THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CANTERBURY is a new completely revised and updated edition of the standard work on the Canterbury environment.
Canterbury University Press. Hardback with Slipcase. 924 pages. NEW.
J.T. Salmon's The Native Trees of New Zealand contains over 500 colour photographs constituting the finest record of native trees ever achieved. 220+ species of tree are fully described and illustrated, the tree shape, the leaf shape, the bark, the flowers and the fruits. This is the revised 1986 edition reprinted in 1989.
Hardback with dust-jacket. 384 pages. SECONDHAND
Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand is endorsed by the Ornithological Society of New Zealand and features information on distribution, habitat, population, conservation, breeding, behaviour and feeding habits. There are also distribution maps, details of key bird watching sites and stunning paintings of all the species.
Softback. 440 pages. NEW.
Ants of New Zealand is the outcome of a lifetime's interest in these social insects by warwick Don and is beautifully illustrated. Of the thirty seven or so established species only eleven are generally considered to be endemic. All species are described here.
Hardback. 240 pages. NEW.
The Penguin Natural History of New Zealand is an illustrated encyclopaedia of New Zealand's natural heritage, flora and fauna. organised in an easy to use A-Z format and is illustrated with hundreds of fine photographs.
Softcover. 400 pages. NEW.
Plant Heritage New Zealand by Tony Foster looks at the unique characteristics of New Zealand's plants, what makes them so special. It delves into the origins and evolution of the plants, how they have inspired songs, poems and works of art, Maori myths, stories and proverbs associated with them, and their many uses as a natural resource.
Softback. 206 pages. NEW.
Hugh Wilson's Natural History of Banks Peninsula is a guide to the history and current status of the Banks Peninsula landscape, vegetation and wildlife. Includes checklists, all in a handy small format. Well illustrated with photographs and drawings.
Canterbury University Press. Softback. 144 pages. NEW.
Threated Plants of New Zealand shows that one in thirteen of New Zealand's native plants is now threatened with extinction, 24 species are known in the wild from fewer than 200 plants. This beautifully illustrated book combines precise botanical descriptions with lavish illustrations in describing the 190 species defined as threatened.
Cantabury University Press. Hardback. 471 pages. NEW.
