Naturalist bookstore Flora of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands - Boraginales, Olacaceae and allies 9782856539750 €45.00 BOOK ENTIRELY IN ENGLISH Madagascar, the “red Island”, hosts a distinctive and highly diverse flora estimated to comprise about 14,000 species of vascular plants, about 83 % of which are endemic. Endemism is also significant among genera, and the island also has 5 endemic families of angiosperms. This exceptional diversity results mainly from the wide... Add to cart
Naturalist bookstore Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos volume 32 - Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa)... 9782856539354 €99.00 As a continuation of the Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, the series Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos is dedicated to the exploration, inventory, and description of the deep-sea fauna of the world, with special emphasis on the most extensive, yet remote and least explored, region — the Indo-West Pacific. The comprehensive series of marine expeditions... Add to cart
Naturalist bookstore Status and threats of Afrotropical amphibians - Sub-saharan Africa, Madagascar, Western... 9783899373103 €98.00 Due to their physiology, morphology and complex life cycles, amphibian species are often highly habitat-specific and particularly threatened by environmental changes. Currently more than one third of all species is believed to be threatened. The worldwide decline of amphibians therefore has become a symbol for the Global Biodiversity Crisis.Whereas in... Add to cart
Naturalist bookstore All the Birds of the World 9788416728374 €85.00 The easiest and most enjoyable way to browse through all the birds of the world. For the first time ever, you can contemplate All the Birds of the World together in a single easy-to-use, fully illustrated volume. Created for a broad public, from novice birders to expert ornithologists and anyone interested in the spectacular diversity of birds, this book... Add to cart
On sale! -€20.00 Naturalist bookstore Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World 9788416728367 €190.00 €210.00 A two-volume boxed set. It took several years to produce the entire series of the Handbook of the Mammals of the World (HMW), and we are now happy to provide a new, comprehensive Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. This latest work updates the taxonomy of each currently recognized species of mammal, providing a complete checklist in a set... Add to cart
Naturalist bookstore Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos - Volume 31 9782856539132 €79.00 Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, a continuation of Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, is a series dedicated to the inventory and description of the deep-sea fauna of the world, with special emphasis on the most extensive, yet remote and least explored, region — the Indo-West Pacific. The comprehensive series of marine expeditions undertaken by the French Muséum... Add to cart
Naturalist bookstore Geckos of Madagascar, the Seychelles, Comoros and Mascarene Islands 9783899733624 €40.00 This volume of Terralog is a presentation of the geckos inhabiting the islands of Madagascar, the Seychelles, Comoros and Mascarenes. Without any doubt, members of the genera Phelsuma and Uroplatus are amongst the most popular geckos native to the numerous islands of the western IndianOcean. The present treatise pictures several as yet undescribed forms,... Add to cart
Naturalist bookstore Salamanders and Newts of Europe, North Africa and Western Asia 9783899733693 €40.00 Portraying the tailed amphibians of Europe, North Africa, and western Asia, this is the first volume of the Terralog series to be dedicated to a group of amphibians. Particular emphasis lies on the fire salamanders whose distribution range almost equals the region covered by this volume.Other representatives of this polymorphic order of vertebrates, on... Add to cart
Naturalist bookstore Venomous snakes of South America 9783899733679 €50.00 This volume of Terralog is a presentation of the venomous snakes of South America - all of the about 180 taxa currently recognized or under description of the families Elapidae and Viperidae, several of them with colour variations. A few of these species are depicted in a book for the first time. The newest systematics is introduced. Controversial... Add to cart
Naturalist bookstore European Pond Turtle - Emys orbicularis 9783899736045 €32.80 Emys orbicularis is the turtle with the widest distribution range in Europe. Its relationship with man has been a long and varying one, stretching from serving as food during times of fast durinf the Dark Ages to being regarded as an acutely threatened species in the present. Manfred Rogner's book also show that it ranks amongst the most intensively... Add to cart
Naturalist bookstore Amphibians and Reptiles of the St. Vincent and Grenada Banks, West Indies 9783899734836 €60.00 In the Eastern Caribbean, the more than 40 islands of the St. Vincent Bank and the Grenada Bank (Grenada and the Grenadine Islands) harbor at least 32 species of frogs and reptiles. Like many West Indian islands, the combined herpetofaunas of the two island banks comprise a mixture of native (including island and bank endemics) and introduced species.... Add to cart