THE NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY 
                         School of Animal, Rural & Environmental Science Brackenhurst 
                                                                                 
                                                       BSc Ecology & Conservation  
                                                                                 
                                        Recommended Reading List – Year 1 2019-20 
            
           The following is an initial list of books recommended for reading prior and during your first 
           year on the course. It is certainly not recommended that you purchase all of these books at 
           this stage, it may be best to use the books from libraries before making any selection of the 
           books you would like to acquire. You will be given more complete lists of references for each 
           module once you begin the course. 
            
           Good general books on ecology worth buying are: 
            
           Krebs CJ. 2013. Ecology: Pearson New International Edition: The experimental analysis of 
           distribution and abundance. Pearson 
            
           or 
            
           Townsend C, Begon M, Harper JL. 2008. Essentials of Ecology (3rd edition). Blackwell. 
            
           You can pick these (or former editions) up cheaply second hand. 
            
            
           A good general background on biology, much of which is very useful for ecology and 
           conservation is:  
            
           Urry LA, Cain ML, Wasserman SA, Minorsky PV, Reece JB. 2016. Campbell biology (11th Ed.). 
           Pearson. 
            
           You can pick this (particularly former editions) up cheaply second hand. 
            
            
           Recommended popular science books that are well worth reading include: 
            
           Maclean N. 2015. A Less Green and Pleasant Land – Our Threatened Wildlife. Cambridge 
           University Press 
            
           Kolbert E. 2014. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. Bloomsbury 
            
           Ashmole M, Ashmole P. 2009. The Carrifran Wildwood story. Borders Forest Trust. 
            
            
            
            
                                                                                                                                                     
            
                                      Recommended texts for your first year modules are: 
                                                                                 
           Introduction to Plant Ecology 
            
           Keddy P. 2016. Plant Ecology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 
            
           Rose F, O’Reilly C. 2006. The wild flower key: how to identify wild plants, trees and shrubs in 
           Britain & Ireland. Blackwell. 
            
           Introduction to Animal Ecology 
            
           Jurd RD. 2003. Instant notes in animal biology. BIOS Scientific Publishers. 
            
           Moyes CD, Schulte PM. 2014. Principles of animal physiology. Pearson. 
            
           Biodiversity Conservation 
            
           Adams D, Carwardine M. 1991. Last chance to see. Ballantine Books.                                               
            
           Gaston KJ, Spicer JI. 2003. Biodiversity: an introduction. Blackwell Science. 
            
           Wilson EO. 2001. The Diversity of life. Penguin Books.  
            
           Conservation in Practice 
            
           Bannister A, Raymond S, Baker R. 1998. Surveying (7th edition), Pearson Education. 
            
           Middleton N. 2016. The effective ecologist. Pelagic Publishing 
            
           Sutherland WJ. 2000. The conservation handbook: research, management and policy. 
           Blackwell. 
            
           Ecological Census Techniques 
            
           Hill D, Fasham M, Tucker G, Hewry M, Shaw P. 2005. Handbook of Biodiversity Methods: 
           Survey, Evaluation and Monitoring. Cambridge University Press 
            
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           Sutherland WJ. 2006. Ecological Census Techniques (2  Edn). Cambridge University Press 
            
           Wheater CP, Bell JR, Cook PA. 2011. Practical Field Ecology. Wiley-Blackwell 
            
           Principles of Ecology 
            
           Chapman JL, Reiss MJ. 2005. Ecology: Principles and Applications (3rd edition). Cambridge 
           University Press.  
            
                                                                                                                                                     
           Townsend C, Begon M, Harper JL. 2008. Essentials of Ecology (3rd edition). Blackwell. 
             
            
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           Office 365 is the cloud version of Microsoft Office which can be accessed anytime from any device.  It is 
           available for all students and staff and includes additional 5 FREE Microsoft Office 2016 suites that can 
           be installed onto any device whether PC, laptop, tablet or phone. 
              
           One step login at office365.ntu.ac.uk and access with NTU email address and password. 
            
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