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  • Conservation of Genetic Resources

    Costs and Implications for a Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

    by Detlef Virchow ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Over the past decade the importance of natural resources for sustainable agricultural development has been increasingly discussed at international forums and conferences. Aside from the sustainable management of soil, water, and air, it now seems to be accepted that the sustainable management of genetic resources is one of the four indispensable preconditions for a sustainable agriculture. The ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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  • Ecology and Silviculture of Eucalypt Forests

    Edited by RG Florence ...
    This classic forest management text examines the ecology and silviculture of eucalypts in forests and plantations in Australia and overseas. The book presents approaches to the formulation of ecologically sustainable forest practices through a more fundamental understanding of Eucalyptus. The 14 chapters of the book are divided into three sections covering: the ecological background to ... Read more

    $124.99 CAD

  • Air Pollution and Forests

    Interactions between Air Contaminants and Forest Ecosystems

    by William H. Smith ...
    Series series Springer Series on Environmental Management
    This series is dedicated to serving the growing community of scholars and practitioners concerned with the principles and applications of environmental management. Each volume will be a thorough treatment of a specific topic of importance for proper management practices. A fundamental objective of these books is to help the reader discern and implement human's stewardship of our environment and ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • High-Tech and Micropropagation VI

    Edited by Y.P.S Bajaj ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The volume describes the propagation of various ornamental, aromatic and medicinal plants through modern biotechnological methods. Treated plants are e.g. amaryllis, zinnia, camomile, and jojoba. ... Read more

    $371.99 CAD

  • Advancing Food Integrity

    GMO Regulation, Agroecology, and Urban Agriculture

    by Gabriela Steier ...
    Key features:Presents summaries of key points after each chapter and includes color graphs to visualize the big-picture conceptsDemonstrates how urban rooftop farms (URFs) can contribute to city greening and climate change mitigation worldwide while providing fresh locally-sourced produce for growing urban populationsProvides cutting-edge ideas from the the emerging field of food law and places ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • The Paradigm of Forests and the Survival of the Fittest

    Edited by Sergio A. Molina-Murillo, Carlos Rojas Alvarado ...
    This book demonstrates the social, historical, and environmental framework within which humans have developed a relationship with the forest and its resources. Starting from the biological basis that permits the existence of forests to the use of forest resources in a modern human context, this book summarizes the interaction between humans and forest ecosystems. Designed for readers from a broad ... Read more

    $253.99 CAD

  • Desertification

    Natural Background and Human Mismanagement

    by Monique Mainguet ...
    Series series Springer Study Edition
    After UNCED (United Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, July 1992), a second edition of Desertification was necessary. About 150 corrections, amendments and additions take scientific progress into account. The author also presents an updated chapter in which the results of UNCED are analyzed.This book aims at an understanding of what is commonly called "desertification" - a ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Tree Habit in Land Plants

    A Functional Comparison of Trunk Constructions with a Brief Introduction into the Biomechanics of Trees

    by Volker Mosbrugger ...
    Series Book 28 - Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
    The present study will help answer questions of tree type evolution, function, optimum, and tree construction types, using the approach of constructional morphology which to date has been widely neglected in palaeobotany and botany. First, the evolution pattern of the earliest Devonian trees is analyzed and explained, including a brief introduction of tree biomechanics. Then fossil and recent ... Read more

    $106.99 CAD

  • The Ecozones of the World

    The Ecological Divisions of the Geosphere

    Translated by B. Ahnert ...
    by Jürgen Schultz ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The preliminary work on this book goes back to lectures and seminars which I held on the subject of an ecological division of the world at the Geographical Department ofthe Aachen University of Technology (RWTH Aachen). The idea of presenting this material in book form arose as I became aware that no modern compendium exists, in either German or English (or in any other language, as far as I know) ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • Mycorrhiza - Function, Diversity, State of the Art

    Edited by Ajit Varma, Ram Prasad, Narendra Tuteja ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This is the fourth updated and revised edition of a well-received book that emphasises on fungal diversity, plant productivity and sustainability. It contains new chapters written by leading experts in the field.This book is an up-to-date overview of current progress in mycorrhiza and association with plant productivity and environmental sustainability. The result is a must hands-on guide, ideally ... Read more

    $268.99 CAD

  • Biological Resource Management Connecting Science and Policy

    Edited by Dietrich Werner, Ervin Balazs, James M. Lynch, Ennio Galante, Jean-Pierre Toutant, James S. Schepers, P.A.T.J. Werry ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Jointly published with INRA, Paris.The application of new production methods in the food industry - genetic engineering in plants and animals - as well as recent crises over food-borne diseases have led consumers to a growing concern about science as an appropriate basis for developing sound agricultural policies. This book presents the discussion of scientists and politicians in the framework of ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Flow and Transport in the Natural Environment: Advances and Applications

    Advances and Applications

    Edited by Owen T. Denmead, William L. Steffen ...
    This volume arises from an International Symposium on Flow and Transport in the Natural Environment held in Canberra, Australia, in September 1987. The meeting was hosted by the CSIRO Division of Environmental Mechanics (now the Centre for Environmental Mechanics) to mark the opening of the second stage of its headquarters, the F.C. Pye Field Environment Laboratory, twenty-one years after the ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD