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[32768] Alexander, David E. Nature's flyers: birds, insects and the biomechanics of flight. Baltimore: 2004. Octavo, 384 pp., black and white photographs, text illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$55.00 David E. Alexander's fascination with the many animals and plants that have harnessed the air is evident in Nature's Flyers: Birds, Insects, and the Biomechanics of Flight, a detailed account of our current scientific understanding of the primary aspects of flight in nature. Instead of relying on elaborate mathematical equations, Alexander explains the physical basis of flight with sharp prose and clear diagrams. Drawing upon bats, birds, insects, pterosaurs, and even winged seeds, he details the basic operating principles of wings and then moves progressively through more complex modes of animal flight, including gliding, flapping, and maneuvering. In addition to summarizing the latest thinking about flight's energy costs, Alexander presents a holistic view of flight and its ramifications as he explores the ecology and evolution of flying animals, addressing behaviorally important topics such as migration and navigation. With somewhat surprising answers, the author then concludes his study by examining the extent to which natural flight has been inspiring or instructive for the architects of human flight - airplane designers and engineers. Also available in hardcover [stock id 16326]. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 32768] |
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[19796] Anderson, Nils M. and Tom A. Weir. Australian water bugs: their biology and identification. Stenstrup: 2004. Quarto, laminated boards, 344 pp., text illustrations, photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$100.00 This comprehensive guide to Australian water bugs provides an overview of all 15 families, 17 subfamilies and 55 genera known to occur on mainland Australia, Tasmania and nearby islands. Illustrated keys featuring a minimum of technical language are offered to assist with the identification of adul water bugs. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 19796] |
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[30022] Benjamin, Alison and Brian McCallum. A world without bees. London: 2009. Octavo, paperback, 298 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$25.00 The strange case of the vanishing western honeybee has led to fears that we are dangerously out of kilter with nature. This important and compelling book by journalist and fledgling beekeeper, Alison Benjamin, examines the environmental, political and economic forces shaping the honeybee's fragile existence - and why the world can't survive without it. Well-researched and artfully written, this book is part eulogy to the honeybee, part mystery story explaining why the global bee population is diminishing and part call to arms to ensure their survival. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 30022] |
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[19736] Chinery, Michael. A field guide to the insects of Britain and northern Europe. Glasgow: (2003 third edition). Octavo, laminated boards, 320 pp., colour plates, text illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$60.00 Includes a general introduction to insects. For each order, there is an introduction to key features and details of biology, and a further key to the insect families. The 60 colour plates illustrate 778 commonly found species; over 300 explanatory drawingse also included. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 19736] |
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[21564] Chinery, Michael. Insects of Britain and western Europe: Domino guide. London: (2007 second edition). Octavo, paperback, 320 pp., colour illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$45.00 Over 2,000 of the most commonly observed and most distinctive insect species of Britain and western Europe, from all orders and most families, are illustrated in this essential pocket guide. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 21564] |
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[32537] Chinery, Michael. Garden pests of Britain and Europe. London: 2010. Octavo, paperback, 288 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$40.00 With their extraordinary diversity, adaptability and abundance, insects and other invertebrates are the gardener's greatest foe. Packed with stunning photography, this book provides a reader-friendly introduction to the identification of 200 of the commonest insect pests of the backyard, along with other invertebrates such as slugs, snails and millipedes. Introductory sections provide a brief discussion of insect biology, beneficial species, and an overview of environmentally friendly control methods, such as crop rotation and biological control. Each species account gives detailed photographically-based identification tips for adults and lavae, an introduction to the biology of the species, and advice on how to deal with it. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 32537] |
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[32749] Clyne, Densey. All about ants. Chatswood: 2010. Quarto, laminated boards, 48 pp. colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$20.00 Right under our feet ants are busy building amazing social networks and working together to keep their community - and our planet - healthy. Densey Clyne draws on her in-depth knowledge and unique photographic collection to reveal all about ants. How do they adapt to their environment and what amazing architectural creations do they build? This book, for primary school children, includes a full glossary, index of scientific names and an index to the book. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 32749] |
