What would a plant do? It is an unusual question. But, as Beronda L. Montgomery shows, humans can learn a great deal from these organisms. Lessons from Plants unpacks the "senses" and skills of highly adaptive organisms that overcome immense challenges en route to flourishing.

A groundbreaking, approachable book on the role of emotions in animal and human societies, from the world-renowned primatologist and author of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

A groundbreaking, approachable book on the role of emotions in animal and human societies, from the world-renowned primatologist and author of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

From a young marine biologist, sailor and artist, here is a beguiling and beautiful book about our human relationship with the sea and the creatures who inhabit it.

Reveals the history of the anti-war movement in the UK from the outbreak of the First World War to present-day conflicts in the Middle East. This is a story of conscientious objectors and others who have been engaged in protest over the past century.

Addresses the issue of conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources by providing an overview of this emerging area of science. This book also explores various strategies and the technology for conservation of plant biodiversity. It is for botanists, plant scientists, agricultural scientists, environmentalists, gardeners, and others.

This book explores the increasingly coordinated effort that is underway in botanic gardens around the world to find and apply the best methods of halting the steady erosion of plant diversity and saving wild plant species from extinction.

Describes plant conservation in the context of livelihoods and development. This book discusses the ways of balancing the conservation of plant diversity with the use of plants and the environment for human benefit. It examines the ways of prioritizing plants and places for conservation initiatives, approaches to in situ and ex situ conservation.

Highlighting the limitations of existing approaches in plant conservation, this book introduces new approaches and links these through ecological theory and available practices. Detailed methodological guidelines are provided for application of these approaches in real settings for students, researchers and conservation practitioners.

This up-to-date and long-awaited text provides a theoretical and practical introduction to the conservation and utilisation of plant genetic diversity, with a focus on sustaining global food security. It is ideal for students and professionals in plant sciences, ecology, conservation, genetics, natural resource management and food security.

Now updated for its second edition, Population Genetics is the classic, accessible introduction to the concepts of population genetics.

Prize winning nature photographer Kevin Morgans has made a specialism of Britain's most engaging and popular sea birds in their natural environment. This stunning collection will open hearts and minds.

With this spectacularly illustrated gift edition, a new generation of readers can walk beside one of America's most respected naturalists as he conveys the beauty of a marsh before sunrise or the wealth of history to be found in an ancient oak.

For many, the highlights of seaside holidays are rockpooling and gathering the glorious array of shells left strewn on the beach after the receding tide.

The Times and Irish Independent: BEST NATURE BOOKS OF THE YEAR Great nature writing needs to be informative, detailed, accurate, lyrical, and, above all, to instil a sense of gratitude and wonder.

As the autumn nights draw in, join Polly Atkin in a nocturnal love song to the owls that surround her Lake District home - a stunning meditation on learning to listen in a world full of noise.