Desert Energy: A Guide to the Technology, Impacts, and Opportunities. Alasdair Cameron. Taylor and Francis (Routledge), 2012. 192 pp., illus. $59.95 (ISBN 9781849711845 cloth).
DNA Barcodes: Methods and Protocols. W. John Kress and David L. Erickson, eds. Humana Press, 2012. 470 pp., illus. $139.00 (ISBN 9781617795909 cloth).
Ecopsychology: Science, Totems, and the Technological Species. Peter H. Kahn Jr. and Patricia H. Hasbach, eds. MIT Press, 2012.344 pp., illus. $27.00 (ISBN 9780262517782 paper).
Evolution of Virulence in Eukaryotic Microbes. L. David Sibley, Barbara J. Howlett, and Joseph Heitman, eds. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. 600 pp., illus. $149.95 (ISBN 9781118038185 cloth).
Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management (rev). Daniel J. Decker, Shawn J. Riley, and William F. Siemer, eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. 352 pp., illus. $85.00 (ISBN 9781421406541 cloth).
In Search of the Holey Veil. Taylor F. Lockwood. www.kingdomoffungi.com. DVD, 55 mins., 2012. $14.95 (ISBN 9780984814510).
The Mating Lives of Birds. James Parry. MIT Press, 2012. 160 pp., illus. $29.95 (ISBN 9780262018319 cloth).
Microbes: Concepts and Applications. Prakash S. Bisen, Mousumi Debnath, and G. B. Prasad. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. 724 pp., illus. $199.95 (ISBN 9780470905944 cloth).
Miniature Forests of Cape Horn: Ecotourism with a Hand Lens. Bernard Goffinet, Ricardo Rozzi, Lily Lewis, William Buck, and Francisca Massardo. University of North Texas Press, 2012. 400 pp., illus. $45.00 (ISBN 9781574414486 paper).
Ordering Life: Karl Jordan and the Naturalist Tradition. Kristin Johnson. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. 392 pp., illus. $39.95 (ISBN 9781421406008 cloth).
Roots of Ecology: Antiquity to Haeckel. Frank N. Egerton. University of California Press, 2012. 288 pp., illus. $75.00 (ISBN 9780520271746 cloth).
Squirrels of the World. Richard W. Thorington Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, and lames F. Whatton. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. 472 pp., illus. $75.00 (ISBN 9781421404691 cloth).
Sustainable Failures: Environmental Policy and Democracy in a Petro-Dependent World. Sherry Cable. Temple University Press, 2012. 242 pp., illus. $29.95 (ISBN 9781439909003 paper).
Systems Biology. Robert A. Meyers, ed. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. 726 pp., illus. $339.95 (ISBN 9783527326075 cloth).
Thieves of Virtue: When Bioethics Stole Medicine. Tom Koch. MIT Press, 2012. 352 pp., illus. $29.95 (ISBN 9780262017985 cloth).
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code. Sam Kean. Little, Brown, 2012. 416 pp., illus. $25.99 (ISBN 9780316182317 cloth).
Where the Rivers Meet the Sea: The Political Ecology of Water. Stephanie C. Kane. Temple University Press, 2012. 246 pp., illus. $27.95 (ISBN 9781439909317 paper).