G M Barker (Ed.) Molluscs as Crop Pests

CABI Publishing. February 2002, 472 pp. Hardback

ISBN: 0851993206 £75 (US$140)

Readership: Zoology, ecology, crop protection.

Mollusc species currently constitute a major threat to sustainable agriculture. This threat is associated with cultivation of new crops, intensification of agricultural production systems and the spread through human trade and travel. In some crops their significance is only now becoming apparent with the decline in the importance of other pest groups which can be effectively controlled

Contents:

• Introduction
• Chemical control of terrestrial gastropods, I Henderson and R Trieskorn
• Molluscicidal baits for control of terrestrial gastropods, S Bailey
• Achatina fulica Bowdich and other Achatinidae as pests in tropical agriculture, S K Raut and G M Barker
• Vaginulidae in Central America, with emphasis on the bean slug Sarasinula plebeia (Fischer), A Rueda et al.
• Apple snails (Ampullariidae) as agricultural pests: their biology, impacts and management, R Cowie
• Helicidae and Hygromiidae as pests in cereal crops and pastures in Southern Australia, G Baker
• Planorbidae and Lymnaeidae as pests of rice, with particular reference to Isidorella newcombi (Adams & Angus), M Stevens
• Urocyclus flavescens Keferstein (Urocyclidae) as a pest of banana in South Africa, K de Jager
• Bradybaena similaris (de Férussac) (Bradybaenidae) as a pest in grapevines of Taiwan, C P. Chang
• Agriolimacidae, Arionidae and Milacidae as pests in West European sunflower and maize, G Hommay
• Helicidae and Hygromiidae as pests in Australian and South African grapevines, G Sanderson and W Sirgel
• Agriolimacidae, Arionidae and Milacidae as pests in West European cereals, D Glen and R Moens
• Agriolimacidae and Arionidae as pests in conservation-tillage soybean and corn cropping in North America, R Hammond and R Byers
• Bradybaena ravida (Benson) (Bradybaenidae) in cereal-cotton rotations of Jingyang County, Shaanxi Province, China, Chen De-niu et al.
• Agriolimacidae and Arionidae as pests in lucerne and other legumes in forage systems of northeastern North America, R Byers
• Gastropods as pests in vegetable and ornamental crops in Western Europe, G Port and A Ester
• Integrated management of Cantareus aspersus (Müller) (Helicidae) as a pest of citrus in California, N Sakovich
• Gastropods as pests in New Zealand pastoral agriculture, with emphasis on Agriolimacidae, Arionidae and Milacidae, G Barker
• Agriolimacidae, Arionidae and Milacidae as pests in West European oilseed rape, R Moens and D M Glen
  
  

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G M Barker (Ed.) The Biology of Terrestrial Molluscs

CABI Publishing. September 2001. 560 pp Hardback

ISBN: 0851993184 £75 (US$140)

Readership: Students and professionals in invertebrate zoology, ecology and pest management.

With an estimated 35,000 species, terrestrial molluscs are one of the most successful and diverse animal groups in land-based ecosystems. These animals have long been of importance to human societies as food, medicine, crop pests, vectors of parasites, and as tools, personal ornamentation and currency in trade. This book presents a synthesis of current knowledge and research on the biology of terrestrial molluscs.

Contents:

• Morphology, phylogeny and systematics, G M Barker, Landcare Research, New Zealand
• Body wall: form and function, D L Luchtel and I Deyrup-Olsen, University of Washington, USA
• Sensory organs and the nervous system, R Chase, McGill University, Canada
• Radular structure and function, U Mackenstedt, Universität Hohenheim, Germany and K Märkel, Ruhr-Universität Bocham, Germany
• Structure and function of the digestive tract, V K Dimitriadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Food and feeding behaviour, B Speiser, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland
• Haemolymph: blood cell morphology and function, E Furuta and K Yamaguchi, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Japan
• Structure and functioning of the reproductive system, B Gomez, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
• Regulation of growth and reproduction, A Gomot de Vaufleury, Université de Fanche-Comté, France
• Spermiogenesis and oogenesis, J M Healy, The University of Queensland, Australia
• Population and conservation genetics, T Backeljau, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium, A Baur and B Baur, University of Basel, Switzerland
• Life history strategies, J Heller, The Hebrew University, Israel
• Behavioural ecology: on doing the right thing in the right place at the right time, A Cook, University of Ulster, UK
• Soil biology and ecotoxicology, R Dallinger and B Berger, Universität Innsbruck, Austria, R Triebskorn-Köhler and H Köhler, Universitat Tübingen, German

N Landman, P Mikkelsen, R Bieler, B Bronson. Pearls: A Natural History

ISBN 0-8109-4495-2 US$49.50, £34. 232pp (9 x 11") hardcover, 232 illustrations (194 colour). October 2001.

