Dragonflies

Philip S Corbet

• Hardcover | Engels | Comstock Book
• Among the most ancient and powerful of insects, dragonflies fascinate scientists and nonspecialists--in part because they are large enough for the beh... Lees meer

Search for the Gene

Bruce Wallace

• Paperback | Engels | Comstock Book
• From Gregor Mendel's experiments on garden peas to the mammoth Human Genome Project of today--how did we get where we are in the science of genetics? ... Lees meer

The Handbook of Nature Study

Anna Botsford Comstock

• Paperback | Engels | Comstock Book
• A matchless handbook for decades, this classic work has been the natural history bible for countless teachers and others who seek information about th... Lees meer

Carnivores

R F Ewer

• Paperback | Engels | Comstock Book
• "A masterful synthesis of anatomy, physiology, and behavior into a coherent exposition on the ways these highly specialized mammals make their living.... Lees meer

Gatherings of Angels

• Paperback | Engels | Comstock Book
• The migration of birds has forever amazed and confounded onlookers. How do birds find their way to their destinations? How do they withstand the dange... Lees meer

Fish Watching

C Lavett Smith

• Paperback | Engels | Comstock Book
• Who hasn't stopped along the banks of a stream to look for fish? Anyone who wants to enjoy fish in their own world will want this lavishly illustrated... Lees meer

True Bugs of the World: (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)

Randall T. Schuh, James A. Slater

• Hardcover | Comstock Book
• This monumental reference work treats an entire worldwide order of insects. It summarizes, from both a biological and sytematic perspective, current k... Lees meer

The Doubly Green Revolution

Gordon Conway

• Paperback | Engels | Comstock Book
• Today more than three quarters of a billion people go hungry in a world where food is plentiful. A distinguished scientist here sets out an agenda for... Lees meer

Tropical Forests and Their Crops

Nigel J H Smith, J T Williams, Donald L Plucknett, Jennifer P Talbot

• Hardcover | Engels | Comstock Book
• The tropics are the source of many of our familiar fruits, vegetables, oils, and spice, as well as such commodities as rubber and wood. Moreover, othe... Lees meer

Evolution, Second Edition

Colin Patterson

• Paperback | Engels | Comstock Book
• Introducing the latest ideas on how life originated and diversified on earth, this new edition of a classic work provides a concise and engaging summa... Lees meer

Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction (Revised)

Virginia Hayssen, Ari Tienhoven, Ans Tienhoven

• Hardcover | Engels | Comstock Book
• Since the appearance of the second edition of Sydney A. Asdell's widely used Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction in 1964, the field of reproductive phy... Lees meer

Native and Cultivated Conifers of Northeastern North America

Edward A Cope

• Paperback | Engels | Comstock Book
• This useful manual provides a means for easy identification of the native and cultivated conifers of northeastern North America. The territory covered... Lees meer

Insects That Feed on Trees and Shrubs

Warren T Johnson, Howard H Lyon

• Hardcover | Engels | Comstock Book
• This comprehensive handbook, acclaimed when it was first published in 1976 as "one of the most useful reference manuals on diagnostic entomology yet p... Lees meer

The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Illustrated Dictionary of Orchid Genera

Peggy Alrich, Wesley Higgins

• Hardcover | Engels | Comstock Book
• Published in Association with Selby Botanical Gardens PressThe hundreds of orchid genera and thousands of species can seem unbelievably complex, but t... Lees meer