Friday 21 January 2011

New acquisitions

New books:

Biological diversity: frontiers in measurement and assessment, edited by Anne E. Magurran and Brian J. McGill. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2011. Balfour Library shelfmark: GG (270i-ii) (Overnight Loan shelves)

Choosing and using statistics, 3rd ed., by Calvin Dytham. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell; 2011. Balfour Library shelfmark: EBB (63ci-iv) (2 x Overnight Loan shelves, 2 x Open Shelves)

An empirical synthetic pattern study of gars (Lepisosteiformes) and closely related species, based mostly on skeletal anatomy: the resurrection of Holostei, by Lance Grande. Lawrence, KS: American Society of Icthyologists and Herpetologists; 2010. Balfour Library shelfmark: qVA (4) (Large size shelves)

Evaluating the impact of your library, by Sharon Markless and David Streatfield. London: Facet Publishing; 2006. Balfour Library shelfmark: D.11 (59)

Mammal teeth: origin, evolution, and diversity, by Peter S. Ungar. Baltimore, MD: The John Hopkins University Press; 2010. Balfour Library shelfmark: qGDO (1) (Large size shelves)

Not by genes alone: how culture transformed human evolution, by Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press; 2006. Balfour Library shelfmark: EO (326) (2 x Overnight Loan shelves, 2 x Open Shelves)

Novel insights into adipose cell functions, edited by Karine Clement, Bruce M. Spiegelman, and Yves Christen. Berlin: Springer-Verlag; 2010. Balfour Library shelfmark: GC (28)

New theses:

The dynamics and impacts of trawl fishing along the Coromandel Coast of India, by Aaron Savio Lobo. Cambridge; 2010. Balfour Library shelfmark: Thesis (490)

The ecological consequences of diverse management systems in a private conservancy network, by Matthew F. Child. Cambridge; 2010. Balfour Library shelfmark: Thesis (492)

'How the rook sees the world': a study of the social and physical cognition of Corvus frugilegus, by Christopher David Bird. Cambridge; 2009. Balfour Library shelfmark: Thesis (491)

Book donations:

Biological adhesive systems: from nature to technical and medical application, edited by Janek von Byrne and Ingo Grunwald. Vienna: Springer-Verlag; 2010. Balfour Library shelfmark: GD (75)