Book Reviews

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).     

Also Received

Books Reviewed in this article: Barker , R.D. & Vestjens , W.J.M. 1991. The Food of Australian Birds. Beatty , J. 1992. Sula: the seabird hunters of Lewis. Bruun , B., Delin , H. & Svensson , L. 1992. Birds of Britain and Europe. Cowell . S. Adatia , R. & Gibson . B. 1992. Who's Who in the Environment—England. Dimentman , C., Bromley . H.J. & Por , F.D. 1992. Lake Hula: reconstruction of the fauna and hydrobiology of a lost lake. Eagle , R. 1991. Seton Gordon, the Life and Times of a Highland Gentleman. Ford . E. 1992. Falconry: art and practice. Foschi , U.F. & Gellini , S. 1992. Avifauna e Ambiente in Provincia di Fork le comunita di uccelli come indicatori ecologici. Guest , J.P. Elphick , D., Hunter . J.S.A. & Norman . D. 1992. The Breeding Bird Atlas of Cheshire and Wirral. Hayes , L.B. & Hayes , M.L. 1987. Raising Game Birds. Hayes , L. B. 1992. The Chinese Painted Quail, ‘the Button Quail’: their breeding and care Hollands , D. 1991. Birds of the Night, Owls, Frogmouths and Nightjars of Australia. Ironmonger . J. 1992. The Good Zoo Guide. Kiew , R. (ed.) 1991. the State of Nature Conservation in Malaysia. La Bastille , A. 1990. Mama Poc: an ecologist's account of the extinction of a species. Lambert , M. 1992. Birds by Colour. Layton . L. 1991. Songbirds in Singapore: the growth of a pastime. Liversidge , R. 1991. The Birds around Us. Love , J.A. 1989. Eagles. Mellanby , K. 1992. The DDT Story. Pp. 112. Farnham: British Crop Protection Council. Newman , K., Johnston -Stewart , N. & Medland , B. 1992. Birds of Malawi. A supplement to Newman's Birds of Southern Africa. Ogilvie , M. 1992. The Birds of Islay: including when and where to find them. Orr , O.H. 1992. Saving American Birds: T. Gilbert Pearson and the founding movement of the Audubon Society. Ortiz Crespo , F., Greenfield , P.J. & Matheus , J.C. 1990. Aves del Ecuador Continente y Archipielago de Galápagos/Birds of Ecuador Paine , J.R. & World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1991. IUCN Directory of Protected Areas in Oceania. Petersen , M.R., Weir , D.N. & Dick , M.H. 1991. Birds of Kilbuck and Ahklun Mountain Region, Alaska. Riddle , G. 1991. Seasons with the Kestrel. Simpson , M.B., Jr. 1992. Birds of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Stallcup , R. 1990. Ocean Birds of the Nearshore Pacific. Strange , I.J. 1992. A Field Guide to the Wildlife of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. Trollope , J. 1992. Seed-eating Birds, Their Care and Breeding: finches and allied species—doves, quail and hemipodes. Village , A. 1992. Falcons.     

Book Reviews

River Conservation and Management . Edited by P.J. B oon , P. C alow & G.E. P etts (1991).
Aquatic Microbiology by G. R heineimer (1992).
Bioindicators and Environmental Management . Edited by D.W. J effrey & B. M adden . (1991).     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
B iotechnology V olume 2. G enetic F undamentals and G enetic E ngineering (1993). Edited by H.-J. Rehm and G. Reed.
C owan and S teel's M anual for the I dentification of M edical B acteria (1993). Edited by G.I. Barrow and R.K.A. Feltham.
Bacillus thuringiensis , AN E nvironmental B iopesticide : T heory and P ractice (1993). Edited by P.F. Entwistle, J.S. Cory, M.J. Bailey and S. Higgs.
T rends in M icrobiology : V irulence , I nfection and P athogenesis (1993).
N etworking in B rucellosis R esearch (1991). Edited by J.F. Frank.
Serpula lacrymans : F undamental B iology and C ontrol S trategies (1991). Edited by D.H. Jennings and A.F. Bravery.
M onitoring G enetically M anipulated M icroorganisms in the E nvironment (1993). Edited by C. Edwards.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
L egionella : C urrent S tatus and E merging P erspectives (1993). Edited by J.M. Barbaree, R.F. Breiman and A.P. Dufour.
Pseudomonas: M olecular B iology and B iotechnology (1992). Edited by E. Galli, S. Silver and B. Witholt.
A dvances in B iochemical E ngineering / B iotechnology 45 (1992). Edited by A. Fiechter.
A dvances in M icrobial E cology (1993). Edited by K.C. Marshall.
T he B iology of H alophilic B acteria (1993). Edited by R.H. Vreeland and L.I. Hochstein.
B akterienviren (1992). By S. Klaus, D. Krüger and J. Meyer.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Bodson, L., & R. Libois, eds. (1992) : Contributions à l'histoire de la domestication (Zur Geschichte der Domestikation). Porzig, E., & H. H. Sambraus (1991) : Nahrungsverhalten landwirtschaftlicher Nutztiere (Feeding behaviour in farm animals). Lynch, J. J., G. N. Hinch & D. B. Adams (1992) : The behaviour of sheep. Biological principles and implications for production (Das Verhalten von Schafen. Grundlagen und Folgerungen für die Nutztierhaltung). Blendinger, W. (1988) : Psychologie und Verhaltensweisen des Pferdes (Psychology and behaviour of horses). Pirkelmann , H., ed. (1991): Pferdehaltung. Verhalten, Arbeitswirtschaft, Ställe, Fütterung und Krankheiten (Horses. Behaviour, care, diseases). Fraser , A. F. (1992): The behaviour of the horse (Das Verhalten des Pferdes). Bradshaw , J. W. S. (1992): The behaviour of the domestic cat (Das Verhalten der Hauskatze). Miller , B. J., & S. H. Anderson (1993): Ethology of the endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) (Verhalten des bedrohten Schwarzfußfrettchens). Kirkwood , J. K., & K. Stathatos (1992): Biology, rearing and care of young primates (Biologie, Aufzucht und Pflege junger Primaten). Hinde , R. A., & J. Groebel , eds. (1991): Cooperation and prosocial behavior (Kooperation und prosoziales Verhalten). Gove, D. (1991): A water snake's year (Ein Jahr im Leben einer Wassernatter).     

Book Reviews

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.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Eisner, N., & D. W. Richter, eds. (1992): Rhythmogenesis in neurons and networks (Rhythmogenese in Neuronen und Netzwerken). Thompson, R. F. (1990): Das Gehirn. Von den Nervenzellen zur Verhaltenssteuerung (The brain). Reichert, H. (1992): Introduction to neurobiology (Neurobiologie. Rowell, C. H. F. (1992): Locust neurobiology: a bibliography, 1871–1991 (Neurobiologie der Wanderheuschrecke: Eine Bibliographie). Green, B. G., J. R. Mason, & M. R. Kare, eds. (1990): Chemical senses; Vol. 2: Irritation (Chemische Sinne Bd. 2: Irritierende Reize). Webster, D. B., R. R. Fay & A. N. Popper, eds. (1992): The evolutionary biology of hearing (Evolutionsbiologie des Gehörs). Carpenter, G. A., & S. Grossberg, eds. (1992): Neural networks for vision and image processing (Neurale Netzwerke für Sehen und Bildwahrnehmung). Barlow, H., C. Blakemore, & M. Weston-Smith, eds. (1990): Images and understanding (Bilder und Verstehen). Mellor, D. H., ed. (1990): Ways of communicating (Formen der Verständigung). Dusenbery, D. B. (1992): Sensory ecology. How organisms acquire and respond to information (Sinnesökologie. Heinrich, B. (1993): Hot-blooded insects. Strategies and mechanisms of thermoregulation (Heißblütige Insekten. Strategien und Mechanismen der Thermoregulation). Krebs, J. R., & N. B. Davies, eds. (1991): Behavioural ecology; an evolutionary approach (Verhaltensökologie; ein evolutionärer Ansatz). Maynard Smith, J. (1992): Evolutionsgenetik (Evolutionary genetics. Oxford University Press, 1989. Stearns, S. C. (1992): The evolution of life histories (Evolution von Lebensabläufen). Gottlieb, G. (1992): Individual development and evolution. Archer, J. (1992): Ethology and human development (Ethologie und Entwicklungspsychologie). Sudhaus, W., & K. Rehfeld (1992): Einführung in die Phylogenetik und Systematik (Phylogenetics and systematics — an introductory textbook). Schmidt-Kittler, N., & K. Vogel, eds. (1991): Constructional morphology and evolution (Konstruktionsmorphologie und Evolution). Vogel, K. (1991): Konstruktionsmorphologie — Ein Schlüssel zum Verständnis der biologischen Evolution (Constructional morphology - a key to understanding biological evolution). Barth, F. G. (1992): “Technische” Perfektion in der belebten Natur (“Technical” perfection in living nature). del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, & J. Sargatal, eds. (1992): Handbook of the birds of the world. Lebreton, J.-D., & Ph. M. North, eds. (1993): Marked individuals in the study of bird population (Individuelle Kennzeichnung von Vögeln für Populationsstudien). Bibby, C. J., N. D. Burgess, & D. A. Hill (1992): Bird census techniques (Methoden der Vogelzählung). The Observer 3.0, a software package for behavioural observations.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this articles:
Fish Ecophysiology. Edited by J. C liff R ankin & F rank B. J ensen (1993).
Pollution and Freshwater Fish. R ichard L loyd (1992).
Biodiversity of the Southeastern United States: Aquatic Communities. Edited by C.T. H ackney , S.M. A dams and W.H. M artin .     

