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1	The Diversity of Life more books like this by Edward Osborne Wilson add to wishlist "Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight and delightful imagery" - Richard Dawkins. In this book a master scientist tells the great story of how life on earth evolved. E.O. Wilson eloquently describes how the species of the world became diverse, and why the threat to this diversity today is beyond the scope of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Blind watchmaker. more books like this by Richard Dawkins add to wishlist This title identifies those aspects of the theory of evolution that people find hard to believe. see all copies from $2.62! new only from $9.95! \| first editions
3	Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity more books like this by Eric Chivian (Editor), Aaron Bernstein (Editor), Edward O Wilson (Foreword by) add to wishlist The Earth's biodiversity-the rich variety of life on our planet-is disappearing at an alarming rate. And while many books have focused on the expected ecological consequences, or on the aesthetic, ethical, sociological, or economic dimensions of this loss, Sustaining Life is the first book to examine the full range of potential threats that ... see all copies from $21.75! new only from $25.03! \| SVS
4	Extinction in Our Times: Global Amphibian Decline more books like this by James P Collins, Martha L Crump add to wishlist For over 350 million years, thousands of species of amphibians have lived on earth, but since the 1990s they have been disappearing at an alarming rate, in many cases quite suddenly and mysteriously. What is causing these extinctions? What role do human actions play in them? What do they tell us about the overall state of biodiversity on the ... see all copies from $21.59! new only from $21.59! \| SVS
5	What is life? more books like this by Professor Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan, Professor Niles Eldredge (Foreword by) add to wishlist Half a century ago the Austrian physicist and philosopher Erwin Schrodinger inspired a generation of scientists by rephrasing the philosophical question: "What is life?". This text revisits this question in a narrative which combines rigorous science with philosophy, history and poetry. see all copies from $4.50! new only from $23.45! \| first editions
6	Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology more books like this by Jeffrey S Levinton add to wishlist Jeffrey S. Levinton's highly acclaimed Marine Biology is regarded by many as the most authoritative text for undergraduate marine biology courses. Characterized by exceptionally clear and conversational writing style and comprehensive coverage, the text offers a sophisticated presentation featuring organismal and ecosystem ecology topics from an ... see all copies from $3.84! new only from $51.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Marine Biology: Function, Biodiversity, Ecology with CD-ROM more books like this by Jeffrey S Levinton add to wishlist For this new edition, Levinton has updated throughout, and added all-new boxes to highlight research topics of current interest. The coverage of marine mammals and on hypothesis testing have been expanded significantly, and new sections have been added on subtidal rocky reefs, metapopulations, marine invasions, marine protected areas and no-take ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $80.00!
8	The Forgotten Pollinators more books like this by Stephen L Buchmann, Paul Mirocha (Illustrator), Gary Paul Nabhan add to wishlist ". . . a pleasing concoction of natural and cultural history illustrating how pollination works and how easily it can be disrupted. . . . More than the species and the land that holds them, the book suggests, the living world to be cherished includes everything that these creatures, plants, and places do--the much more vital and intangible ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $25.66! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Naturalist more books like this by Edward O Wilson add to wishlist For the past four decades, Edward O. Wilson "the father of biodiversity", has been at the forefront of the natural sciences. This autobiography traces his fascination with insects from his childhood in Alabama and Florida, through to his professorship at Harvard, and his disagreements with the molecular biologists, led by James Watson, the co ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.32! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of All the Creatures That Have Ever Lived more books like this by Mr. Colin Tudge add to wishlist The Variety of Life can be read at many levels. Not least it is an extraordinary inventory - an illustrated summary of all the Earthly creatures that have ever lived. Whatever living thing you come across, from E coli to an oak tree or an elephant, The Variety of Life will show you what kind of creature it is, and how it relates to all others. Yet ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $35.50! \| first editions
11 view cover	Kinship to Mastery, C! more books like this by Stephen Kellert add to wishlist Kinship to Mastery is a fascinating and accessible exploration of the notion of biophilia - the idea that humans, having evolved with the rest of creation, possess a biologically based attraction to nature and exhibit an innate affinity for life and lifelike processes. Stephen R. Kellert sets forth the idea that people exhibit different ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.63! \| first editions
12 view cover	End of evolution more books like this by Peter Ward add to wishlist In this title, the author searches for the clues to catastrophic extinctions and documents signs that a third mass extinction has already begun on planet. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History more books like this by Jonathan Marks add to wishlist Are humans unique? This simple question, at the very heart of the hybrid field of biological anthropology, poses one of the false of dichotomies - with a stereotypical humanist answering in the affirmative and a stereotypical scientist answering in the negative. The study of human biology is different from the study of the biology of other species ... see all copies from $5.24! new only from $31.50! \| SVS
