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Book reviewed in this article:
The Royal Horticultural Society, Gardeners' Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers, edited by C. Brickell
The lichenicolous fungi of Greenland, by Vagn Alstrup & David L. Hawksworth.
Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes, edited by F. A. Skinner, R. M. Boddey and I. Fendrik
The embryology of angiosperms: a classified bibliography (1965–1985), by C. R. Nagendram & M. S. Dinesh
Algae and Human Affairs, edited by Carole A. Lembi & J. Robert Waaland
Biology of Seagrasses, edited by A. W. D. Larkum, A. J. McComb & S. A. Shepherd
Modern methods in orchid conservation. The role of physiology, ecology and management, by H. W. Pritchard
Frank Kingdon-Ward, the Last of the Great Plant Hunters, by Charles Lyte
Plant names of medieval England, by Tony Hunt
Natural Product Medicine, by Ara H. Der Marderosian and Lawrence E. Liberti
All About Angiosperms, by A. D. J. Meeuse. CIP-Gegevens Koninklijke Bibiothek, Den Haag
Flowering Plants of the Seychelles (An Annotated Check List of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms with Line Drawings), by S. A. Robertson
The Herbarium Handbook, edited by Leonard Forman & Diane Bridson
Trees of Nigeria, by R. W. J. Keay
This is a revised edition of Nigerian Trees by R. W. J. Keay, C. F. A. Onochie & D. P. Stanfield
A New Herball by William Turner, edited by George T. L. Chapman and Marilyn Tweddle
Flora i Vegetació del Montsec (Pre-Pirineus Catalans) by Àngel M. Romo i Díez
Plants vasculars del quadrat UTM 31TCG46: Abella de la Conca, by Angel M. Romo i Díez
Indicator Plants of Coastal British Columbia, by K. Klinka, V. J. Krajina, A. Ceska and A. M. Scagel
Plankton–A Microscopic World, by G. M. Hallegraeff
Plant Polyphenols–Vegetable Tannins Revisited, by E. Haslam     

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Plant Breeding Systems, by A. J. Richards.
Wood Anatomy and Identification of Trees and Shrubs from Israel and Adjacent Regions, by Abraham Fahn, Ella Werker and Pieter Baas.
Orchids from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, edited by Samuel Sprunger.
The Science of Allelopathy, edited by Alan R. Putnam and Chung-Shih Tang.
Genera Graminum: Grasses of the World, by W. D. Clayton and S. A. Renvoize.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Nigerian Field: Index to volumes 1–50 (1931–1985).
Fruits of South-east Asia, by Jacqueline Piper.
Grain Legumes–Evolution and Genetic Resources, by J. Smartt.
Plant Population Genetics, Breeding, and Genetic Resources, edited by A. H. D. Brown, M. T. Clegg, A. L. Kahler and B. S. Weir.
Evolution, Systematics and Fossil History of the Hamamelidae.
The Systematics Association Special Volumes 40 A&B.
Plant pheno-morphological studies in Mediterranean type ecosystems, edited by Gideon Orshan.
Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Nitrate Assimilation, edited by J. L. Wray & J. R. Kinghorn
Species dispersal in agricultural habitats, edited by R. G. H. Bunce & D. C. Howard.
Flora Iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares, Vol. 2: Platanaceae–Plumbaginaceae (partim), edited by S. Castroviejo, M. Lainz, G. Lopez Gonzalez et al.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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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Book reviewed in this article:
Patterns of Injury and Illness in Great Apes, by N. C. Lovell
Moths of Australia, by I. F. B. Common
The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their History and Meaning, by A. Maitland Emmet
Plant-Animal Interactions: Evolutionary Ecology in Tropical and Temperate Regions, edited by P. W. Price, T. M. Lewinsohn, G. W. Fernandes and W. W. Benson
Searching Behaviour: The behavioural ecology of finding resources, by William J. Bell     

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Insects-Plants. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Insect—Plant Relationships, Pau, France, 1986, edited by V. Labeyrie, G. Fabres & D. Lachaise. Dordrecht: W. Junk, 1987
In vitro Culture of Higher Plants , by R. L. M. Pierik     

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Evolution and Extinction. Proceedings of a Joint Symposium of the Royal Society and the Linnean Society held on 9 and 10 November 1989 , organized and edited by W. G. Chaloner and A. Hallam.
On Stress, Disease and Evolution. A Unifying Theory , by Graham W. Boyd.
The Use of Plant Genetic Resources , edited by A. H. D. Brown, O. H. Frankel, D. R. Marshall and J. T. Williams.     