Accompanying a travelling exhibit from American Museum of Natural History, the book blends history, science and the jewellerís art, tracing the natural and cultural history of pearls.

Bernard Tursch and Dietmar Greifeneder with two sections co-authored by Yuri Kantor

Oliva Shells. The genus Oliva and the Species problem

L'informatore Piceno, CP 421, 60124 Ancona Italy

September 2001 628 pages (2lx29,7 cm), 1173 colour and 1071 b+w photographs, 369 line drawings, 76 maps

ISBN 86070-17-9. 129 Euro (~ 111 US$) hardback.

To tackle the "Oliva problem", this book first addresses the general problems met by every intelligent malacologist: What do we consider to be a Species? How can we deal with variation? How do we measure shells and interpret quantitative data? How can we interpret differences in shape and colour pattern? In practice, how can we demonstrate the existence of separate species?

Anatomy, shell microstructure, ecology and ethology are then treated in detail, including many new observations.

Upon these bases, a critical revision of the notoriously difficult genus Oliva is presented. It includes a complete synonymy and photographs of nearly all the available type material. The 74 living objective morphospecies are discussed in depth. Over 1150 colour photographs illustrate their variation range and many novel identification tips are given.

Review: American Conchologist, 29(4), 16-17, Dec 2001.

Order from: Mostra Mondiale Malacologia, Via Adriatica nord, 240 - 63012 Cupra Marittima (AP) Italy

Fax: +39-0735-777232 E-Mail: mala...@fastnet.it

Shipment: add ~ 10%. Mastercard or Visa accepted, cheques add 9 Euro.

For complete list see: http://www.malacologia.it and http://www.malacologia.org

S M Walters & E A Stow

Darwinís mentor. John Stevens Henslow, 1796-1861

Cambridge University Press. 2001.

ISBN 0521 591465. £40. 358 pp Hardback.

(to be reviewed in next issue)

International Code of Zoological

Nomenclature 4^th Edition

The 4^th edition of ICZN came into effect on 1 January 2000 and entirely supercedes the 1965 3^rd edition.

English and French edition £40 (US$65); for airmail add £2 or $3. Members of the Malacological Congress or other scientific societies are offered a 25% discount, i.e. £30 or $48. Payment should accompany orders (cheques made out to ëITZNí (£ or $), or to ëAAZNí ($ only). Payment to ITZN (not AAZN) may be made by Visa or MasterCard giving card number and expiry date.

ITZN, c/o The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK (icz...@nhm.ac.uk)

AAZN, MRC-159, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560-0159, USA (smi...@nmnh.si.edu)

Information on other language editions from:

1. boo...@insecta.de - German

2. tomo...@kahaku.go.jp - Japanese

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Georgius Rumphius, translated by E M Beekman

The Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet

Yale University Press. 1999. ISBN 0300075340

US$ 50. 672 pp (7½ x 11"), 80 illustrations.

The first English translation of a classic natural history text, annotated and including a biography of Rumphius, a 17th Century tropical naturalist stationed on the island of Ambon in eastern Indonesia. The first ëmoderní work on tropical marine fauna, minerals etc.

Cheryl Claassen. Shells

Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology, Cambridge University Press.

September 1998. ISBN 0521578523. £20.95. 286 pp. paperback.

Contents:

1. The archaeology of shell matrix sites
2. Shelled animals: biology and predation
3. Diagenesis and taphonomy
4. Quantification of archaeological shells
5. Palaeo-environmental reconstruction;
6. Season of death techniques
7. Dietary reconstruction
8. The shell artifact
9. Shells and social organization.

Review: British Archaeology, No. 45, June 1999 (on web).