El lector con conocimientos básicos tiene la suerte de contar con los mejores escritores científicos en este campo, y los lectores de nivel universitario la de contar con las exposiciones académicas más claras.
Agosta, William, Bombardier Beetles and Fever Trees, A Close Up Look at Chemical Warfare and Signals in Animals and Plants, Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1995.
—, Thieves, Deceivers and Killers, Tales of Chemistry in Nature, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2001.
Arnold, Harry A., Poisonous Plants of Hawai, Tuttle, Tokio, 1968.
Attenborough, David, Life on Earth, Little-Brown, Boston, 1979. (Existe edición española: El planeta viviente, Salvat Editores, Barcelona, 1989.)
—, The Private Life of Plants, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1995. (Existe edición española: La vida privada de las plantas. Planeta, Barcelona, 1995.) Ayres, Ian, SuperCrunchers, Bantam Books, Nueva York, 2007.
Ball, Jr., y Stuart M., Hiker’s Guide to O’ahu, University of Hawai Press, Honolulu, 2000.
Baluska, Frantisek; Mancuso, Stefano, y Volkman, Dieter, eds., Communication in Plants: Neuronal Aspects of Plant Life, Springer Verlag, Berlín, 2006.
Beerling, David, The Emerald Planet, How Plants Changed Earth’s History, OUP, Oxford, Nueva York, 2007.
Belknap, Jody Perry, et al, Majesty: The Exceptional Trees of Hawaii, The Outdoor Circle, Honolulu, 1982.
Berenbaum, May R., Bugs in the System: Insects and Their Impact on Human Affairs, Perseus, Nueva York, 1995.
Bier, James, et al y el departamento de geografía de la Universidad de Hawai, Atlas of Hawaii, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1973.
Bodanis, David, The Secret Garden, Simon&Schuster, Nueva York, 1992.
Bonner, John Tyler, Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2006.
—, Life Cycles: Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1993.
Bryan, William Alanson, Natural History of Hawaii, Hawaian Gazette Co. Ltd., 1915.
Buhner, Stephen Harrod, The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines to Life on Earth, Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, Vermont, 2002.
Chippeaux, Jean-Philippe, Snake Venoms and Envenomations, Krieger Publishing, Malabar, Florida, 2006.
Cox, George W., Alien Species in North America and Hawaii, Impacts on Natural Ecosystems, Island Press, Washington DC, 1999.
Darwin, Charles, The Power of Movement in Plants, John Murray, Londres, 1880. (Disponible on-line en: http://darwin-online. org.uk/.) Dicke, Marcel, y Takken, Willem, Chemical Ecology, From Gene to Ecosystem, Springer, Dordrech, Países Bajos, 2006.
Eisner, Thomas, Eisner s World: Life Through Many Lenses, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts, 2009.
—, For Love of Insects, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2003.
Eisner, Thomas; Eisner, Maria, y Siegler, Melody, Secret Weapons: Defences of Lnsects, Spiders, Scorpions and Other Many-Legged Creatures, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2005.
Eisner, Thomas, y Meinwald, Jerrold, eds., Chemical Ecology: The Chemistry of Biotic Interaction, National Academy Press, Washington DC, 1995.
Fleming, Andrew J., Intercellular Communication in Plants, Annual Plant Reviews, vol. 16, Blackwell, Oxford, Reino Unido, 2005.
Foelix, Rainer D., Biology of Spiders, George Thieme Verlag, Oxford University Press, Nueva York, 1996.
Galston, Arthur W., Life Processes of Plants, Scientific American, Nueva York, 1994.
Gotwald, Jr., y William H., Army Ants: The Biology of Social Predation, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, Nueva York, 1995.
Gullan, Penny J., y Cranston, Peter S., The lnsects: An Outli-ne of Entomology, 4.a edición, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, Reino Unido, 2010.
Hall, John B., A Hiker’s Guide to Trailside Plants in Hawaii, Mutual Publishing, Honolulu, 2004.
Hillyard, Paul, The Private Life of Spiders, , Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2008.
Holldobler, Bert, y Wilson, Edward O., The Ants, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990.
Homero, La Odisea, Espasa-Calpe, Madrid, 2000.
