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Oxford University Press Nature Books - 2
Birds & Ornithology |
Mammals |
Insects (below) |
Other Natural History (below)
Mammals
| Hans Kruuk. Otters: Ecology, Behaviour and
Conservation. Covers all thirteen species. 336 pages. Oxford
University Press 2006.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Carolyn M. King. Handbook to the Mammals of
New Zealand. 596 pages. Oxford University Press. 2d edition
2005.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Peter Menkhorst & Frank Knight. A Field
Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Frank Knight has painted
the finest field guide plates of Australian mammals yet
published. 288 pages. Oxford University Press, revised edition
2004.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 David
W. Macdonald & Claudio Sillero-Zubiri. Biology and
Conservation of Wild Canids. 464 pages. Oxford University
Press 2004.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 T.S.
Kemp. The Origin & Evolution of Mammals. 341 pages.
Oxford University Press 2004.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Raman Sukumar. The Living Elephants:
Evolutionary Ecology, Behavior and Conservation. 494 pages.
Oxford University Press 2003.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 David
Macdonald (ed.) New Encyclopedia of Mammals. 961 pages.
Even larger and more detailed than the massive first edition.
Oxford University Press 2001.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
| Christophe Boesch & Hedwige
Boesch-Achermann. The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest (Côte
d'Ivoire): Behavioural ecology & evolution. 328 pages.
Oxford University Press 2000.
US |
UK |
| Gerhard Neuweiler. The Biology of Bats.
320 pages. Oxford University Press 2000.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| T.J. Roberts. The Mammals of Pakistan.
562 pages. 24 color plates. Oxford University Press. Revised
edition, 1998.
UK |
| Fiona Reid. A Field Guide to the Mammals of
Central America & Southeast Mexico. 334 pages. 48 fine color
plates. Oxford University Press 1997.
US |
UK |
| Deborah Blum. The Monkey Wars. Oxford
University Press, 1996 (1994). 318 pages.
US |
UK |
| Hans Kruuk. Wild Otters: Predation and
Populations. 302 pages. Oxford University Press 1995.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
Insects
| Thomas J. Allen, James P. Brock & Jeffrey
Glassberg. A Field Guide to Caterpillars. (Butterflies of
North America). 224 pages. Oxford University Press 2005.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| David L. Pearson, C. Barry Knisley & Charles J.
Kazilek. A Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles of the USA and
Canada. 288 pages. Oxford University Press 2005.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Louis M. Schoonhoven, Joop J.A. van Loon &
Marcel Dicke. Insect-Plant Biology. 480 pages. Oxford
University Press 2005.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Paul
R. Ehrlich & Ilkka Hanski (eds.) On the Wings of Checkerspots:
A model system for population biology. About the authors'
long-term research on the population biology of checkerspot
butterflies in Finland and California. 392 pages. Oxford
University Press 2004.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Fernando E. Vega & Meredith Blackwell.
Insect-fungal Associations: Ecology & Evolution. 350 pages.
Oxford University Press 2004.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| George C. McGavin. Essential Entomology: An
Order-by-Order Introduction. 324 pages. Oxford University
Press 2001.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Jeffrey Glassberg. Butterflies Through
Binoculars - The East. Covers the eastern US & Canada. The
essential butterfly book for the region. 416 pages. 72 plates
with 630 color photos, mostly of wild butterflies. Oxford
University Press 1999.
US |
UK |
| Dave Goulson. Bumblebees: Behaviour and
Ecology. 248 pages. Oxford University Press 2003.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Jeffrey Glassberg. Butterflies Through
Binoculars - The East. Covers the eastern US & Canada. The
essential butterfly book for the region. 416 pages. 72 plates
with 630 color photos, mostly of wild butterflies. Oxford
University Press 1999.
US |
UK |
| Jeffrey Glassberg. Butterflies Through
Binoculars - The West. Covers the western US & Canada. The
essential field guide for the region. 352 pages. 1,052 color
photos, mostly of wild butterflies. Oxford University Press.
June 2001.
US |
UK |
| Jeffrey Glassberg, Marc C. Minno & John V.
Calhoun. Butterflies Through Binoculars - Florida. The
essential field guide for Florida butterflies. 336 pages. Color
photos, mostly of wild butterflies. Oxford University Press
2000.
US |
UK |
| Jeffrey Glassberg. Butterflies Through
Binoculars. Covers the Boston - New York - Washington, D.C.
region of the eastern US, where butterfly watching took off in
the 1980s. 256 pages. 321 color photos, mostly of wild
butterflies. Oxford University Press 1993.
