» książki » Nature - Plants - General
topmenu
 |
Growth Control in Woody Plants
ISBN: 9780124242104 / Angielski / Twarda / 641 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. The processes and mechanisms that control the growth of woody plants are of crucial importance for both economic and biological reasons. The comprehensive coverage of Growth Control in Woody Plants includes discussion of the growth controlling factors in both reproductive structures (flowers, fruit, seeds, pollen, etc.) and vegetative organs (stems, branches, leaves, and roots). Other major topics covered include seed germination, seedling growth, physiological and environmental regulation of growth, cultural practices, and biotechnology.
This comprehensive treatment of the many... The processes and mechanisms that control the growth of woody plants are of crucial importance for both economic and biological reasons. The comprehen...
|
 |
cena:
564,11 zł |
 |
A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America: With Supplementary Notes on Herbaceous Taxa
ISBN: 9780226289441 / Angielski / Miękka / 920 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-12 dni roboczych. To understand almost any part of the tropical rain forest's fabulously complex web of life, one must first learn to identify a bewildering array of plants. Alwyn Gentry's landmark book, completed just before his tragic death in 1993, is the only field guide to the nearly 250 families of woody plants in the most species-rich region of South America. As a consummate field researcher, Gentry designed this guide to be not just comprehensive, but also easy to use in rigorous field conditions. Unlike many field guides, which rely for their identifications on flowers and fruits that are only...
To understand almost any part of the tropical rain forest's fabulously complex web of life, one must first learn to identify a bewildering array of pl...
|
|
cena:
258,75 zł |
 |
Leguminosae: A Source Book of Characteristics, Uses and Nodulation
ISBN: 9780299084004 / Angielski / Twarda / 806 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This encyclopedic global survey of leguminous root nodulation, the result of 45 years of research by O. N. Allen and Ethel K. Allen, is the only one of its kind, a massive effort incorporating all of the 750 known genera of Leguminosae, which, in turn, include nearly 20,000 species.
The volume contains a comprehensive taxonomic account of the family Leguminosae as a framework for the author s census report of the nodulating and non-nodulating genera and species. The main body of the work consists of synopses of 750 leguminous genera arranged alphabetically. Each is described... This encyclopedic global survey of leguminous root nodulation, the result of 45 years of research by O. N. Allen and Ethel K. Allen, is the only one o...
|
|
cena:
323,14 zł |
 |
Cannabis: A History
ISBN: 9780312424947 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. To some it's the classic "gateway drug," to others it is a harmless way to relax, or provide relief from pain. Some fear it is dangerous and addictive, while others feel it should be decriminalized. Whatever the viewpoint, cannabis incites debate at every level, and the effect it has on every corner of the globe is undeniable. In this comprehensive study, Martin Booth crafts a tale of medical advance and religious enlightenment; of political subterfuge and law enforcement; of cunning smugglers, street pushers, gang warfare, writers, artists, and musicians. And above all, Booth... To some it's the classic "gateway drug," to others it is a harmless way to relax, or provide relief from pain. Some fear it is dangerous and addict... |
|
cena:
99,82 zł |
 |
A Peterson Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and Central North America
ISBN: 9780395926222 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous lookalikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.
More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous lookalikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how t...
|
|
cena:
99,78 zł |
 |
Phytochemical Dictionary of the Leguminosae
ISBN: 9780412397707 / Angielski / Twarda / 1180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18 dni roboczych. The Phytochemical Dictionary of the Leguminosae is the first of a new type of reference source giving phytochemical records for all legumes (plants in the Pea family - Leguminosae or Fabaceae). The precise chemical substances found, the organs in which they occur (eg the leaf or the seed) and the bibliographic citation are given for each plant species recorded. These are accompanied by extensive supporting botanical, chemical, geographical and bibliographic information for each plant and substance. Over 4,000 chemical substances occurring in 2,000 plant species are contained within 20,000...
The Phytochemical Dictionary of the Leguminosae is the first of a new type of reference source giving phytochemical records for all legumes (plants in...
|
|
cena:
9093,51 zł |
 |
The Flavonoids Advances in Research Since 1986
ISBN: 9780412480706 / Angielski / Twarda / 676 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18 dni roboczych. Flavonoids are a group of natural products isolated from a wide variety of plants, responsible for much of the natural colouring in vascular plants. A single plant may contain up to 50 different flavonoids, and the distribution of flavonoids within a plant family can yield useful classifying information about that family. Flavonoids exhibit a wide range of biological activity and currently are of particular interest in the pharmaceutical industry as potential anti-cancer agents. They find applications in the food industry as natural food colourings and in the analysis of wine, and as insect...
