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Towards Stability in the Names of Animals. A History of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1895–1995 , by Richard J. Melville.
The Biology of Lemmings , edited by N.C. Stensteth     

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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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Advances in Neuroblastoma Research (Progress in Clinical and Biological Research , Vol. 175) edited by A. E. Evans, G. J. D'Angio, and R. C. Seeger. Alan R. Liss
Neurochemical Techniques in Insect Research edited by H. Breer and T. A. Miller.
Cell Culture in the Neurosciences edited by J. E. Bottenstein and G. Sato.
The Developing Brain and Its Disorders edited by M. Arima, Y. Suzuki, and H. Yabuuchi.
Neurobiology: Current Comparative Approaches edited by R. Gilles and J. Balthazart.     

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Electrophysiological Techniques (Current Methods in Cellular Neurobiology, Vol. 3) edited by J. L. Barker and J. F. McKelvy.
Measurement of Neurotransmitter Release In Vivo edited by C. A. Marsden.
Effects of Aging on Regulation of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism (Monographs in Neural Sciences, Vol. 11) edited by C. Fieschi, G. L. Lenzi, and C. W. Loeb.
Glutamine, Glutamate, and GABA in the Central Nervous System (Neurology and Neurobiology, Vol. 7) edited by L. Hertz, E. Kvamme, E. G. McGeer, and A. Schousboe (General Editors: V. Chan-Palay and S. L. Palay).
Cyclic Necleotide Phosphodiesterases (Advances in Cyclic Nucleotide and Protein Phosphorylation Research, Vol. 16) edited by S. J. Strada and W. J. Thompson (General Editors: P. Greengard and G. A. Robison).     

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The Hypothalamic pituitary-Adrenal Axis: physiol-ogy, pathophysiology, and Psychiatric Implications edited by Alan F Schatzberg and Charles B Nemeroff.
Peptides (Neuromethods, Vol. 6) edited by A. A. Boul-ton, G. B. Baker, and Q. G. Pittman.
Trace Amines: Comparative and Clinical Neurobiology edited by A. A. Boulton, A. V. Juorio, and R. G. H. Downer.
Neurodegenerative Disorders: The Role Played by Endotoxins and Xenobiotics edited by G. Nappi, O. Hor-nykiewicz, R. G. Fariello, A. Agnoli, and H. Klawans.
The Neural and Behavioral Organization of Goal-Directed Movements by M. Jeannerod.
Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology (Vol. 10.) edited by L. Martini and W. F. Ganong.
Voltammetry in the Neurosciences edited by J. B. Justice, Jr.     

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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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Ecology, Community and Lifestyle: Outline of an Ecosophy , by Arne Naess (translated and edited by David Rothenberg).
Restoration Ecology: A Synthetic Approach to Ecological Research , edited by W. R. Jordan, M. E. Gilpin and J. D. Aber.
Plankton Ecology: Succession in Plankton Communities , edited by Ulrich Sommer.
Biological Control of Pests, Pathogens and Weeds: Development and Prospects , edited by R. K. S. Wood and M.J. Way.
Large Scale Cell Culture Technology , edited by Bjorn K. Lydersen.
The Story of Silk , by J. Feltwell.
Ecological Experiments: Purpose, Design and Execution , by N. G. Hairston.N 0 5
Molecular Genetics and Comparative Evolution , by J. Langridge.     

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Dopaminergic Systems and Their Regulation edited by G. N. Woodruff, J. A. Poat, and P. J. Roberts.
Neurobiology of Hearing: The Cochlea edited by R. A. Altschuler, R. P. Bobbin, and D. W. Hoffman.
Neurochemistry: A Practical Approach edited by A. J. Turner and H. S. Bachelard.     

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Functional Properties of Cortical Cells (Cerebral Cortex Vol. 2) edited by E. G. Jones and A. Peters.
Neural Transplants. Development and Function edited by J. R. Sladek, Jr. and D. H. Gash.
Current Topics in Research on Synapses, Volumes 1 and 2 edited by D. G. Jones, Alan R. Liss     

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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.     

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Photoreceptors (NATO AS1 Series A. Life Sciences, Vol. 75) edited by A. Borsellino and L. Cervetto
Hormonal Control of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis edited by K. W. McKerns and Z. Naor
International Review of Neurobiology , Vol. 25 edited by C. C. Pfeiffer and J. R. Smythies.
The Neurobiology of Zinc edited by C. J. Frederickson, G. A. Howell, and E. J. Kasarskis, Alan R. Liss     

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Evolutionary Dynamics of a Natural Population. The Large Cactus Finch of the Galapagos , by B. Rosemary Grant & Peter R. Grant.
Species Dispersal in Agricultural Habitats , edited by R. G. H. Bunce and D. C. Howard.
The Dictionary of Cell Biology , edited by J. M. Lackie and J. A. T. Dow.
The Mirror of Creation , by E. J. Ambrose.
The Fate of the Forest , by Susanna Hecht and Alexander Cockburn.     

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Monoclonal Antibodies to Neural Antigens edited by Ronald McKay, Martin C. Raff, and Louis F. Reichardt.
Neuroendocrine Regulation and Altered Behaviour edited by Pavel D. Hrdina and Radhey L. Singhai.
Pharmacology and Biochemistry of Psychiatric Disorders by A. R. Green and D. W. Costain.
Metabolie Acidosis: Ciba Foundation Symposium 87 edited by R. Porter and G. Lawrenson.
Pesticides Studied in Man by Wayland J. Hayes, Jr.     

