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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:
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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Marine fish larvae-morphology, ecology and relation to fisheries , edited by Reuben Lasker.
Environmental Physiology of Plants , by A. H. Fitter & R. K. M. Hay.
Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics , by Clive A.
Dinosaurs , by L. B. Halstead &Jenny Halstead.
Large White Butterfly. The biology, biochemistry and physiolosy of Pieris brassicae ( Linnaeaus ), by John Feltwell.
Omnivorous primates: Gathering and hunting in human evolution , edited by Robert S. O. Harding and Geza Teleki.
Handbook of Zoo Medicine , by Heinz George Klös & Ernst Lang.
Cetacean behaviour: Mechanisms and functions , edited by L. M. Herman Wiley     

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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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BATS–A NATURAL HISTORY . By J. E. Hill & J. D. Smith.
PRIMATE BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIAL ECOLOGY . By Hilary O. Box. Chapman & Hall
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE PRIMATES . By. J. R. & P. H. Napier.
IN THE SHADOW OF EXTINCTION: A QUATERNARY ARCHAEOLOGY AND PALAEOECOLOGY OF THE LAKE, FISSURES AND SMALLER CAVES AT CRESWELL CRAGS S.S.S.I . By R. D. S. Jenkinson & D. D. Gilbertson.
THE MAMMALS OF THE PALAEARCTIC REGION: A TAXONOMIC REVIEW . Supplement. By G. B. Corbet
HUMAN EVOLUTION: AN ILLUSTRATED INTRODUCTION . By Roger Lewin.
EXCAVATIONS AT GRIMES GRAVES, NORFOLK, 1972–1976 FASCICULE 1. NEOLITHIC ANTLER PICKS… A BIOMETRICAL ANALYSIS . By Juliet Clutton-Brock.
SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN MAMMALS . By T. B. Poole.
THE MAMMALS OF ZANZIBAR AND PEMBA ISLANDS . By R. H. W. Pakenham. Published by the author
ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES AND THE EVIDENCE . Edited by D. R. Strong, D. Simberloff, L. G Abele & A. B. Thistle.
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE PALEOBIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF CETACEA . By G. A. Mchedlidze.
THE OXFORD GUIDE TO MAMMALS OF AUSTRALIA . By J. Mary Taylor.
WILDLIFE RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT . S. K. Eltringham. John Wiley & Sons
THE BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF MOUNTAIN UNGULATES . Edited by Sandro Lovari. Croom Helm
REPRODUCTION IN SHEEP . Edited by D. R. Lindsay & D. T. Pearce.
COMMUNICATION IN THE CHIROPTERA . By M. Brock Fenton.
FLYING SQUIRRELS: GLIDERS IN THE DARK . By Nancy Wells-Gosling.
MAMMALS OF THE CAROLINAS, VIRGINIA, AND MARYLAND . By Wm. David Webster, James F. Parnell & Walter C. Biggs, Jr.
NATURALISED MAMMALS OF THE WORLD . By Sir Christopher Lever.     

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Ecology of Pelicans in the Rwenzori National Park, Uganda by N. A. D in .
Writing a Scientific Paper by V. B ooth .
Ecologie de l'Hylochèrc (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni Thomas) au Parc National des Virunga by J. P. D 'huart .
The Ecology and Conservation of Large African Mammals by S. K. E ltringham .
Roberts Birds of South Africa Revised by G. R. McLachlan & R. Liversidge,
A World List of Mammalian Species . By G. B. C ohber & J. E. H ill .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
New Plant Sources for Drugs and Food from the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium , by Siri von Reis and Frank J. Lipp, Jr.
Botany: Plant Biology and its Relation to Human Afairs , by Jean H. Langenheim & Kenneth V. Thimann.
How to Know Western Australian WildJEowers, Part IV , (2nd edition) by B. J. Grieve & W. E. Blackall.
Thonner's Analytical Key to the Families of Flowering Plants , by R. Geesink, A. J. M. Leeuwenberg, C. E. Ridsdale & J. F. Feldkamp.
Insects of an Amazon Forest , by N. D. Penny and J. R. Arias.
Ordering the World: A History of Classzfying Man , by David Knight.     

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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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Botanical Microtechnique and Cytochemistry. By G. P. Berlyn and J. P. Miksche.
Annual Review of Plant Physiology. Ed. by W. R. Briggs.
Mechanical Design in Organisms. By S. A. Wainwright, W. D. Biggs, J. D. Currey & J. M. Gosline.
Uptake of Ions by Plant Roots. By D. J. F. Bowling.
Phytochrome and Photomorphogenesis. By Harry Smith.
Water and Plants. By Hans Meidner and D. W. Sheriff.
Physiological Aspects of Dryland Farming. Edited by U. S. Gupta.
Pollen: Biology, Biochemistry, Management. By R. G. Stanley and H. F. Linskens.
The Evolutionary Significance of the Exine. Ed. by I. K. Ferguson and J. Muller.
Cell Division in Higher Plants. Ed. by M. M. Yeoman.
Intercellular Communication in Plants: Studies on Plasmodesmata Ed. by B. E. S. Gunning & A. W. Robards.
Methods in Plant Ecology. Ed. by S. B. Chapman
Ökologie DER Pflazen By Walter Larcher.
Progress in Botany. Vol. 37. Ed. by H. Ellenberg, K. Esser, H. Merxmüller, E. Schnepf & H. Ziegler.
British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800. By Blanche Henrey.     