14 view cover	Biodiversity Dynamics: Turnover of Populations, Taxa, and Communities more books like this by Professor Michael L McKinney (Editor), Professor James A Drake (Editor) add to wishlist How will patterns of human interaction with the earth's eco-system impact on biodiversity loss over the long term - not in the next ten or even 50 years, but on the vast temporal scale dealt with by earth scientists? This text brings together data from population biology, community ecology, comparative biology and palaeontology. It starts with an ... see all copies from $8.90! new only from $9.00! \| first editions
15 view cover	Conserving Living Natural Resources: In the Context of a Changing World more books like this by Bertie J Weddell add to wishlist Conserving Living Natural Resources is an introductory textbook for students of conservation biology and resource management. It presents the historical and conceptual contexts of three seminal approaches to the management of living natural resources: utilitarian management for harvest of featured species and control of unwanted species, ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Ghosts of Evolution Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms more books like this by Connie Barlow, Paul Martin add to wishlist Barlow discusses present-day biological oddities--fruits without herbivores that consume them, for example--as examples of how evolution moves along, keeping some species alive while their "partners" become extinct. see all copies from $3.73! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	From DNA to Diversity more books like this by Scott D Weatherbee, Jennifer K Grenier, Sean Carroll add to wishlist From DNA to Diversity represents the definitive synthesis of new material on developmental genetics and evolutionary biology. Written by a highly respected author team, this text will be the monumental work for shaping the field. Animals diverge from common ancestry through changes in their DNA, but what are the genes that control morphology? In ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $68.99!
18 view cover	Life in the Balance: Humanity and the Biodiversity Crisis more books like this by Professor Niles Eldredge add to wishlist This general-interest study on ecology and the environment presents a convincing case for why biodiversity matters. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Common But Less Frequent Loon and Other Essays more books like this by Keith Stewart Thomson, Linda Price Thomson (Illustrator) add to wishlist These charming essays by an eminent biologist and columnist [for the American Scientist] celebrate aesthetic, literary, and intellectual aspects of science and convey what is involved in being a scientist today. Keith Thomson describes science as a great intellectual adventure-a search for why things are as they are-most rewarding when it is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The miner's canary : unraveling the mysteries of extinction. more books like this by Niles Eldredge add to wishlist Like the bird whose death signaled dangerous conditions in a mine, the demise of animals that once flourished should give humans pause. How is our fate linked to the earth's creatures, and the cycle of flourishing and extinction? Which are the simple workings of nature's order, and which are omens of ecological disaster? Does human activity ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.93! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Rain Forests (Sal 38) more books like this by John Terborgh add to wishlist The tropical rainforest offers scientists the last surviving pristine environment in which to study the laws of nature. In this book, the author reviews the research on tropical diversity and touches on many of the important issues in the ecology and evolution of the tropical forest. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.75! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	A Wasp Is Not a Bee more books like this by Marilyn Singer add to wishlist Most people know the difference between a cat and a dog. But the differences between certain other animals are not so obviuos, which is why it's so easy to confuse them. You may guess that the insect trying to eat your icecream cone is a bee, but it's probably a yellow-jacket wasp. You may think that the chimp sitting in a tree in the forest is a ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Living Ocean: Understanding and Protecting Marine Biodiversity more books like this by Boyce Thorne-Miller, John Catena add to wishlist The first edition of The Living Ocean, published in 1991 by Island Press in association with Friends of the Earth, was widely praised by scientists, policymakers, instructors, and general readers as a useful and accessible introduction to the science and policy of biological diversity in marine environments. Since that time, much new research has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Biodiversity more books like this by Wilson, Peter add to wishlist This important book for scientists and nonscientists alike calls attention to a most urgent global problem: the rapidly accelerating loss of plant and animal species to increasing human population pressure and the demands of economic development. Based on a major conference sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.12! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Living Planet in Crisis: Biodiversity Science and Policy more books like this by Joel Cracraft (Introduction by), Francesca T Grifo (Introduction by), Edward Osborne Wilson (Foreword by) add to wishlist With a foreword by E.O. Wilson, this book brings together internationally known experts from the scientific, societal, and conservation policy areas who address policy responses to the problem of biodiversity loss: how to determine conservation priorities in a scientific fashion, how to weigh the long-term, often hidden value of conservation ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50!

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