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  • Domestication of Radiata Pine

    by Rowland Burdon, William Libby, Alan Brown ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    In nature, radiata pine is very localised and an obscure tree species despite the romantic character of much of its natural habitat. That obscure status and the lack of any reputation as a virgin timber slowed its due recognition as a commercial crop. Nevertheless, it has become a major plantation forest crop internationally. It has become the pre-eminent commercial forest species in New Zealand, ... Read more

    $215.09 USD

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  • The Science and Practice of Landscape Stewardship

    Edited by Claudia Bieling, Tobias Plieninger ...
    Improving the dynamic relationship between nature and human well-being is a pressing issue of our time. Landscapes embody this tight interconnectedness and serve as unique sustainability learning hubs, showcased by the global rise of place-based and holistic landscape stewardship initiatives. Incorporating these exciting developments, this book explores the principles of landscape stewardship and ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

  • Plant Disturbance Ecology

    The Process and the Response

    Edited by Kiyoko Miyanishi, Edward A. Johnson ...
    The media coverage of natural disasters (hurricanes, fires, floods, ice storms, etc.) indicates the prevalence of natural disasters in most, if not all, ecosystems. In order for scientists to study, understand, and ultimately predict how these disturbances affect ecosystems, it is necessary for them to know more about the physical processes involved in these disturbances and to learn how to couple ... Read more

    $78.29 USD

  • Diseases and Pathogens of Eucalypts

    Edited by PJ Keane, GA Kile, FD Podger, BN Brown ...
    Over the last fifty years, there has been an increasing recognition that eucalypts are vulnerable to a wide range of diseases. They have suffered destructive epidemics, particularly of dieback caused by the cinnamon fungus in native forests, of foliar diseases and cankers in plantations, and of dieback of remnant trees on agricultural and grazing land. This has stimulated intensive research into ... Read more

    $111.59 USD

  • Trees in a Changing Environment

    Ecophysiology, Adaptation, and Future Survival

    Edited by Michael Tausz, Nancy Grulke ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book delivers current state-of-the-science knowledge of tree ecophysiology, with particular emphasis on adaptation to a novel future physical and chemical environment. Unlike the focus of most books on the topic, this considers air chemistry changes (O3, NOx, and N deposition) in addition to elevated CO2 effects and its secondary effects of elevated temperature. The authors have addressed two ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Seed Ecophysiology of Temperate and Boreal Zone Forest Trees

    by RobertE. Farmer ...
    This is the first truly modern book solely devoted to seed reproduction of forest trees-from flowering to establishment, with emphasis on the interaction of environment with physiological processes. Focus is on seed function in natural settings and the application of information to natural regeneration of forests. This easy-to-read text addresses important principles and provides in-depth coverage ... Read more

    $234.99 USD

  • Air Pollution Impacts on Plants in East Asia

    Edited by Takeshi Izuta ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This is the only book to offer an up-to-date overview of air pollution in East Asia and the effects of air pollutants such as ozone, acid deposition and aerosols on Asian crops and trees. It is unique in that it discusses the fundamentals of environmental plant science and research advances in the area at the plant ecophysiology level. It addresses various topics, including gaseous air pollutants ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Progress in Botany 77

    Edited by Ulrich Lüttge, Francisco M. Cánovas, Rainer Matyssek ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. The present volume includes reviews on plant genetics, physiology, ecology, and evolution. ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Bananas and Plantains

    Edited by S. Gowen ...
    Series series World Crop Series
    In a field of mature bananas, plants can be seen at all stages of vegetative growth and fruit maturity, providing a fascination for anyone who has an interest in growing crops. Banana farmers in the tropics can harvest fruit every day of the year. The absence of seasonality in production is an advantage, in that it provides a continuity of carbohydrate to meet dietary needs as well as a regular ... Read more

    $287.09 USD

  • Ecological Succession on Fallowed Shifting Cultivation Fields

    A Review of the Literature

    by Claudio O. Delang, Wing Man Li ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The book reviews the literature on the ecological succession of plants on fallowed swiddens in tropical forests. Patterns of ecological succession in tropical forests are insufficiently understood, partly because results are scattered through a large number of case studies reported in academic articles. So far, no publication has attempted to bring these different case studies together to identify ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Conservation of Wood Artifacts

    A Handbook

    by A. Unger, W. Unger, A.P. Schniewind ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The impetus for this book was the desire to systematically organize the extant literature on the conservation of cultural property made of wood, from its beginnings before the Christian Era to the year 2000. Various published reviews and monographs, including Holzkonservierung (Wood Conserva tion) published by the senior author in 1988, have appeared over the years, especially in English and in ... Read more

    $215.09 USD

  • Ecology of Leaf Longevity

    by Kihachiro Kikuzawa, Martin J. Lechowicz ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Leaf longevity is a fundamental process underlying patterns of variation in foliar phenology and determining the distinction between deciduous and evergreen plant species. Variation in leaf longevity is associated with a wide array of differences in the physiology, anatomy, morphology and ecology of plants. This book brings together for the first time information scattered widely in the botanical ... Read more

    $89.09 USD