Reviews

An Introduction to Bacterial Physiology. By E velyn L. O ginsky and W. W. U mbreit.
The Cell Nucleus. Edited by J. S. M itchell.
Behaviour and Evolution. Edited by anne R oe and G eorge G aylord S impson.
The Mango. By L. B. S ingh.
The Balkan Lake Ohrid and its Living World. By S inia S tanković.
An Introduction to the Biology of Micro-organisms. By L. E. H awker , A. H. L inton , B. F. F olkes and M. J. C arlile.
The Chemistry of Nucleic Acids. By D. O. J ordan.
The Structure and Function of Muscle. In three volumes—edited by G. H. B ourne.
Planzenpathogene Bakterien. By C. S tapp.
Physical Chemistry for Students of Pharmacy and Biology. 2nd ed. By S. C. W allwork.
The Control of Growth and Form. A Study of the Epidermal Cell in an Insect. By V. B. W igglesworth.     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
N eutralization of A nimal V iruses (1993). By N.J. Dimmock.
Bacillus subtilis and O ther G ram -P ositive B acteria : B iochemistry , P hysiology and M olecular G enetics (1993).
C hilled F oods : A C omprehensive G uide (1992). Edited by C. Dennis and M. Stringer.
M edical M icrobiology (1992). Edited by D. Greenwood, R. Slack and J. Peutherer.
B acteriocins of L actic A cid B acteria (1993). Edited by D.G. Hoover and L.R. Steenson.
Bacillus thuringiensis , an E nvironmental B iopesticide : T heory and P ractice (1993). Edited by P.F. Entwistle, J.S. Cory, M.J. Bailey and S. Higgs.
P ediatric I nfectious D isease (1993). Edited by D. Engelhard, M.I. Marks and D. Branski.     

Books

Book reviewed in this article:
B ateson , P.P.G (ed.). 1991. The Development and Integration of Behaviour. Essays in honour of Robert Hinde.
B rucker , J.W., G osler , A.G. & H eryet , A.R. (eds). 1992. Birds of Oxfordshire.
D ubs , B. 1992. Birds of Southwestern Brazil. Catalogue and guide to the birds of the Pantanal of Mato Grosso and its border areas.
J onsson , L. & T ysse , T. 1992. Lommar.
L undberg , A. & R.V. A latalo . 1992. The Pied Flycatcher.
M arzluff , J.M. & B alda , R.P. 1992. The Pinyon Jay: behavioral ecology of a colonial and cooperative corvid.
N ason , A. 1992. Discovering Birds: an introduction to the birds of Nigeria.
P armelee , D.F. 1992. Antarctic Birds: ecological and behavioral approaches.
P ower , D.M. (ed.) 1991. Current Ornithology.
S imms , E. 1992. British Larks, Pipits & Wagtails.     