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[31152] Gordon, Deborah M. Ant encounters: interaction networks and colony behavior. Princeton: 2010. Octavo, paperback, 167 pp., illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$28.00 How do ant colonies get anything done, when no one is in charge? An ant colony operates without a central control or hierarchy, and no ant directs another. Instead, ants decide what to do based on the rate, rhythm, and pattern of individual encounters and interactions - resulting in a dynamic network that coordinates the functions of the cony. This book provides a revealing and accessible look into ant behaviour from this complex systems perspective. Focusing on the moment-to-moment behaviour of ant colonies, Deborah Gordon investigates the role of interaction networks in regulating colony behaviour and relations among ant colonies. She shows how ant behaviour within and between colonies arises from local interactions of individuals, and how interaction networks develop as a colony grows older and larger. The more rapidly ants react to their encounters, the more sensitively the entire colony responds to changing conditions. Gordon explores whether such reactive networks help a colony to survive and reproduce, how natural selection shapes colony networks, and how these structures compare to other analogous complex systems. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 31152] |
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[31445] Henderson, Carrol L. Butterflies, moths, and other invertebrates of Costa Rica: a field guide. Austin: 2010. Octavo, paperback, 173 pp.., colour photographs, colour illustrations, maps. BRAND NEW.AU$60.00 Henderson has created a dedicated field guide to more than one hundred tropical butterflies, moths, and other invertebrates that travellers are most likely to see while exploring the wild lands of Costa Rica. He includes fascinating information on their natural history, ecology, identification, and behaviour gleaned from his forty years of travels and wildlife viewing, as well as details on where to see these remarkable and beautiful creatures. The butterflies, moths, and other invertebrates are illustrated by over 180 stunning and colourful photographs - most of which were taken in the wild by Henderson. A detailed and invaluable appendix that identifies many of Costa Rica's best wildlife-watching destinations, lodges, and contact information for trip-planning purposes completes the volume. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 31445] |
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[30346] Holldobler, Bert and Edward O. Wilson. The superorganism: the beauty, elegance and strangeness of insect societies. New York: 2009. Quarto, dustwrapper, 522 pp., colour photographs, line drawings. BRAND NEW.AU$68.00 Based on remarkable research, eighteen years after the publication of The Ants, this new volume expands our knowledge of social insects (among them, ants, bees, wasps and termites). Super-organisms - tightly knit colonies of individuals, formed by altruistic co-operation, complex communication and division of labour - represent one of the basic stages of biological organisation, midway between the organism and the species. As the authors demonstrate, the study of the superorganism has led to important advances in our understanding of how the transitions between such levels have occurred in evolution and how life has progressed from simple to complex forms. Visually spectacular, this book provides a deep look into a part of the living world hitherto glimpsed by only a few. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 30346] |
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[31104] Jacobsen, Rowan. Fruitless fall: the collapse of the Honey bee and the coming agricultural crisis. New York: 2009. Octavo, paperback, 282 pp., illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$27.00 Many people will remember that Rachel Carson predicted a silent spring, but she also warned of a fruitless fall, a time with no pollination and no fruit. The fruitless fall nearly became a reality when, in 2007, beekeepers watched thirty billion bees mysteriously die. And they continue tdisappear. The remaining pollinators, essential to the cultivation of a third of American crops, are now trucked across the country and flown around the world, pushing them ever closer to collapse. This book does more than just highlight this growing agricultural catastrophe. It emphasizes the miracle of flowering plants and their pollination partners, and urges readers not to take the abundance of our Earth for granted. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 31104] |
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[33387] Jones, Richard. Extreme insects. London: 2011. Quarto, paperback, 288 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$30.00 This stunningly-illustrated book is a celebration of the insect universe, exploring their amazing forms and functions, their fascinating behaviour and the enormous impact they have on our lives. With its lively and informative text, it looks at insects in all their extremes, from the biggest, fastest and fiercest to the best nest builder, most devious hunter and deadliest bride. Also available in hardcover [stock id 32103]. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33387] |
