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Handbook to the Dangerously Venomous Snakes of Myanmar

Authors: Alan E. Leviton, George R. Zug, Jens V. Vindum, and Guinevere O.U. Wogan. 2008. 122 pages. $14.00. This guide, prepared in collaboration with the Division of Nature and Conservation of the Ministry of Forestry, Myanmar and Academy scientists, includes a key and descriptions to all of the venomous snakes known from Myanmar. After a decade of Academy led scientific expeditions in Myanmar, a country with extraordinary biodiversity, we are just now beginning to learn how rich in species it really is. No fewer than 44 species of dangerously venomous snakes inhabit Myanmar and the surrounding coastal waters. It is hoped that this contribution will enable those engaged in the study of snakes in the field and the laboratory to recognize more readily the most dangerous components of that fauna. Order Now! >>>

Marin Flora: An Illustrated Manual of the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and Conifers of Marin County, California

Authors: John Thomas Howell, Frank Almeda, Wilma Follette, and Catherine Best. 2007. 510 pages. $45.00 (hardcover); $35.00 (softcover) This is a new definitive manual to the vascular plants of one of the Bay Area's most diverse and much-loved local floras. This extensively rewritten and redesigned edition of the Marin Flora includes improved dichotomous identification keys, illustrations, color photographs of all the major plant communities, and detailed maps and satellite images of the county's major topographic features. With extensive nomenclatural updates and detailed appendices of rare, endangered, and invasive species, this classic local flora will continue to be the only comprehensive identification guide to the county's native and naturalized plants. Order Now! >>>

SF Bay 2K: Animals of San Francisco Bay. A Field Guide to the Common Benthic Species

Authors: Rich Mooi, Victor G. Smith, Margaret Gould Burke, Terrence M. Gosliner, Christina N. Piotrowski, and Rebecca K. Ritger. 2007. $35.00. This book is a product of the SFBay:2K Project, the California Academy of Sciences' biotic survey of the bottom-dwelling animals in San Francisco Bay. The survey took place between 2000 and 2004, and involved Academy scientists and educators, as well as local high school teachers and students. The results of these collaborative efforts have added to our knowledge of Bay animals and illuminated many research questions. The field guide is intended for amateur and professional naturalists, teachers, college students, scientists, and anyone else who would like to "dig a little deeper" towards understanding the animals inhabiting San Francisco Bay. Order Now! >>>

Koobi Fora Research Project: Volume 6: The Fossil Monkeys

Editors: Nina G. Jablonski and Meave G. Leakey, 2008. 469 pages. $87.00 (hardcover with DVD), $25.00 (DVD only). The sixth volume in the Koobi Fora Research Project monograph series, The Fossil Monkeys describes the non-human primate collection of fossils recovered from the Omo-Turkana Basin. The extensive collection of monkey fossils represents eight genera of small and large colobines and cercopithecines, including Colobus, Rhinocolobus, Cercopithecoides, Paracolobus, Cercopithecus, Lophocebus, Parapapio, and Theropithecus. This publication presents a complete systematic paleontology of the Koobi Fora Cercopithecoidea up to and including collections from the 2004 field season. In addition, the volume includes discussion of natural language descriptions and keys, ecomorphological implications of molar shape and microwear, geological background, and the importance of Cercopithecoidea in the context of primate and mammalian evolution. The Fossil Monkeys is well illustrated with more than 200 figures - multiple views of key fossils and species reconstructions by Mauricio Antón of Rhinocolobus turkanaensis, Cercopithecoides williamsi, and Theropithecus oswaldi, as well as interpretive graphs. Nearly 85 tables provide detailed measurement data to complement the text, while the Appendix includes an exhaustive compilation of all available measurement data for the Koobi Fora fossil monkeys. Contributions to this book have been made by Nina G. Jablonski, Meave G. Leakey, Carol V. Ward, Mauricio Antón, George Chaplin, Mark F. Teaford, Richard F. Kay, Peter S. Ungar, and Patrick Gathogo. Order Now! >>>

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