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Fruits and Vegetables of the Caribbean, M. J. Bourne, G. W. Lennox and S. A. Seddon.
Vascular Plant Families and Genera compiled by R. K. Brummitt
Flora iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Ibkica e Islas Baleares, volumes 3 & 4, edited by S. Castroviejo et al.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Seaweed Resources in Europe, Uses and Potential, edited by MN.D.Guiry & G. Blunden
The Waterlilies: a monograph of the genus Nymphaea, by Henry S. Conard with an introduction by Philip Swindells
Plant Cell and Tissue Culture, edited by J.W.Pollard & J.M.Walker
Mechanism of Fertilization: Plants to Humans, edited by Brian Dale     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The Genus Utricularia, by Peter Taylor.
Tropical Woody Rubiaceae. Characteristic features and progressions. Contributions to a new subfamial classification, by Elmar Robbrecht.
Bracken Biology and Managment, edited by J. A. Thomson and R. T. Smith.
How to Know Western Australian Wildflowers, Part I, by W. E. Blackall and B. J. Grieve.
Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire, by Eva Crackles.
Flower Artists of Kew, Botanical Paintings by Contemporary Artists, by William T. Stearn.
The Liverworts of Britain and Ireland, by A.J. E. Smith.
Competition, by P. A. Keddy.
Origin of Cultivated Rice, by H. I. Oka.
The Impact of Biotechnology on Agriculture, edited by R. S. Sangwan and B. S. Sangwan-Norreel.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Aspects of Tropical Mycology , Eds S. Isaac, J. C. Frankland, R. Watling & A. J. S. Whalley
The Tapetum. Cytology, Function, Biochemistry and Evolution , M. Hesse, E. Pacini and M. Willemse (eds.). Plant Systematics and Evolution, Supplementum 7
Tropical Alpine Environments. Plant Form and Function . eds P. W. Rundel, A. P. Smith and F. C. Meinzer
A Ravision of Tabernaemontana (part two). The New World Species . A. J. M. Leeuwenberg     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Benchmark Papers in Ecology, No 6, Phytosociology, compiled by R. P. Mcintosh
Benchmark Papers in Genetics, No. 9. Genetics ofSpeciation, edited by D. L. Jameson
Molluscs (5th Edition), byj. E. Morton
Seal Cull. The Grey Seal Controversy, by J. Lister-Kaye
Seal Song, by Brian Davies; photographs by Eliot Porter; introduction by Roger Caras; preface by Ray Bradbury
Advances in Bryozoology, edited by G. P. Larwood 8c M. B. Abbott     

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Sea Life of Britain and Ireland edited by Elizabeth Wood
Systematik in der Biologie , by Peter Ax
WILSON, E. O., 1989. The coming pluralization of biology and the stewardship of systematics
Microbial Ecosystems of Antarctica , by Warwick F. Vincent
Analytical Biogeography , edited by A. A. Myers and P. S. Giller
W eijermars , R., 1986. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
Birds and Berries , by Barbara and David Snow     

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Vertebrate Flight, by U. M. Norberg. Springer-Verlag, Hamburg, Zoophysiology Series No.
Protozoa and other Protists, by Michael Sleigh, London: Edward Arnold, 1989.     

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Calcareous Grasslands–Ecology and Management, edited by S. H. Hillier, D. W. H. Walton & D. A. Wells
Plant Reproductive Ecology: Patterns and Strategies, edited by J. & L. Lovett Doust
Flora of the Outer Hebrides, by R. J. Pankhurst & J. M. Mullin
The Ecology of Mycorrhizae, by M. F. Allen
Tropical Lichens: Their Systematics, Conservation and Ecology, edited by D. J. Galloway
Microbial Control of Weeds, edited by D. O. TeBeest
Atlas of the Bryophytes of Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1. Liverworts (Hepaticae and Anthocerotae). edited by M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & A.J. E. Smith
Luigi Balugani's drawings of African plants, by Paul Hutton, F. Nigel Hepper & Ib Friis     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Origins and Evolution of Gymnosperms
Plant canopies: their growth, form, and function
Kew index for 1988, compiled by F.A.Davies & K.M. Lloyd. Oxford: Clarendon
Taschenworter buck der botanischen Pflanzennamen filr Gartner
Wild Flowers of Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza: with keys to the flora of the Balearic Islands by Elspeth Beckett
An Atlas of Seaweeds of Northumberland and Durham     

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Survival and Dormancy of Microorganisms
Crete: Checklist of Vascular Plants
Iter Maroccanum anno 1985 ieiunii tempore perfectum
Collins Guide to the Wild Flowers of East Africa
Integrated Control of Cereal Mildews: Monitoring the Pathogen
Ecology and Productivity of an African Wetland System: The Kafue Flats of Zambia
Twelfth International Seaweed Symposium
Florula vascular de la muntanya dels Mollons (La Pobla de Claramunt, Anoia )
Plant Hormones and Their Role in Plant Growth and Development
Vegetation between Land and Sea: Structure and Processes
Flora analitica de la provincia de Valencia     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Guide to Inshore Marine Life, by David Erwin and Bernard Picton
Red Sea Explorers, by Peter Vine and Hagen Schmid
The Natural History of the Primates, by J. R. & P. H. Napier
Advances in Insect Physiology, Volume 20, edited by P. D. Evans & V. B. Wigglesworth     

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Book reviewed in this article:
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