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ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF EUROPEAN HARE POPULATIONS Edited by Zygmund Pielowski & Zdzislaw Pucek. Polish Hunting Association, Warsaw, 1976.
THE BIOLOGY OF MARSUPIALS Edited by Bernard Stonehouse & Desmond Gilmore
AFRICAN UNGULATES: a comparative review of their ethology and behavioural ecology By Walter Leuthold.
ECOLOGY OF RED DEER By Brian Mitchell, Brian W. Staines & David Welch. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WHALE by L. Harrison Matthews.
THE MAMMALS OF THE PALEARCTIC REGION: a taxonomic review by G. B. Corbet. British Museum
DEVELOPMENT IN MAMMALS Volume 3. Edited by Martin H. Johnson.
RECENT ADVANCES IN PRIMATOLOGY edited by D. J. Chivers and others
Volume 1 -Behaviour ; edited by D. J. Chivers & J. Herbert: Pp 980, 19.20. Volume 2 -Conservation ; edited by D. J. Chivers
Volume 3 - Evolution ; edited by D. J. Olivers & K. A. Joysey
SEX DETERMINATION AND SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN MAMMALS by Alfred Glucksmann
HANDBUCH DER SAUGETIERE EUROPAS. Band 1: Nagetiere 1. Edited by Jochen Niethammer and Franz Krapp.
MAMMALS - THEIR LATIN NAMES EXPLAINED by A. F. Gotch.
EVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES OF THE MAMMALIAN MIDDLE EAR By Gerald Fleischer. Springer-Verlag     

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Advances in Botanical Research . Vol. 14. Ed. by J. A. C allow .
Inorganic Nitrogen Metabolism . Ed. by W. R. U llrich , P. J. A paricio , P. J. S yrett and F. C astillo .
A Centry od Nitrogen Fixation Research . Ed. by F. J. B ergersen and J. R. P ostgate .
Horizons in Lichenology . Ed. by D. H. D alby , D. L. H awksworth and S. L. J ury .
Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry , By J. B. H arborne .
Russell's Soil Conditions and Plant Growth, Ed. by A lan W ild .
Disease and Plant Population Biology . By J. J. B urdon.
Molecular Determinants of Plant Diseases . Ed. by S. N ishimura , C. P. V ance and N. D oke.
British Fungus Flora, Agrics and Boleti 5. Strophariaceae & Coprinaceae P.P.: Hypholoma, Melanotus, Psilocybe, Stropharia, Lacrymaria & Panaeolus, Psilocybe, Stropharia, Lacrymaria & Panaeolus, By R W atling and M. N. G regory .
Mechanisms of Woody Plant Defenses Against Insects . Ed. by W. J. M attson , J. L evieux and C. B ernard -D agan .
Air Pollution and Acid Rain. The Biological Impact . By A. W ellburn .
The Australian Paniceae (Paniceae) . By R. D. W erster .
Kew Index for 1986 . Compiled by R.A. D avies and K.M. L loyd .
Kew Index for 1987 . Compiled by R. A. D avies and K. M. L loyd .
Index Kewensis Supplement XVII . Compiled by J. L. M. P inner , T. A. B ence , R. A. D avies and K. M. L loyd .
Index Kewensis Supplement XVIII . Compiled by J. L. M. P inner , T. A. B ence , R. A. D avies and K. M. L loyd . Edited by R. A. D avies .
The Botany of Mangroves . By P. B. T omlinson .
Floweroing Plants in West Africa . By M argaret S teentoft .
Plants in Danger . By S. D. D avies     

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Plant Molecular Biology. Molecular Genetic Analysis of Plant Development and Metabolism. Ed. by G loria C oruzzi & P ere P uigdomégnech
Vacuum Methods in Electron Microscopy. By W. C. B igelow . Practical Methods in Electron Microscopy. Vol 15. Series Editor: Audrey M. G lauert .
The Fungi. By M ichael J. C arlile & S arah C. W atkinson .
Aspects of Tropical Mycology. Symposium of the British Mycological Society held at the University of Liverpool, April 1992. Edited by S. I saac , J. C. F rankland , R. W atling & A. J. S. W halley .
Belalong, A Tropical Rainforest. By T he E arl O f C ranbrook & D avid S. E dwards .
Ecology and Management of Invasive Riverside Plants. Ed. by L. C. D e W aal , L. E. C hild , P. M. W ade & J. H. B rock     