US |
UK |
| Tom Tolman. Photographic Guide to the
Butterflies of Britain and Europe. 320 pages. Includes the
Canaries, Azores, Madeira and al the Aegean Islands. Oxford
University Press. 2001. While an attractive reference, this book
suffers from poor usability and inadequate coverage. Not all
species are illustrated; most species that are illustrated need
additional and/or better illustrations; and butterfly photos are
not grouped together with similar species on plates but are
placed with the text for each species.
US |
UK |
| Jim Asher, Martin Warren, Richard Fox, Paul
Harding, Gail Jeffcoate, Stephen Jeffcoate. Millennium Atlas
of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland. Assessment of the
status of each species, with a map and colour photo.
Details from Butterfly Conservation. 450 pages. Oxford
University Press 2001.
US |
UK |
| T.J. Roberts. The Butterflies of Pakistan.
300 pages. 60 color plates. Oxford University Press, 2001.
US |
UK |
| Torben B. Larsen. The Butterflies of Kenya
and their natural history. 500 pages, including 10-page
update to the 1991 hardcover edition. 64 color plates of mounted
specimens, mostly half specimens. Oxford University Press, 1996
(1991).
UK |
| Sidney W. Dunkle. Dragonflies Through
Binoculars. Covers the US & Canada. 352 pages. Color photos.
Oxford University Press 2000.
US |
UK |
Other Natural History
| Yadvinder Malhi & Oliver Phillips. Tropical
Forests and Global Atmospheric Change. 320 pages. Oxford
University Press 2005.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| H. Resit Akçakaya, Mark A. Burgman, Oskar
Kindvall, Chris C. Wood, Per Sjögren-Gulve, Jeff S. Hatfield &
Michael A. McCarthy. Species Conservation and Management:
Case Studies. 550 pages. Oxford University Press 2004.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Graeme
D. Ruxton, Thomas N. Sherratt & Michael P. Speed. Avoiding
Attack: The evolutionary ecology of crypsis, warning signals &
mimicry. 262 pages. Oxford University Press 2004.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
 Don
Moll & Edward O. Moll. The Ecology, Exploitation and
Conservation of River Turtles. 404 pages. Oxford University
Press 2004.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Christopher Lever. Naturalized Reptiles and
Amphibians of the World. 338 pages. Oxford University Press
2003.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Antony R. Orme (ed.) The Physical Geography
of North America. 566 pages. Oxford University Press 2002.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Mark Pagel (ed. in chief). The Oxford
Encyclopedia of Evolution. 2 volumes. 992 pages. 370
original articles by 275 distinguished contributors. Oxford
University Press 2002.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Andrew Goudie (ed. in chief). The Oxford
Encyclopedia of Global Change: Environmental change and human
society. 2 volumes. 1,440 pages. 300+ original articles.
Oxford University Press 2001.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
| Earl of Cranbrook, ed. Wonders of Nature in
Southeast Asia. Excellent compilation of excerpts from
famous and obscure works by the great explorers, with comments
by Cranbrook throughout. Oxford University Press, 1997.
UK |
| T.C. Whitmore. An Introduction to Tropical
Rain Forests. 296 pages. Oxford University Press. 2nd
edition, 1998.
US |
UK |
| Nigel J.H. Smith. The Amazon River Forest: A
Natural History of Plants, Animals, and People. 256 pages.
Oxford University Press, 1999.
US |
UK |
| Nalini M. Nadkarni & Nathaniel T. Wheelwright
(eds.) Monteverde: Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical
Cloud Forest. (Costa Rica). 598 pages. Oxford University
Press 2000.
US |
UK |
| William Allen. Green Phoenix: Restoring the
Tropical Forests of Guanacaste, Costa Rica. 336 pages.
Oxford University Press. 2001.
US |
UK |
| C.A. Hamilton. Deforestation in Uganda.
104 pages. Oxford University Press, 1985.
UK |
| Richard S. Felger, Matthew B. Johnson & Michael
F. Wilson. The Trees of Sonora, Mexico. Covers 270
species of native and introduced trees. Oxford University Press,
2001. 55 halftones & 223 line illustrations. 336 pages.
US |
UK |
| Jonathan Roughgarden. Anolis Lizards of the
Caribbean: Competition, Coevolution and Plate Tectonics. 214
pages. Oxford University Press 1995.
US |
UK [Software companion to book.
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