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Bailey, Robert G. 1998. Ecoregions: the ecosystem geography of the oceans and continents. ix + 176 pp. Springer‐Verlag, New York. ISBN 0–387–98311–2 (softcover), 0–387–98305–8 (hardcover). Price: USD 39.95 (soft cover); USD 79.95 (hard cover).     

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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.‐.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Thompson, Ken, Bakker, Jan & Bekker, Renée 1997. The soil seed banks of North West Europe: methodology, density and longevity. 276 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-49519-9 (hardcover). Price: USD 120.-.     

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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.     

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. 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.-.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Delcourt, H.R. 2002. Forests in Peril: Tracking Deciduous Trees from Ice‐Age Refugia into the Greenhouse World. vii + 234 pp. The MacDonald and Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, VA. ISBN 0–939923–89–0 (paper). Price: USD 22.95.     

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Feldmeyer‐Christe, E., Ghosh, S., Wildi, O., Zimmermann, N.E. & Podani, J. (eds.) 2004. Modern approaches in vegetation monitoring. 143 pp. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary. ISBN 963‐05‐8183‐3 (hardcover). Price: EUR 70.‐.     

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).     

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Book reviewed in this article: Hutchings, M. J., John, E. A., and Stewart, A. J. A. (eds.) The Ecological Consequences of Environmental Heterogeneity. xiii + 434 pp. Blackwell Science Ltd., Oxford. ISBN 0‐632‐05713‐0. Price: USD 47.66     

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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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Abstract. Canham, C.D., Cole, J.J. & Lauenroth, W.K. 2003. Models in ecosystem science. 476 pp. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 0‐691‐09289‐3 (paperback). Price: USD $35.00.     

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Book reviewed in this issue. Barbour, M.G., Keeler‐Wolf, T. & Schoenherr, A.A. (eds.) 2007. Terrestrial Vegetation of California . Third Edition. xvii + 712 pp. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA, USA. ISBN 9780520249554. Price US: USD 75.00; UK: GBP 44.95.     

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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.     

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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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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.     

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Book reviewed in this issue. Bohn, U. & Neuhäusl, R. (eds.) 1990. Vegetation and Flora of Temperate Zones . viii+81 pp. SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague. ISBN 90–5103–034–7. Price: USD 16.-.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Glenn-Lewin, D.C., Peet, R.K. & Veblen, T.T. (eds.) 1992. Plant Succession: Theory and Prediction. ix + 352 pp. Chapman and Hall, New York, NY. ISBN 0-412-26900-7. Price: USD 59.95.     

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: -.     

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Abstract. Barota, J. 1991. Tropical Forests: Some African and Asian Case Studies of Composition and Structure. xii + 274 pp. Elsevier Science Publishing, New York. ISBN 0-444-98768-1. Price: USD 120.-.