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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.     

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Imperial Botanical Conference, London, 1924. Report of Proceedings , edited by F. T. B rooks .
The Quarterly Review of Biology , edited by R aymond P earl .     

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Island ecology (Outline studies in ecology), by M. Gorman
Comparative Morphology of Recent Crustacea, by Patsy A. McLaughlin. W. H. Freeman
Genetic Models of Sexual Selection, by Peter O'Donald
Pulmonates, edited by Vera Fretter and J. Peake
Weeds (2nd Edition), by W. C. Muenscher
Orang-Utan Behavior, by T. L. Maple
Aquatic Oligochaete Biology, edited by R. O. Brinkhurst & D. G. Cook
Studies in Mathematical Biology, Part II: Populations and Communities, edited by S. A. Levin
Atlas of the Netherlands Flora. I, Extinct and very rare species, edited by J. Mennema, A. J. Quene-Botorenbrood & C. L. Plate. Dr W. Junk     

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Flowers of the Himalaya , by Oleg Polunin and Adam Stainton.
A Guide to the Vegetation of Britain and Europe , by Oleg Polunin and Martin Walters.
The Experimental Biology of Bryophytes, edited by A. F. Dyer & J. G. Duckett.
A Birdwatcher's Miscellany, edited by Rob Hume.
The Moths and Butterjlies of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 10, Noctuidae (Part II) and Agaristidae, edited by J. Heath.
Atlas of Butterjlies in Britain and Ireland, by J. Heath, E. Pollard & J. A. Thomas.
Colour Identification Guide to Butterjlies of the British Isles, revised edition by T. G. Howarth.
The World of Butterjlies, An Illustrated Encyclopaedia, by V. Sbordoni & S.Forestiero.
Colour Identijcation Guide to Moths of the British Isles, by Bernard Skinner.
The Biology of Buttegies, edited by R. I. Vane-Wright & P. R. Ackery.
Australian Grasses, by Nancy T. Burbidge, revised by Surrey W. L. Jacobs.
Collins Guide to Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns, by R. Fitter & A. Fitter. Collins.
Grasses of the Soviet Union, by N. N. Tsvelev, edited by A. A. Fedorov.
The European Garden Flora, Volume 2, Monocotyledons (Part ZZ), edited by S. M Walters et al.
Grasses, 3rd edition, by C. E. Hubbard, revised by J. C. E. Hubbard.     

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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.     

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A World Like Our Own—Man and Nature in Madagascar , by Alison Jolly.
Vertebrate Limb Regeneration , by H. Wallace.
Statistical Methods in Biology , by N. T.J. Bailey
Conservation and Evolution , by O. H. Frankel & M. E. Soule
Evolution in Age-structured Populations by B. Charlesworth
Essential Biology , by Herbert T. Hendrickson
Flora Suzakiensis , edited by Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household
Phylogenetic Patterns and the Evolutionary Process , by N. Eldredge & J. Cracraft
Excursion Flora of the British Isles , by A. R. Clapham, T. G. Tutin & E. F. Warburg
Whales , by W. N. Bonner
Les Chevaux, Fossiles et Actuels , by V. Eisenmann
Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance , by David S. Brown
Symbiosis in Cell Evolution , by Lynn Margulis
Vegetation Dynamics , by J. Miles     

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Serotonin Receptor Subtypes: Pharmacological Significance and Clinical Implications (International Academy for Biomedical and Drug Research, Vol.1) edited by S. Z. Langer, N. Brunello, G. Racagni, and J. Mendlewicz.
Protocols for Neural Cell Culture edited by S. Fedoroff and A. Richardson.
Molecular Genetic Approaches to Neuropsychiatric Disease edited by J. Brosius and R. T. Fremeau.
Insulin: Molecular Biology to Pathology edited by F. M. Ashcroft and S. J. H. Ashcroft.
Adenosine in the Nervous System edited by T. W. Stone.     

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Ecophysiology of the Camelidae and Desert Ruminants, by Richard T. Wilson
Paleontology of Vertebrates, by Jean Chaline
The Tettigoniidae: Biology, Systematics and Evolution, edited by W. T. Bailey and D. C. F. Rentz
Behaviour of Pinnipeds, edited by D. Renouf
Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 5, edited by D. W. Macdonald, D. Muller-Schwarze and S. E. Natynczuk
The Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae), edited by A. Maitland Emmet & the late John Heath
Heterotypical Behaviour in Man and Animals, edited by M. Haug, P. F. Brain and C. Aron
Insect Life Cycles, Genetics, Evolution and Co-ordination, edited by F. Gilbert.
Grasshoppers and Allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland, by J. A. Marshall and E. C. M. Haes     

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The Diatoms–Biology and Morpology of the Genera, by F. E. Round, R. M. Crawford and D. G. Mann.
The Control of Eutrophication of Lakes and Reservoirs, edited by S.-O. Ryding and W. Rast.
An Amazonian Rain Forest, edited by C. F. Jordan. Vol. 2 in Man and the Biosphere Series. Carnforth, Lanes., U.K.
Exploiting the Tropical Rain Forest, edited by D. Lamb, Vol. 3 in Man and the Biosphere Series. Carnforth, Lanes
Biological Control of Microbial Plant Pathogens, by R. Campbell. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Aquatic Plant Book, by C. D. K. Cook. The Hague, The Netherlands: SPB Academic Publishing     

