Advances in Fisheries Bioengineering. Stephen V. Amaral, Dilip Mathur, and Edward P. Taft III, eds. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD, 2008. 256 pp., illus. $69.00 (ISBN 9781934874028 paper).

Analyzing Animal Societies: Quantitative Methods for Vertebrate Social Analysis. Hal Whitehead. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2008. 350 pp., illus. $29.00 (ISBN 9780226895239 paper).

Biological Modeling and Simulation: A Survey of Practical Models, Algorithms, and Numerical Methods. Russell Schwartz. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2008. 408 pp., illus. $45.00 (ISBN 9780262195843 cloth).

Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes. Tom A. Ranker and Christopher H. Haufler, eds. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008. 500 pp., illus. $70.00 (ISBN 9780521696890 paper).

Biomass Recalcitrance: Deconstructing the Plant Cell Wall for Bioenergy. Michael E. Himmel, ed. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, 2008. 528 pp., illus. $180.00 (ISBN 9781405163606 cloth).

Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet. Oliver Morton. Harper-Collins, New York, 2008. 480 pp. $28.95 (ISBN 9780007163649 paper).

The Elephant's Secret Sense: The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Africa. Caitlin O'Connell. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2008. 264 pp., illus. $15.00 (ISBN 9780226616742 paper).

Exploring Animal Social Networks. Darren P. Croft, Richard James, and Jens Krause. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2008. 208 pp., illus. $35.00 (ISBN 9780691127521 paper).

Fruit: Edible, Inedible, Incredible. Wolfgang Stuppy and Rob Kesseler. Alexandra Papadakis, ed. Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY, 2008. 264 pp., illus. $60.00 (ISBN 9781554074051 cloth).

Functional and Evolutionary Ecology of Fleas: A Model for Ecological Parasitology. Boris R. Krasnov. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008. 608 pp., illus. $150.00 (ISBN 9780521882774 cloth).

Globalization: Effects on Fisheries Resources. William W. Taylor, Michael G. Schechter, and Lois G. Wolfson. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008. 574 pp., illus. $125.00 (ISBN 9780521875936 cloth).

Large-scale Ecosystem Restoration: Five Case Studies from the United States. Mary Doyle and Cynthia A. Drew, eds. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2008. 344 pp., illus. $35.00 (ISBN 9781597260268 paper).

The Laws of Evolution and Derived Lawlike Principles. Sacha Haywood. Hagenia, Oxford, UK, 2007. 515 pp., illus. £69.95 (ISBN 9780955740404 cloth).

Microscopic Image Analysis for Life Science Applications. Jens Rittscher, Raghu Machiraju, and Stephen T. C. Wong, eds. Artech House, Norwood, MA, 2008. 432 pp., illus. $159.00 (ISBN 9781596932364 cloth).

Mitigating Impacts of Natural Hazards on Fishery Ecosystems. Katherine D. McLaughlin, ed. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD, 2008. 446 pp., illus. $60.00 (ISBN 9781934874011 cloth).

Plant Breeding and Biotechnology: Societal Context and the Future of Agriculture. Denis J. Murphy. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2007. 456 pp., illus. $55.00 (ISBN 9780521530880 paper).

Plant Form: An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Plant Morphology. New ed. Adrian D. Bell. Timber Press, Portland, OR, 2008. 432 pp., illus. $49.95 (ISBN 9780881928501 cloth).

Plants and Vegetation: Origins, Processes, Consequences. Paul A. Keddy. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2007. 706 pp., illus. $75.00 (ISBN 9780521864800 cloth).

Poisoned for Pennies: The Economics of Toxics and Precaution. Frank Ackerman. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2008. 352 pp., illus. $25.00 (ISBN 9781597264013 paper).

River Futures: An Integrative Scientific Approach to River Repair. Gary J. Brierley and Kirstie A. Fryirs, eds. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2008. 328 pp., illus. $40.00 (ISBN 9781597261135 paper).

The Riverscape and the River. S. M. Haslam. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008. 420 pp., illus. $130.00 (ISBN 9780521839785 cloth).

Salvage Logging and Its Ecological Consequences. David B. Linden-mayer, Philip J. Burton, and Jerry F. Franklin. Island Press, Washington, DC, 2008. 248 pp., illus. $32.50 (ISBN 9781597264037 paper).

Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography. Julia T. Sankey and Sven Baszio, eds. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 2008. 288 pp., illus. $59.95 (ISBN 9780253349279 cloth).

Voyages of Discovery: A Visual Celebration of Ten of the Greatest Natural History Expeditions. Tony Rice. Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY, 2008. 336 pp., illus. $39.95 (ISBN 9781554074143 cloth).