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[31459] Lach, Lori, Catherine Parr, and Kirsti Abbott. Ant ecology. Oxford: 2009. Small quarto, paperback, 402 pp., colour and black and white photographs, line drawings. BRAND NEW.AU$68.00 Comprising a subantial part of living biomass on earth, ants are integral to the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. More than 12,000 species have been described to date, and it is estimated that perhaps as many still await classification. This book explores key ecological issues and new developments in myrmecology across a range of scales. The book begins with a global perspective on species diversity in time and space and explores interactions at the community level before describing the population ecology of these social insects. The final section covers the recent ecological phenomenon of invasive ants: how they move across the globe, invade, affect ecosystems, and are managed by humans. Each chapter links ant ecology to broader ecological principles, provides a succinct summary, and discusses future research directions. Practical aspects of myrmecology, applications of ant ecology, debates, and novel discoveries are highlighted in text boxes throughout the volume. The book concludes with a synthesis of the current state of the field and a look at exciting future research directions. The extensive reference list and full glossary are invaluable for researchers, and those new to the field. Also available in hardcover [stock id 30661]. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 31459] |
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[33545] Li, Judith L. and Michael T. Barbour. Wading for bugs: exploring streams with the experts. Corvallis: 2011. Octavo, paperback, 160 pp.., line drawings. BRAND NEW.AU$30.00 In this book, nearly two dozen aquatic biologists share their memorable encounters with stream insects. The contributors, based primarily in North America, work in diverse environments, from arctic to desert, from mountain streams to river valleys. They represent a wide range of expertise as authors of standard field texts, leaders in biomonitoring and assessment programs, directors of major laboratories, and specialists in aquatic ecology and taxonomy. The writings in this book allow readers to experience, through the eyes of the scientists, what it's like to study stream insects and to make discoveries that could help develop biological indicators for stream health. General summaries introuce each insect order. Elegant insect drawings accompany each story, along with morphological, life history, and habitat information for each species or family. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33545] |
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[32503] Marlos, Daniel. Curious world of bugs: the bugman's guide to the mysterious and remarkable lives of things that crawl. New York: 2010. Octavo, dustwrapper, 210 pp., line drawings. BRAND NEW.AU$25.00 This book is a miscellany of illuminating facts, curiosities, helpful hints, and remarkable science about the insects and other invertebrates that share our world. A compendium that celebrates insects for what they truly are: strange, mysterious, cute, beautiful, and occasionally disturbing. Beautifully illustrated with vintage drawings, this book offers a glimpse into the magical world of insects that bite, infest, fascinate, repulse, and inform us all. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 32503] |
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[28604] Marshall, Stephen A. 500 insects: a visual reference. New York: 2008. Small octavo, laminated boards, 528 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$50.00 Stephen Marshall has selected 500 of the most interesting insects from his travels to North and South America, the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand and beyond. Beautiful photographs show the insec in their natural habitats, and informative "factfiles" provide further details about the lives of these fascinating creatures. Some of the insects are new species, photographed here for the first time. In addition to the entries for each of the species, there is an introduction on insect biology,classification and distribution, along with information on collecting and photographing insects. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 28604] |
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[33317] Martin, Alan, Alexandre Soares and Jorge Bizarro. A Guide to the Hawkmoths of the Serra dos Orgaos, South-eastern Brazil. Brasil: 2011 Octavo, paperback, 144 pp., colour photographs, line drawings. BRAND NEW.AU$60.00 Very well-produced, this is the only guide to all 110 species of hawkmoths in Brazil's Organ Mountains. Each species has a detailed text which includes taxonomic nomenclature, distribution and flight times, along with key identification features. 37 colour plates show all the species, males and femails, from above and below, and there are over 120 colour photos showing many of the hawkmoths in their natural resting postures. Introductory chapters cover general information on the Serra dos Orgaos and hawkmoth life history and development. The Appendices also include a comprehensive list of larval host plants by genera. Although the book focuses on the Serra dos Orgaos, many of the species covered have wide distributions across the neotropics. This book should therefore appeal not only to those interested in the hawkmoths of Brazil, but to a much wider audience. Text is in Portuguese and English. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33317] |
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[33400] Moffett, Mark W. Adventures among ants: a global safari with a cast of trillions. Berkeley: 2010. Octavo, paperback, 280 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$35.00 Intrepid international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. Moffett, takes us around the globe on a strange and colorful journey in search of the hidden world of ants. Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo. Moffett's spectacular close-up photographs shrink us down to size, so that we can observe ants in familiar roles; warriors, builders, big-game hunters, and slave owners. We find them creating marketplaces and assembly lines and dealing with issues we think of as uniquely human - including hygiene, recycling, and warfare. This book introduces some of the world's most awe-inspiring species and offers a startling new perspective on the limits of our own perception. Ants are world-class road builders, handling traffic problems on thoroughfares that dwarf our highway systems in their complexity. Ants with the largest societies often deploy complicated military tactics. Some ants have evolved from hunter-gatherers into farmers, domesticating other insects and growing crops for food. Also available in hardcover [stock id 31350]. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33400] |