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Plant Science An introduction to World Crops, by J. Janick. R. W. Schery, F. W. Woods & V. W. Ruttan. W. H. Freeman
Life of the Vertebrates, by J. Z. Young, F.R.S
The Mammals of North America, by E. Raymond Hall. John Wiley
The Giant Panda, edited by Zhu Jing & Li Yangwen
Modern Ethology; The Science of Animal Behaviour, by S. A. Barnett
Environmental Physiology of Fishes, edited by M. A. Ali
British Planarians, Synopsis of the British Fauna No. 19, by I. R. Ball & T. B. Reynoldson
Development and Specialization of Skeletal Muscle, edited by D. F. Goldspink
Human Navigation and the Sixth Sense, by R. R. Baker
Mosses of Eastern North America, by H. A. Crum & L. E. Anderson     

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The Biology of Taurine: Methods and Mechanisms edited by R. J. Huxtable, F. Franconi, and A. Giotti
Synaptic Transmitters and Receptors edited by Stanislav Tuček     

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Nutrition and the Brain , Vol. 8 by R. J. Wurtman and J. J. Wurtman.
Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology by D. M. Glick.
Antiepileptic Drugs (Third Edition) edited by R. H. Levy, F. E. Dreifuss, R. H. Mattson, B. S. Meldrum, and J. K. Penry.
Developmental Neurobiology (Nestlé Nutrition Workshop Series, Vol. 12) edited by P. Evrard and A. Minkowski.
Allosteric Modulation of Amino Acid Receptors: Therapeutic Implications (Fidia Research Foundation Symposium Series, Vol. 1) by E. A. Barnard and E. Costa.
Neurochemical Pharmacology—A Tribute to B. B. Brodie (Fidia Research Foundation Symposium Series, Vol. 2) edited by E. Costa.
Neuromethods Vol. 11: Carbohydrate and Energy Metabolism edited by A. A. Boulton, G. B. Baker, and R. F. Butterworth.
Adenosine and Adenosine Receptors edited by M. Williams.
Laughing Death: The Untold Story of Kuru by V. Zigas.
Psychoactive Drugs: Tolerance and Sensitization edited by A. J. Goudie and M. W. Emmett-Oglesby.
The NMDA Receptor edited by J. C. Watkins and G. L. Collingridge.
Basic and Clinical Aspects of Neuroscience (Vol. 3): The Role of Brain Dopamine edited by E. Flückiger, E. E. Müller, and M. O. Thorner.
Glycine Neurotransmission edited by O. P. Otterson and J. Storm-Mathisen.
The Neuropeptide Cholecystokinin (CCK): Anatomy and Biochemistry, Receptors, Pharmacology and Physiology edited by J. Hughes, G. Dockray, and G. Woodruff.     

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The Mature and Origin of the Biological World, by E. J. Ambrose
An unusual newly discovered Archosauer from the Upper Triassic of Virginia USA, by R.E. Weems
The Biology of Nectaries, edited by B. Bentley and T. Elias
Animal Taxonomy, by H. E. Goto
Diets for Birds in Captivity by K. C. Lint & A. M. Lint
Lizards of Western Australia I. Skinks, by G. M. Storr, L. A. Smith & R. E. Johnstone
Advances in Legume Systematics, edited by R. M. Polhill & P. H. Raven
Tuberous, Cormous and Bulbous Plants, by J. S. Pate and K. W. Dixon
Evolution and the Theory of Games, by John Maynard Smith
Sound and Hearing, by Martin E. Rosenberg
Differential Equations and Applications in Ecology, Epidemics and Population Problems, edited by S. N. Busenberg & K. L. Cooke
Plant Pathology and Plant Pathogens, (2nd Edition), by Colin Dickinson & John Lucas
A Complete Guide to British Butterflies, by Margaret Brooks & Charles Knight     

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By D. Michael Stoddart. Studies in Biology, edited by the Institute of Biology, no. 73. Edward Arnold
By Jonathan Kingdon, 1977. Academic Press, London and New York
Edited by D. P. Snyder. University of Pittsburg Press
Edited by S. S. Ajayi & L. B. Halstead. Taylor
By A. M. Husson. Zoölogische Monographieën van het Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie
R. J. Olds & J. R. Olds. Wolfe Medical Publications Ltd. London 1979.
Edited by D. M. Stoddart. Chapman & Hall, London
By Adrian Desmond. Blond & Briggs
By Neil Chalmers. 1979. Edward Arnold
Edited by Rodney Steel & Anthony P. Harvey.
By S. Bökönyi. B.A.R. Supplementary Series 34, 1977. 132 pp. 35 figs. E2.60 post free.     

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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     

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Evolution and the Fossil Record, edited by K. C. Allen and D. E. G. Briggs
Mass Extinctions: Processes and Evolution, edited by Stephen K. Donovan
A Functional Biology of Clonal Animals, by Roger N. Hughes. "Functional Biology' Series, edited by Peter Calow
Charles Darwin in Australia, by F. W. and J. M. Nicholas     

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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     

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Advances in Morphometrics edited by Leslie F. Marcus, Marco Corti, Anna Loy, Gavin J. P. Naylor and Dennis E. Slice
Concise Encyclopedia Biology , translated by Thomas A. Scott. Walter de Gruyter
Modeling Biological Systems. Principles and Applications , by James W. Haefner.     

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Hair of West-European Mammals. Atlas and Identification Key , by B. J. Teerink.
Koobi Fora Research Project, Vol. 3, The Fossil Ungulates: Geology, Fossil Artiodactyls, and Palaeoenvironments , edited by J. M. Harris
Biomechanics in Evolution (Society for Experimental Biology Series No. 36) , edited by J. M. V. Rayner and R. J. Wooton.
Efficiency and Economy in Animal Physiology , edited by R. W. Blake.