REVIEWS

Books Review in this article:
Forest Trees and Timbers of the British Empire. Part I. Some East African Coniferae and Leguminosae. By L. C halk , M.A., D.Phil., J. B urtt D avy , M.A., Ph.D. and H. E. D esch , B.SC.
Part II. Twenty West African Timber Trees. By L. C halk , M.A., D.Phil., J. B urtt D avy , M.A., Ph.D., H. E. D esch , B.SC, M.A. and A. C. H oyle , B.Sc, M.A.
Part III. Fifteen South African High Forest Timber Trees. By L. C halk , M.A., D.Phil., M. M. C hattaway , B.SC, M.A., J. B urtt D avy , M.A., Ph.D., F. S. L aughton , B.SC. and M. H. S cott , B.SC.
Colloids in Agriculture. By C. E. M arshall .
Flore Laurentienne. By F rère M arie -V ictorin , D.SC.
Plant Viruses. By K enneth M. S mith .
Plant Life: A Text-book of Botany. By D. B. S wingle .
Gardening in East Africa: A Practical Handbook. Edited by A. J. J ex -B lake , with a foreword by Sir A rthur W. H ill .
British Stem- and Leaf-Fungi (Coelomycetes). Vol. I. Sphaeropsidales. By W. B. G rove , M.A.     

REVIEWS

Advances in Plant Nutrition, Vol. 2. Edited by B ernard T inker and A ndré L äuchli .
Molecular Biology and Crop Improvement. By R. B. A ustin with R. B. F lavell , I. E. H enson and H. J. B. L owe .
Crop Productivity – Research Imperatives Revisited (International Conference held at Boyne Highlands Inn, 1–318 October 1985 and Airlie House, 11–13 December, 1985). Edited by M artin G ibbs and C arla C arlson
Haploids of Higher Plants in Vitro. Edited by H. Hu and H.-Y. Y ang
Die Blüte. Eine Einführung in Struktur und Funktion, Ökologie und Evolution der Blüten. By D ieter H ess .
Mechanisms of Resistance to Plant Diseases. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, Volume 17. Edited by R. S. S. F raser .
British Fungus Flora, Volume 4, Pluteaceae: Pluteus and Volvariella. By P. D. O rton .
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Modern Methods of Plant Analysis, New Series, Volume 2. Edited by H. F. L insjens and J. F. J ackson .
Immunology in Plant Science. Edited by T revor L. W ang .     