Flavonoids are a group of natural products isolated from a wide variety of plants, responsible for much of the natural colouring in vascular plants. A...
|
|
cena:
3099,03 zł |
 |
Thyme: The Genus Thymus
ISBN: 9780415284882 / Angielski / Twarda / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18 dni roboczych. A comprehensive volume covering all aspects of the biology, pharmacology and industrial processing of the genus Thymus. An extremely up-to-date review which will be of interest to those in the fields of medicinal plants and natural products.
A comprehensive volume covering all aspects of the biology, pharmacology and industrial processing of the genus Thymus. An extremely up-to-date review...
|
|
cena:
630,72 zł |
 |
Biology of Brassica Coenospecies
ISBN: 9780444502780 / Angielski / Twarda / 486 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Brassica crop species and their allies (Raphanus, Sinapis, Eruca, etc.) are important sources of edible roots, stems, leaves, buds and inflorescences, as well as of edible or industrial oils, condiments and forage. Many well known names of plants or plant products, such as kale, cabbage, brocolli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kohl-rabi, Chinese cabbage, turnip, rape, rutabaga, swede, colza or rapeseed, canola, mustard, rocket, etc. are directly associated to this botanical group.
The scientific interest for this botanical group has run parallel to its economical... Brassica crop species and their allies (Raphanus, Sinapis, Eruca, etc.) are important sources of edible roots, stems, leaves, buds and ...
|
|
cena:
1120,88 zł |
 |
Anatomy of Seed Plants
ISBN: 9780471245209 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-12 dni roboczych. Textbook on plant anatomy intended for students with a limited background in the study of plants. Glossary. Bibliogs.
Textbook on plant anatomy intended for students with a limited background in the study of plants. Glossary. Bibliogs.
|
|
cena:
845,74 zł |
 |
Guide to Great Lakes Coastal Plants
ISBN: 9780472030156 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The coastal beaches of the Great Lakes are some of the most outstanding features of this vast chain of freshwater lakes. Many plants of this region grow nowhere else, and a number of protected species are found along the shoreline.
In Guide to Great Lakes Coastal Plants Ellen Elliott Weatherbee provides simple yet authoritative descriptions of sixty-seven of the most interesting plants found on the United States and Canadian shores. Each plant is illustrated with color photographs and line drawings for ease in identification. Wildlife and ethnobotanical uses add fascinating... The coastal beaches of the Great Lakes are some of the most outstanding features of this vast chain of freshwater lakes. Many plants of this region gr...
|
|
cena:
122,75 zł |
 |
Gleason's Plants of Michigan: A Field Guide
ISBN: 9780472032464 / Angielski / Miękka / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "For every plant enthusiast in the Great Lakes State, and . . . in the adjoining ones as well."
--John J. Pipoly III, SIDA"A very handy field guide . . . this book will be of use to anyone in northeastern North America." --C. Barre Hellquist, Rhodora"It can be used to identify most of the plants . . . in Michigan and adjacent areas." --James E. Eckenwalder, WildflowerGleason's Plants of Michigan is a major revision and expansion of The Plants of Michigan by Henry A. Gleason--the 1918 classic field guide to the flowering plants and trees found in Michigan,... "For every plant enthusiast in the Great Lakes State, and . . . in the adjoining ones as well."
--John J. Pipoly III, SIDA"A very handy field g... |
|
cena:
122,75 zł |
 |
Winter Botany
ISBN: 9780486218007 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The landscape of winter may seem to offer less of interest to the botanist than to other naturalists. But William Trelease shows in this work that woody plants can be identified to their dormant state, sometimes more easily than when they are green and flowering.
Trelease's manual studies hardy native species, some escapes, and some economic plants of the Northern United States, with some typical Southern species included. The author shows how to identify over 1,000 winter species of vines, shrubs, and tress (including ginkgo, bald cypress, poplar, hickory, eucalyptus, laurel, bramble,... The landscape of winter may seem to offer less of interest to the botanist than to other naturalists. But William Trelease shows in this work that woo...
|
|
cena:
86,73 zł |
 |
Manual of the Grasses of the United States, Volume One
ISBN: 9780486227177 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This work is actually the definitive encyclopedia of United States grass life. Compiled from the U.S. National Herbarium collection, the largest of its kind in the world, it is the only complete manual of U.S. grasses available and one of the basic reference works on U.S. plant life. It catalogs and describes in detail all 1,398 numbered species in 169 numbered genera found in this country, plus 120 species in 16 genera of the so-called "waifs." Professor Hitchcock is the former Chief Botanist in charge of systematic agrostology for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, by whom the work was...