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[16554] Pittaway, A.R. The hawkmoths of the western Palaearctic. Colchester: 1993. Quarto, dustwrapper, 240 pp., colour illustrations, maps. BRAND NEW.AU$130.00 Deals with the biology and ecology of the fifty-seven species of Sphingidae that occur in the western Palaearctic - an area bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Sahara desert to the north and Siberia to the east. In the systematic section, a check list is followed by detailed descriptions, with distribution maps, and text figures of larval structures, pupae, genitalia, and wing patterns.. An important feature of this book are the twenty superb colour plates. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 16554] |
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[32967] Resh, Vincent H. and Ring T. Carde. Encyclopedia of insects. London: (2009 second edition). Quarto, laminated boards, 1024 pp., illustrations, maps. BRAND NEW.AU$150.00 Awarded Best Reference by the New York Public Library (2004), Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE (2003), and AAP/PSP 2003 Best Single Volume Reference/Sciences by Association of American Publishers' Professional Scholarly Publishing Division, the first edition of "Encyclopedia of Insects" was acclaimed as the most comprehensive work devoted to insects. Covering all aspects of insect anatomy, physiology, evolution, behavior, reproduction, ecology, and disease, as well as issues of exploitation, conservation, and management, this book sets the standard in entomology. The second edition of this reference will continue the tradition by providing the most comprehensive, useful, and up-to-date resource for professionals. Expanded sections in forensic entomology, biotechnology and Drosphila, reflect the full update of over 300 topics. Articles contributed by over 260 high profile and internationally recognized entomologists provide definitive facts regarding all insects from ants, beetles, and butterflies to yellow jackets, zoraptera, and zygentoma. This book contains: 66% new and revised content by over 200 international experts; new chapters on Bedbugs, Ekbom Syndrome, Human History, Genomics, Vinegaroons; expanded sections on insect-human interactions, genomics, biotechnology, and ecology; 273 articles that are updated to reflect the advances which have taken place in entomology research since the previous edition; 1,000 full-color photographs, figures and tables; a full glossary, 1,700 cross-references, 3,000 bibliographic entries, and online access save research time; and, an updated online access. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilites please quote Stock ID 32967] |
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[32825] Sammataro, Diana and Alphonse Avitabile. The beekeeper's handbook. [New York]: (2011 fourth edition). Large octavo, paperback, 308 pp., black and white illustrations, line drawings. BRAND NEW.AU$43.00 An updated and expanded volume that goes into all practical aspects of beekeeping. A comprehensive, well-illustrated introduction for beginners and a valuable reference for the experienced beekeeper. The book outlines options for each operation within beekeeping, listing advantages and disadvantages of each alternative. Featuring clear descriptions and authoritative content, this handbook provides step-by-step directions accompanied by more than 100 illustrations for setting up an apiary, handling bees, and working throughout the season to maintain a healthy colony of bees and a generous supply of honey. This book explains the various colony care options and techniques, noting advantages and disadvantages, so that beekeepers can make the best choices for their own hives. This fourth edition has been thoroughly redesigned, expanded, and updated. Also available in hardcover [stock id 32826]. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 32825] |
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[33729] Siegel, Taggart, and Jon Betz. Queen of the sun: what are the bees telling us? Forest Row: 2011. Octavo, paperback, 144 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW. In autumn 2006 an unnerving phenomenon hit the United States: honeybees were mysteriously disappearing from hives across the nation, with beekeepers reporting losses of between 30 and 90 per cent of their entire colonies. The problem soon spread to parts of Europe and even Asia, earning the name Colony Collapse Disorder. To this day nobody is absolutely sure why it is happening and what the exact causes are. However, in 1923 Rudolf Steiner, a scientist, philosopher and social innovator, predicted that bees would die out within 100 years if they were to be reproduced using only artificial methods. Startlingly, and worryingly, his prediction appears to be coming true. This book is a companion book to the critically-acclaimed film of the same name. Compiled by the film's director Taggart Siegel, it makes a profound examination of the global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic and organic beekeepers, scientists, farmers, philosophers and poets. Revealing the mysterious world of the beehive and the complex social community of bees, the book unveils millennia of beekeeping, highlighting our historic and sacred relationship with bees, and how this is being compromised by highly-mechanized and intensive agro-industrial practices. The bees are messengers and their disappearance is a resounding wake-up call for humanity! With full colour, stunning photography throughout, this engaging, alarming but ultimately uplifting anthology begins with an account of how Siegel's film came to be made. It continues with a wealth of articles, interviews and poems that offer unique philosophical and spiritual insights. Besides investigating many contributory causes of Colony Collapse Disorder, the book offers remedies as well as hope for the future. This book features contributions from Carol Ann Duffy, Taggart Siegel, Jon Betz, David Heaf, Gunther Hauk, Horst Kornberger, Jennifer Kornberger, Jacqueline Freeman, Johannas Wirz, Kerry Grefig, Michael Thiele, Raj Patel, Vandana Shiva, Jeffery Smith and Matthew Barton. These compelling voices signal a growing movement striving to found a culture fully in balance with nature. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33729] |
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[33094] Smithers, C. N. Backyardbeekeeping. Dural: 2011. Octavo, paperback, 88 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$20.00 There is room for a hive of bees in many a suburban garden and there is always something special about eating honey from your own hives. This revised second edition is written especially for those who would like to experience that healthy pleasure yet are unsure how to set about it. It is a comprehensive reference for all wishing to keep healthy bees and produce delicious, honey. It provides essential information on the bees life cycle, the basic equipment required for beekeeping, where to position hives, and obtain a bee colony, how to care for a colony and increase its size, the harvesting of honey and wax, how to move hives, swarm control and the nectar and pollen flowers that attract bees to Australian and New Zealand gardens. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33094] |
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[30476] Tennekes, Henk. Simple science of flight: from insects to jumbo jets. Cambridge MA: (2009 revised edition). Octavo, paperback, 201 pp., line drawings. BRAND NEW.AU$36.00 From the smallest gnat to the largest aircraft, all things that fly obey the same aerodynamic principles. In this book, Henk Tennekes investigates just how machines and creatures fly: what size wings they need, how much energy is required for their journeys, how they cross deserts and oceans, how they take off, climb, and soar. Fascinated by the similarities between nature and technology, Tennekes offers an introduction to flight that teaches by association.. Swans and Boeings differ in numerous ways, but they follow the same aerodynamic principles. Biological evolution and its technical counterpart exhibit exciting parallels. What makes some airplanes successful and others misfits? Why does the Boeing 747 endure but the Concorde now seem a fluke? Tennekes explains the science of flight through comparisons, examples, equations, and anecdotes. The new edition of this popular book has been thoroughly revised and much expanded. Highlights of the new material include a description of the incredible performance of Bar-taile godwits (7,000 miles nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand), an analysis of the convergence of modern jetliners (from both Boeing and Airbus), a discussion of the metabolization of energy featuring Lance Armstrong, a novel treatment of the aerodynamics of drag and trailing vortices, and an emphasis throughout on evolution, in nature and in engineering. Tennekes draws on new evidence on bird migration, new wind-tunnel studies, and data on new airliners. And his analysis of the relative efficiency of planes, trains, and automobiles is newly relevant. (On a cost-per-seat scale, a 747 is more efficient than a passenger car.) [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 30476] |
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[27672] Waldbauer, Gilbert. A walk around the pond: insects in and over the water. Cambridge MA: 2008. Octavo, paperback, 286 pp., text illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$30.00 Introduces the aquatic insects that have colonised ponds, lakes, streams and rivers, especially those in North America. This book helps us learn about the diverse forms these arthropods take, as well as their remarkable modes of life, and how they have radiated into every imaginable niche in the water environment. We encounter the caddis fly larva building its protective case and camouflaging it with stream detritus; green darner dragonflies mating midair in an acrobatic wheel formation; ants that have adapted to the tiny water environment within a pitcher plant; and insects whose adaptations to the aquatic lifestyle are furnishing biomaterials engineers with ideas for future applications in industry and consumer goods. While learning about the evolution, natural history and ecology of these insects, readers also discover more than a little about the scientists who study them. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 27672] |
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[33719] Zuk, Marlene. Sex on six legs: lessons of life, love, and language from the insect world. New York: 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, 262 pp., BRAND NEW.AU$40.00 Insects are capable of incredibly complex behaviour, even with brains often the size of a poppy seed. How do they accomplish feats that look like human activity - personality, language, and childcare - with completely different pathways from our own? What is going on inside the mind of those ants that march like boot-camp graduates across your kitchen floor? How does the lead ant know exactly where to take his colony, to that one breadcrumb that your nightly sweep missed? Can insects be taught new skills as easily as a new puppy? [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33719] |
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