Reviews

Comparative Animal Physiology. By C. L add P rosser et al.
Organisme et Sexualité. By M. C aullery .
Embryos and Ancestors. By G. R. de B eer .
The Association of Ants with Aphids and Coccids. By G. E. J. N ixon .
Soil and Fresh-Water Nematodes. By T. G oodey
Die Überträger pflanzlicher Viruskrankheiten (The vectors of plant viruses). By K urt H einze .
Leaf Curl Disease of Cotton. By S. A. J. T arr .
Introduction to Mycology. By J. A. M ac D onald .
Pesticide Handbook 1951. Edited by D. E. H. F rear .
Pflanzliche Infektionslehre. By E rnst G äumann .
A Dictionary of Biology. By M. A bercrombie , C. J. H ickman and M. L. J ohnson .
Soviet Genetics. By A. G. M orton .
Gall Midges of Economic Importance. Vol. v. Gall Midges of Trees. By H. F. B arnes .
Four Thousand Million Mouths. Scientific Humanism and the Shadow of World Hunger. Edited by F. L e G ros C lark and N. W. P irie .     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Excursion Flora of the British Isles , 2nd edn. By A. R. C lapham , T. G. T utin and E. F. W arburg .
Critical Supplement to the Atlas of the British Flora . Ed. by F. H. P erring assisted by P. D. S ell .
Drawings of British Plants . Part XXIV. Labiatae . By S tella R oss -C raig .
Britain's Green Mantle , 2nd edn. By the late A. G. T ansley . Revised by M. C. F. P roctor .
The Flora of Berkshire . By H. J. M. B owen .
Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands . By P. H. D avis , assisted by J. C ullen and M. J. E. C oode .
Plants and Man on the Seychelles Coast . By J. D. S auer .
Key to the Families of Flowering Plants of the World . Revised and enlarged by J. H utchinson .
The Diversity of Green Flants . By P. R. B ell and C. L. F. W oodcock .
IBP Handbook No . 5: Handbook to the Conservation Section of the International Biological Programme . By E. M. N icholson .
Plants, Man and Life , 2nd edn. By E dgar A nderson .
Production and Mineral Cycling in Terrestrial Vegetation . By L. E. R odin and N. I. B azilevich . Translation by Scripta Technica Ltd (Ed. by G. E. F ogg ).
'Torrey Canyon' Pollution and Marine Life . A Report by the Plymouth Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Ed. by J. E. S mith .
Geobotanische Untersuchungen auf der Feddersen Wier de . By U. K örber -G rohne .
Cell Walls and Membranes . By H. J. R ogers and H. R. P erkins .
Wachstums regulatoren bei Pflanzen . Ed. by E. L ibbert and B. S teyer .
The Ecology of Soil Bacteria ( An International Symposium ). Ed. by T. R. G. G ray and D. P arkinson .
Genetics of Fungi . By K arl E sser and R udolf K uenen . Translated by E rich S teiner .
Plant Pathologist's Pocketbook . Compiled by The Commonwealth Mycological Institute.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Margulis, L., & R. Fester, eds. (1991): Symbiosis as a source of evolutionary innovation. Schwemmler, W. J. (1991): Symbiogenese als Motor der Evolution. Birkhead, T. R., & A. P. Møller (1992): Sperm competition in birds; evolutionary causes and consequences (Spermienkonkurrenz bei Vögeln; Evolutionäre Ursachen und Konsequenzen). Marzluff, J. M., & R. P. Balda (1992): The pinyon jay; behavioral ecology of a colonial and cooperative corvid (Der Nacktschnabelhäher. Burger, J., & M. Gochfeld (1991): The common tern: its breeding biology and social behavior (Die Flußseeschwalbe. Burger, J., & M. Gochfeld (1990): The black skimmer; social dynamics of a colonial species (Der amerikanische Scherenschnabel). Ratcliffe, D. (1990): Bird life of mountain and upland (Vogelleben im Hochland und Gebirge). Ueckermann, E. (1992): Das Sikawild. Vorkommen, Naturgeschichte und Bejagung (Sika deer. Norton, B. (1991): The African elephant — last days of Eden (Der afrikanische Elefant — in Gefahr). Kingdon, J. (1990): Arabian mammals — a natural history (Säugetiere Arabiens — eine Naturgeschichte). Redford, K. H., & J. F. Eisenberg (1992): Mammals of the Neotropics.     

REVIEWS

Review in this article:
Active Transport and Secretion. Symposium of the Society of Experimental Biology. VIII. Edited by R. B rown add J. F. D anielli .
Protoplasmatologia. Handbuch der Protoplasmaforschung. Hrsg. v. L. V. Heilbrunn u. F. Weber. Band 1/1: Die makromolekulare Chemie und ihre Bedeutung für die Protoplasmaforschung. By H. S taudinger and M. S taudinger .
Flora of Egypt. Vol. III. Angiospermae, part Monocotyledons: Liliaceae—Musaceae. By V ivi T ackholm and M ohammed D rar .
Australian and New Zealand Botany. By J. M c L uckie , M.A., B.Sc. (Glas.), D.Sc. (Syd.) and H. S. M c K ee , B.A., D.Phil. (Oxon).
South African Pollen grains and Spores, Part I. By E. M. van Z inderen B akker .     

Short Notices

June, F.C., Beckman, L.G., Elrod, J.H., O'Bryan, G.K. & Vogel, D.A. (1987) Limnological and Fishery Studies on Lake Sharpe, a mainstem Missouri River Reservoir .
Koukel, G.W. & Mclntyre, J.D. (1987) Trends in spawning populations of Pacific Anadromous Salmonids.
Miller, P.L. (1987) Dragonflies.     

REVIEWS

Book Reviewed in this article:
Pigments in Plants . Ed. by F. C zygan .
Nitrogen and Carbon Metabolism . Ed. by J. D erek B ewley .
Advances in Biochemical Engineering . Vol. 18, Plant Cell Cultures II . Managing Editor: A. F iechter .
The Botany of Auckland . By L ucy M. C ranwell .
Photosynthesis . By D. O. H all and K. K. R ao .
Plants and Mineral Salts . By J. F. S utcliffe and D. A. B aker .
The Archives of the Peat Bogs . By S ir H arry G odwin .
The Biology of Mosses . By D. H. S. R ichardson .