied to Cell Biology' held at Batelle Research Centre, Seattle, in March 1972. Editors: A. A. T haer and M. S ernetz .
Genetics of Host-Parasite Interaction. By P. R. DAY. Edited by A. Kelman and L. Sequeira.
Advances in Plant Morphology (Professor V. Puri Commemoration Volume). Ed. by Y. S. M urty , B. M. J ohri , H. Y. M ohan R am and T. M. V arghese .
Biology of the Land Plants. Ed. by V. P uri , Y. S. M urty , P. K. G upta and D. B anerji .     

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Book Reviewed in this article: Termites and Other Common Timber Pests P. Hadlington Plant Population Ecology Edited by A. J. Davy, M. J. Hutchings and A. R. Watkinson Vertebrates in Complex Tropical Systems Edited by Mireille L. Harmelin-Vivien and François Bourlière The Tropical Rain Forest: First Encounter M. Jacobs Soils of the World — Wall Chart Compiled by P. Lof, edited by H. van Baren Associations Between Insects and Plants T. R. New The Wombat: Common Wombats in Australia Barbara Triggs The Lyrebird: A Natural History Pauline Reilly Review of the Protected Areas System in the Indo-Malayan Realm J. MacKinnon and K. MacKinnon     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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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Book Reviewed in this article: The Botany of Mangroves P. B. Tomlinson. Ecology of Mangroves P. Hutchings, P. Saenger Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities M. Begon, J. L. Harper, C. R. Townsend. Population Ecology: a Unified Study of Animals and Plants M. Begon, M. Mortimer. The Physiological Ecology of Lichens K. A. Kershaw. Kangaroos: their Ecology and Management in the Sheep Rangelands of Australia Edited by G. Caughley, N. Shepherd, J. Short. Evolutionary Ecology of Marsupials A. K. Lee, A. Cockburn. Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach C. B. Cox, P. D. Moore.     

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Book reviews in this article. Encyclopaedia of Plant Physiology, New Series, Vol. 12, Part C, Physiological Plant Ecology III. Responses to the Chemical and Biological Environment Edited by O. L. Lange, P. S. Nobel, C. B. Osmond and H. Ziegler The Ethics of Environmental Concern Robin Attfield The Evolutionary Biology of Colonizing Species P. A. Parsons Ecological Genetics D. J. Merrell Phytotelmata: Terrestrial Plants as Hosts for Aquatic Insect Communities Edited by J. H. Frank and L. P. Lounibos Lake Chad — Ecology and Productivity of a Shallow Tropical Ecosystem. Monographiae Biologicae 53 Edited by J. P. Carmouze, J. R. Durand and C. Lévèque, Dr. W. Junk Guidelines for the Management of Large Mammals in African Conservation Areas Edited by A. A. Ferrar     

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Inducible Plant Proteins. Their Biochemistry and Molecular Biology . Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series, Vol. 49. Ed. by J. L. W ray .
The Action Plant. Movement and Nervous Behaviour in Plants . By P aul S imons .
Plants and Microclimate. A Quantitative Approach to Environmental Plant Physiology , 2nd edn. By H. G. J ones .
Acidic Deposition. Its Nature and Impacts . By F. T. L ast and R. W atling .
Biology of the Grapevine . By M ichael G. M ullins , A lain B ouquet and L arry E. W illiams .
Sweet Potato – An Untapped Food Resource . By J. A. W oolfe .
Algae and Symbioses: Plants, Animals, Fungi, Viruses, Interactions Explored . Ed. by W. R eisser .
Vegetation of New Zealand . By P. W ardle .
Microspores: Evolution and Ontogeny . Ed. by S. B lackmore and R. B. K nox .     

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Book Reviewed in this article:
Fungi and Environmental Change. Ed. by J. C. FRANKLAND, N. MAGANandG. M. GADD.
Population Genetics and Genetic Conservation of Forest Trees. Ed. by PH. BARADAT, W. T. ADAMS AND G. MÜLLER-STARCK.
The Siol Seed Banks of North West Europe: Methodology, Density and Longevity . By K. THOMPSON, J. P. BAKKER AND R. M. BEKKER.
Identification of Tropical Woody Plants in the Absence of Flowers and Fruits. By R. KELLER.
Biology of Citrus . By P. SPIEGEL-ROY and E. E. GOLDSCHMIDT.
Mechanisms of Plant Growth and Improved Productivity. Modern Approaches . Ed. by A. S. BASRA.     

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Plasticity in Plants. Edited by D. H. J ennings and A. J. T rewavas .
Chemistry of Plant Protection, Volume 1. Sterol Biosynthesis Inhibitors and Anti-Feeding Compounds. Edited by G. H aug and H. H offmann .
Proceedings of a Workshop on Biology and Control of Orobanche. Edited by S. J. T er B org .
Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, Vol. 1, Trees I. Edited by Y. P. S. B ajaj
Handbook of Phycological Methods, Volume 4. Ecological Field Methods; Macroalgae. Edited by M. S. L ittler and D. S. L ittler
Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes. No. 21 in a series Developments in Plant and Soil Science. Edited by F. A. S kinner and P. V omala .
English Names of Wild Flowers. By J. G. D ony , S. L. J ury and F. H. P erring .