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Holme, N.A. & Mclntyre, A.D. (Eds) (1984) Methods for the Study of Marine Benthos.
Lewis, W.M., Saunders, J.F., Crumpacker, D.W. & Brendecke, CM. (1984) Eutrophication and Land Use: Lake Dillon, Colorado.
McKeown, B.A. (1984) Fish Migration.
von Brandt, A. (1984) Fish Catching Methods of the World
Barnes, R.S.K. (1984) Estuarine Biology.
Dumont, H.J. & Tundisi, J.G. (Eds) (1984) Tropical Zooplankton.
Wootton, R.J. (1984) A Functional Biology of Sticklebacks
Fernando, C.H. (Ed.) (1984) Ecology and Biogeography in Sri Lanka.
Haworth, E.W. & Lund, J.W.G. (Eds) (1984) Lake Sediments and Environmental History.
Petts, G.E. (1984) Impounded Rivers. Perspectives for Ecological Management.
Whitton, B.A. (Ed.) (1984) Ecology of European Rivers.     

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Badgers by Ernest Neal and Chris Cheeseman. T & A D Poyser Natural History Ltd.
The Lost Birds of Paradise , by Errol Fuller.
Leks , by Jacob Högland and Rauno V. Alatalo. Monographs in Behaviour and Ecology.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Plant, Animal & Anatomical Illustration in Art & Science . Compiled by Gavin D. R. Bridson and James J. White, xxxvii + 450 pp., 11 black-and-white illustrations.
Three hundred years of Irish watercolours and drawings . Patricia Butler; foreword by Richard Keaveney, 224 pp., 235 illustrations (colour and monochrome).
Fuchsias . Gerda Manthey. Translated by David Christie. Technical. editor Leo Boullemier. viii +196 pp., many colour photographs, line drawings, maps.
Baumrinden . Hugues Vaucher. 255 pp., 530 colour photographs.
The Flowers of Central Australia . Alec M. Blombery. 64 pp., colour photographs.
Wildflowers & Plants of Central Australia . Anne Urban. 240 pp., colour photographs.
A Reunion of Trees. The discovery of exotic plants and their introduction into North American and European landscapes .
Stephen A. Sponberg. xiv + 270 pp., 24 colour plates, 200 black-and-white figures, frontispiece.
Orchids from the Botanical Register 1815–1847 . Edited by Samuel Sprunger in collaboration with Phillip J. W. Cribb and William T. Steam. Vol. 1 - The Illustrations, 322 pp., 440 colour illustrations; Vol. 2 - The texts, 326 pp.
Hardy Herbaceous Perennials . Leo Jellito and Wilhelm Schacht. Third edn. revised by Schacht and Fessier. 2 volumes, 721 pp., 690 colour and 352 black-and-white photographs.
Garden Flowers from Seed . Christopher Lloyd and Graham Rice. 276 pp., 59 colour plates.
Gentians . Fritz Köhlein, ed. by Jim Jermyn. 183 pp., 12 plates of colour photographs, line drawings.     

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Fisheries' Acoustics . D.N. M ac L ennan & E.J. S immonds (1992).
Environmental Biology of European Cyprinids . W. W ieser , F. S chiemer , A. G oldschmidt & K. K otrschal (Eds) (1992).
The Natural History of Blackflies . R.W. C rosskey (1990).
Catch Effort Sampling Strategies . Edited by I.G. Cowx (1991).
Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology and Aquaculture . Edited by D. B elk , H.J. D umont & N. M unuswamy . (1991).     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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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Books reviewed in this article:
Photosynthesis. By D. O. H all and K. K. R ao .
Management of Mycorrhizas in Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry. Edited by A. D. R obson , L.K. A bbott & N. M alajczuk .
Atlas of the Bryophytes of Britain and Ireland. Volume 3. Mosses (Diplolepidene). By M. O. H ill . C. D. Preston & A. J. E. S mith
Shikimic Acid: Metabolism and Metabolites. By E dwin H aslam .     

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Book Review in This Article:
Cell Receptor Disorders by T. M elnechuk , available from Western Behavioral Sciences Institute
Cyclic Nucleotides, Phosphorylated Proteins, and Neuronal Functions . (Editor P. G reengard )
Advances in Neurochemistry, Vol. 3 . (Editors B. W. A granoff & M. H. A prison )
Acetylcholine Synthesis in Neurons by S. T uček .
The Pathologic Physiology of Dementia with Indications for Diagnosis and Treatment by R. M. T orack .     

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Holcik, J., Hensel, K., Nieslanik, J. & Skacel, L. (1988) The Eurasian Huchen, Hucho hucho: Largest Salmon of the World .
Carpenter, S.R. (1984) Complex Interaction in Lake Communities .
Gee, J.H.R. & Giller, P.S. (Eds) (1987) Organization of Communities, Past and Present .
Drever, J.I. (1988) The Geochemistry of Natural Waters .
Lembi, Carole A. & Waaland, J. Robert (Eds) (1988) Algae and Human Affairs .
Croasdale, H. & Flint, E.A. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Freshwater Algae .