This work is actually the definitive encyclopedia of United States grass life. Compiled from the U.S. National Herbarium collection, the largest of it...
|
|
cena:
86,73 zł |
 |
Manual of the Grasses of the United States, Volume Two
ISBN: 9780486227184 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This work is actually the definitive encyclopedia of United States grass life. Compiled from the U.S. National Herbarium collection, the largest of its kind in the world, it is the only complete manual of U.S. grasses available and one of the basic reference works on U.S. plant life. It catalogs and describes in detail all 1,398 numbered species in 169 numbered genera found in this country, plus 120 species in 16 genera of the so-called "waifs." Professor Hitchcock is the former Chief Botanist in charge of systematic agrostology for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, by whom the work was...
This work is actually the definitive encyclopedia of United States grass life. Compiled from the U.S. National Herbarium collection, the largest of it...
|
|
cena:
86,73 zł |
 |
Illustrated Guide to Trees and Shrubs: A Handbook of the Woody Plants of the Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada/Revised Edition
ISBN: 9780486272580 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "Excellent keys, superbly drawn illustrations. To the student or layman I recommend this book most highly." Farida A. Wiley, American Museum of Natural History
Nature lovers will welcome this authoritative, easily accessible guide to all woody plants trees, shrubs, or vines both wild and cultivated, commonly found in the Northeastern United States and adjacent parts of Canada. The book omits lengthy technical descriptions in favor of easy-to-use keys covering such characteristics as leaves, twigs, bark, buds, seeds, stems, fruit or fruit stalks, and other identifying traits. For this... "Excellent keys, superbly drawn illustrations. To the student or layman I recommend this book most highly." Farida A. Wiley, American Museum of Natura...
|
|
cena:
73,85 zł |
 |
Uc Publications in Botany
ISBN: 9780520097018 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-12 dni roboczych. This is the first comprehensive treatment of an important segment of the flora of California: native plants that have varying degrees of fidelity to serpentine rock and soil that make up over 1100 square miles in the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada. Many of California's unique endemic plants are found nowhere else but on serpentine; over 200 species, subspecies, and varieties of native plants are restricted to some degree to serpentine. The author describes the geology, soils, and mineral nutrition of serpentines (low in normal essential nutrients, high in magnesium, iron, and toxic heavy...
This is the first comprehensive treatment of an important segment of the flora of California: native plants that have varying degrees of fidelity to s...
|
|
cena:
129,91 zł |
 |
Introduction to California Soils and Plants: Serpentine, Vernal Pools, and Other Geobotanical Wonders
ISBN: 9780520233720 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-12 dni roboczych. Carnivorous pitcher plants, pygmy conifers, and the Tiburon jewel flower, restricted to a small patch of serpentine soil on Tiburon Peninsula in Marin County, are just a few of California's many amazing endemic plants--species that are unique to particular locales. California boasts an abundance of endemic plants precisely because it also boasts the richest geologic diversity of any place in North America, perhaps in the world. In lively prose, Arthur Kruckeberg gives a geologic travelogue of California's unusual soils and land forms and their associated plants--including serpentines,...
Carnivorous pitcher plants, pygmy conifers, and the Tiburon jewel flower, restricted to a small patch of serpentine soil on Tiburon Peninsula in Marin...
|
|
cena:
101,27 zł |
 |
California's Wild Gardens: A Guide to Favorite Botanical Sites
ISBN: 9780520240315 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "California's Wild Gardens "showcases the splendid abundance of California's native plants in their natural settingsfrom foggy rain forests and rolling grasslands to high alpine meadows and parched deserts. The book offers a close-up look at more than one hundred special sites in the state, highlighting their distinctive ecology, the rare and unique plants found in them, and some of their more familiar botanical treasures. With its spectacular color photographs and lively writing by some of California's best biologists and ecologists, "California's Wild Gardens "is the perfect introduction to...
"California's Wild Gardens "showcases the splendid abundance of California's native plants in their natural settingsfrom foggy rain forests and rollin...
|
|
cena:
143,96 zł |
 |
Introduction to the Plant Life of Southern California: Coast to Foothills
ISBN: 9780520241992 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-12 dni roboczych. Field guides often provide little ecological information, or context, for understanding the plants they identify. This book, with its engaging text and attractive illustrations, for the first time provides an ecological framework for the plants and their environments in the coast and foothill regions of Southern California, an area that boasts an extremely rich flora. It will introduce a wide audience--from general readers and students to natural history and outdoor enthusiasts--to Southern California's plant communities, their ecological dynamics, and the key plants that grow in them....
Field guides often provide little ecological information, or context, for understanding the plants they identify. This book, with its engaging text an...
|
|
cena:
110,82 zł |
Czytaj nas na:
Zobacz: Księgarnia Czeska | Wydawnictwo Książkowe Klimaty | Mapa strony | Lista autorów
KrainaKsiazek.PL - Księgarnia Internetowa
KrainaKsiazek.PL - Księgarnia Internetowa