Howarth, Francis G., y Mull, William P., Hawaiian Insects and Their Kin, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1992.
Jenofonte, El Anábasis, discurso a sus tropas. (Un buen ejemplo de liderazgo en momentos de crisis. Sirve de modelo para las palabras de Peter a sus compañeros.) Jones, Richard, Nano Nature: Nature’s Spectacular Hidden World, Metro Books, Nueva York, 2008.
Kealey, Terence, The EconomicLaws of Scientific Research, St. Martin Press, Nueva York, 1996.
Kepler, Angela Kay, Trees of Hawaii, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1990.
Kraus, Beatrice H., Native Plants Used as Medicine in Hawaii, Harold L. Lyon Arboretum, Honolulu, 1981.
Liebherr, James K., y Zimmerman, Elwood C., Insects of Hawaii, vol. 16: Hawaiian Carabidae (Coleóptera), Part I: Introduction and Tribe Platynini, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 2000.
Magnacca, Karl N., «Conservation Status of the Endemic Bees of Hawaii», Pacific Science, vol. 61, n.° 2, págs. 173-190, abril de 2007.
Marshall, Stephen A., Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity, Firefly Books, Nueva York, 2006.
Martin, Gary J., Ethnobotañy: A Methods Manual, Chap-man&Hall, Londres, 2004.
McBride, L. R., Practical Folk Medicine of Hawaii, Petroglyph Press, 1975.
McMonagle, Orin, Giant Centipedes: The Enthusiast’s Handbook, Elytra&Antenna (www.ElytraandAntenna.com), 2003.
Meier, Jürg, y Wliite, Julián, eds., Handbook of Clinical Toxicology of Animal Venoms and Poisons, Taylor&Francis, Boca Ratón, 1995.
Moffett, Mark W., Adventures AmongAnts, University of California Press, Berkeley, 2010.
Palmer, Daniel D., Hawaii’s Ferns andFerns Allies, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 2002.
Perkins, R. C. L., «lnsects of Tantalus», Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, vol. 1, págs. 38-51, Google Books.
Pukui, Mary Kawena, y Elbert, Samuel H., Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1986.
Scott, Susan, y Thomas, Craig, Poisonous Plants of Paradise: First Aid and Medical Treatment of Injuries from Hawaii’s Plants, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 2000.
Serres, Michel, y Latour, Bruno, Conversations on Science, Culture and Time, University of Michigan,. Ann Arbor, 1990.
Sharp, David, ed., Fauna Hawaiiensis, or the Zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles, vols. 1-3, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1899-1913.
Simonson, Douglas et al, Pidgin to Da Max Hana Hou (Pidgin Hawaiian Dictionary) The Bess Press, Honolulu, 1992.
Sohmer, S. H., y Gustafson, R., Plants and Flowers of Hawaii, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1987.
Spradbery, Philip J., Wasps: An Account of the Biology and Natural History of Solitary and Social Wasps, University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1973.
Stamets, Paul, Mycelium Running, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 2005.
Stone, Charles P., y Pratt, Linda, Hawaii’s Plants and Animals: Biological Sketches of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii Natural History Association, Honolulu, 1994.
Swartz, Tim, The Lost Journals of Nicola Testa, Global Communications, New Brunswick, New Jersey, s/f.
Swift, Sabina F., y Goff, M. Lee, «Mite (Acari) Communities Associated with Ohio», Pacific Science, vol. 55, n.° 1, págs. 23-55, 2001.
Walter, David Evans, y Proctor, Heather Coreen, Mites: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour, University of New South Wales Press, Sidney, 1999.
Ward, Peter D., y Brownlee, Donald, Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe, Copernicus (Springer Verlag), Nueva York, 2000.
Wilson, Edward, Naturalista Warner Books, Nueva York, 1995.
Wolfe, David W., Tales from the Underground: A Natural History of Subterranean Life, Basic Books, Nueva York, 2001.
Zimmer, Cari, Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature’s Most Dangerous Creatures, Simon&Schuster, Nueva York, 2000.
Zimmermann, Elwood C., Insects of Hawaii, vol. 1, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 2001.