Inducible Gene Expression in Plants. P. H. S. Reynolds (ed.). CAB International, Wallingford. 1999. Pp. 247. Price £45.00, hardback. ISBN 0 85199 259 5.

Evolution of Biological Diversity. Anne E. Magurran and Robert M. May (eds). Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1999. Pp. 329. Price £24.99, paperback. ISBN 0 19 850304 0.

Genomes. T. A. Brown. BIOS Scientific Publishers, Oxford. 1999. Pp. 504. Price £29.95, paperback. ISBN 1 85996 201 7.

Cladistic Biogeography — Interpreting Patterns of Plant and Animal Distributions (2nd edn). Christopher J. Humphries and Lynne R. Parenti. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1999. Pp. 187. Price £35.00, hardback. ISBN 0 19 854818 4.