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Taurine: Biological Actions and Clinical Perspectives (Progress in Clinical and Biological Research, Vol. 179 ) edited by S. S. Oja, L. Ahtee, P. Kontro, and M. K. Paasonen.
The Thalamus by E. G. Jones.
Development of Visual Pathways in Mammals (Neurology and Neurobiology, Vol. 9) edited by J. Stone, B. Dreher, and D. H. Rappaport
Folates and Pterins, Volumes 1 and 2 edited by R. L. Blakeley and S. J. Benkovic.     

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Biogeography. An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach , 5th Ed., by C. B. Cox and P. D. Moore.
Classification, Evolution and the Nature of Biology , by A. L. Panchen.
Biodiversity of the Southeastern United States Aquatic Communities , edited by C. T. Hackney, S. M. Adams and W. H. Martin.
Bryophytes and Lichens in a Changing Environment , edited by J. W. Bates and A. M. Farmer.
Atlas of Paleoclimates and Paleoenvironments of the Northern Hemisphere, Late Pleistocene—Holocene , edited by B. Frenzel, M. Pecsi and A. A. Velicho.
Cladistics. A Practical Course in Systematics. The Systematics Association Publication Mo. 10. , by P. L. Forey, C. J. Humphries, I. J. Kitching, R. W. Scotland, D. J. Siebert and D. M. Williams.
Life, The Science of Biology. 3rd Ed. by W. K. Purves, G. H. Orians and H. C. Heller.
The Proterozoic Biosphere. A Multidisciplinary Study , edited by J. W. Schopf and C. Klein.     

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Nutrition and Neurobiology edited by J. C. Somogyi and D. Hötzel
Benzodiazepine/GABA Receptors and Chloride Channels: Structural and Functional Properties edited by R. W. Olsen and J. C. Venter
Progress in Retinal Research, Volume 5 edited by N. N. Osborne and G. J. Chader     

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The Ants , by B. Holldobler and E. O. Wilson.
Intraspecific Variation in the Social Systems of Wild Vertebrates , by D. F. Lott.
Evolutionary Trends , edited by K. J. McNamara.
Fish Evolution and Systematics: Evidence from Spermatozoa , by B. G. M. Jamieson.
The Evolution of Homo erectus , by G. P. Rightmire.
A World List of Mammalian Species (Third Edition) , by G. B. Corbet and J. E. Hill.
Coral Reefs. Nature's Richest Realm , by R. Steene.     

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Macroevolution. Pattern and Process , by S. M. Stanley.
A World List of Mammadian Species , by G. B. Corbet & J. E. Hill.
Indole and Biogenetically Related Alkaloids , edited by J. D. Phillipson & M. H. Zenk.
Comparative Ecology , by Y. Itô (edited and translated by J. Kikkawa).
The I.B.P. Survey of Conservation Sites: an Experimental Study , edited by A. R.
Man, the Promising Primate , by Peter J. Wilson.
The Pleistocene Mammals of North America , by Bjorn Kurten & Elaine Anderson.
British Gardeners , by Miles Hadfield, Robert Harling & Leonie Highton.
The Functioning of Freshwater Ecosystms , by E. D. LeCren & R. H. Lowe-McConnell.
I Fiori della Alpi by F. Rasetti.
The Oligocene Rodents of North America , by Albert E. Wood.
The Fossil Hunters in Search of Ancient Plants , by Henry N. Andrews.
Anatomy of the Dicotyledons, Vol. I , by C. R. Metcalfe & L. Chalk.     

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Current Methods in Cellular Neurology, Vol. II: Biochemical Techniques edited by J. L. Barker and J. F. McKelvy.
Review of Neuroradiology, Vol. 4: The Clinical Neurosciences edited by R. N. Rosenberg, R. G. Grossman, S. S. Schochet, Jr., E. R. Heinz, and W. D. Willis, Jr.     

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A Dictionary of the Flowering Plants and Ferns . By the late J. C. W illis . Seventh edition, revised by H. K. A iry S haw .
The Principles of Pollination Ecology . By K. F aegri and L. van D er P ijl .
Studies in Biology, No. 5, Plant Taxonomy . By V. H. H eywood .
Deadly Harvest . By J ohn M. K ingsbury .
Plant Physiology . By H enrik G. L undegardh . Translated by F. M. I rvine , Translation edited by W. O. J ames .
The Biology of Lichens . By M ason E. H ale J r . In: Contemporary Biology Series, General editors E. J. W. B arrington and A. J. W illis .
Plant Biology Today . Second edition. Ed. by W. A. J ensen and L. G. K avaljian .
Organisation in Plants . Second edition. By B. M. B aron .
Fortschritte der Botanik , Band 28. Ed. by E. B ünning , H. E llenberg , K. E sser , H. M erxmuller and P. S itte .
Taxonomy of Flowering Plants . Second edition. By C. L. P orter .
The Study of Biology . By J. J. W. B aker and G. E. A llen .
Experiments in the Study of Biology . By J. J. W. B aker , G. E. A llen , E. G age and S. K. W ebster .
Grundriss der Phytopathologie iind des Pflanzenschutzes . By H ans -A lfred K irchner .
Bibliography of Seeds . Compiled and edited by L. V. B arton .
Pollen Grains of Western Himalaxan Plants . By P. K. K. N air .
Families of Flowering Plants in Ethiopia . By W. C. B urger .