Applied Ecology

From antiquity until today, trees and woods have inspired artists, writers and scientists; they have shaped cultures and reverberated through belie...

From a founding figure in the field, the definitive introduction to an exciting new science.   What do the sounds of a chorus of tropical birds and...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2023 for Nature Writing'Exquisite, luminous and quietly radical . . . utt...

This book is a source of information on practical and innovative approaches to biosecurity surveillance. It explains the foundation and concepts be...

Bees are enigmatic creatures that have long attracted human admiration and fascination. But even more than that, they are a key lynchpin in the wor...

Insects conquered the Earth long before we did and will remain here long after we're gone.They outnumber us in the billions and are essential to ma...

Like one of the ancient trees he wrote about so elegantly and perceptively, Oliver Rackhams roots run deep while his influence branches far. He was...

366 prompts for noticing nature every day of the year.Arranged in day-by-day format, this beautiful book is a celebration of the nature you can fin...

Anthropogenic climate change is the defining environmental challenge of this century, posing an existential threat not only to humans but also to t...

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In The Dragonfly Will Be the Messiah, the celebrated pioneer o...

In Earth Polyphony, Suhasini Vincent analyzes the theory of ecocriticism in its entirety, and its existence in the global paradigm of climate chang...

In the delta, water is boss, change is the only constant, and creation and destruction exist side by side. The Peace-Athabasca Delta in northern Al...

A wide range of both physical and metaphysical land healing approaches to help address the environmental challenges our Earth faces and create a br...

In 1950, the biggest firestorm documented in North Americaone fire alone burned 3,500,000 acres of boreal forest in northern Alberta and British Co...

Nevada is one of the most mountainous states in the US. Yet mapping out exactly where one range begins and another ends has never been done--until ...

The term urban ecology has become a buzzword in various disciplines, including the social and natural sciences as well as urban planning and archit...

Bonnie K. Baxter explains the trophic structure of Great Salt Lake food chains and resulting impacts from recent years of a shrinking lake and corr...

How mega-dams, industrial agriculture, and other developments challenge ecosystem resilienceIs environmental degradation an inevitable result of ec...

Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, but we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. In Crossings, Ben Go...

While politicians, entrepreneurs, and even school children could tell you that sustainability is an important and nearly universal value, many of t...

By 2025, China will have built fifteen new supercities each with 25 million inhabitants. It will have created 250 Eco-cities' as well: clean, green...

The third edition of The Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks is an updated and expanded edition that explores oak forests as responsive ecosystems. Ne...

This major reference is an overview of the current state of theoretical ecology through a series of topical entries centered on both ecological and...

Insect Conservation: A Global Synthesis is a landmark, field-defining work written by Professor Michael Samways, one of the founding fathers of thi...

Insect Conservation: A Global Synthesis is a landmark, field-defining work written by Professor Michael Samways, one of the founding fathers of thi...

Floods, fires, famines, epidemics and disasters of all kinds are on the increase, and as their frequency rises so does the call for greater resilie...

Bees are our most loyal ally. These fascinating, enigmatic creatures are a key lynchpin in the working of our planet. Without them the landscape, a...

Flowers have played an important role in human culture and survival for thousands of years. The final products of flowersfruits and seedsare vitall...

Much has changed with Iowas wildlife in the years 1990 to 2020. Some species such as Canada goose, wild turkey, and white-tailed deer that once wer...

Biogeography is the study of geographic variation in all characteristics of life - ranging from genetic, morphological and behavioural variation am...

Africa's environmental history and the complex interactions between humans and their environment have been insufficiently explored, leading to a si...

Popular among students for its engaging, accessible style, this text provides an authoritative overview of Latin America's human geography as well ...

That Which Roots Us is a work of natural and environmental history that explores the origins of and resolutions to some of our environmental proble...