A History of the Native Woodlands of Scotland, 1500-1920
ISBN: 9780748632947 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first modern history of Scottish woodlands explores the changing relationship between trees and people from the time of Scotland's first settlement, focusing on the period 1500 to 1920. Drawing on work in natural science, geography and history, as well as on the authors' own research, it presents an accessible and readable account that balances social, economic and environmental factors. Two opening chapters describe the early history of the woodlands. The book is then divided into chapters that consider traditional uses and management, the impact of outsiders on the pine woods and the...
The first modern history of Scottish woodlands explores the changing relationship between trees and people from the time of Scotland's first settlemen...
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203,49 zł |
Chemistry and Technology of Agrochemical Formulations
ISBN: 9780751404432 / Angielski / Twarda / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Agrochemical products and adjuvants are of vital importance in agriculture, to protect food and fibre crops from weeds, insect pests and diseases, in order to feed and clothe the growing world population. In recent years there have been increasing pressures to produce agrochemical formulations which have a lower environmental impact and are safer in use. Enormous changes have taken place in the chemistry and technology of agrochemicals over the last twenty years or so and this book provides a timely review of the most important area of technology in the development of new products.
This... Agrochemical products and adjuvants are of vital importance in agriculture, to protect food and fibre crops from weeds, insect pests and diseases, in ...
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1170,03 zł |
Operational Efficiency in Forestry: Vol. 2: Practice
ISBN: 9780792300632 / Angielski / Twarda / 169 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is our conviction that professional skill in forestry will develop more readily and more efficiently if forestry students are presented with a clear understanding of the im- pact of the physical factors that both enhance and inhibit forestry activities. Part I is analytic, written as a basic text for undergradu- ates in courses such as logging, transport, forest engineer- ing and even forest management. It deals with the fundamen- tals of technology in forestry as determined by the physical environment. The analytic approach serves two purposes, to bring about a clear understanding of the...
It is our conviction that professional skill in forestry will develop more readily and more efficiently if forestry students are presented with a clea...
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585,00 zł |
Frugivory and Seed Dispersal: Ecological and Evolutionary Aspects
ISBN: 9780792321415 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Any scientific discipline needs a theoretical framework to guide its development and to sharpen the questions its researchers pursue. In biology, evolution is the grand theoretical framework, and an his torical perspective is necessary to understand present-day biological conditions. In its formative years, the modern study of the fruit-frugivore mutualism was guided by the 'specialist-generalist' paradigm developed by D. Snow, D. McKey, and H. Howe. Howe reviews the current status of this evolution ary paradigm and points out that it has been dismissed by many workers before being adequately...
Any scientific discipline needs a theoretical framework to guide its development and to sharpen the questions its researchers pursue. In biology, evol...
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1170,03 zł |
Human Activities and the Tropical Rainforest: Past, Present and Possible Future
ISBN: 9780792348580 / Angielski / Twarda / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arising initially from a conference, the papers published here have been integrated into book form to provide information on human activities and the tropical rainforest in the past and present, and on the possible future of the rainforest, in a unique way. Other books have considered some, but not all, of these themes; however, none has stressed the continuity of change over time and its possible outcome for the people of the forest as well as for the forest itself.
Because of the approach taken, this book should appeal across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Indeed a prime aim has... Arising initially from a conference, the papers published here have been integrated into book form to provide information on human activities and the ...
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389,98 zł |
Agriculture as a Mimic of Natural Ecosystems
ISBN: 9780792359654 / Angielski / Twarda / 495 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book critically examines the idea that the sustainability of agriculture could be improved by mimicking the structure and processes occurring in natural ecosystems. Researchers from around the world present comparative studies of multi-species farming systems, natural ecosystems and conventional agriculture. Case studies from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and North and South America examine the implications of increasing the complexity of farming systems on water and nutrient cycling, productivity and resilience. Theoretical issues discussed include the role of biodiversity in...
This book critically examines the idea that the sustainability of agriculture could be improved by mimicking the structure and processes occurring in ...
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780,00 zł |
Plant Genetic Resources of Legumes in the Mediterranean
ISBN: 9780792367079 / Angielski / Twarda / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Genetic erosion, that is, the loss of native plant and genetic diversity has been exponential from the Mediterranean Basin through the Twentieth century. This careless eradication of species and genetic diversity as a result of human activities from a 'hot-spot' of diversity threatens sustainable agriculture and food security for the temperate regions of the world. Since the early 1900s there has been a largely ad hoc movement to halt the loss of plant diversity and enhance its utilisation. The Convention on Biological Diversity and Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations...
Genetic erosion, that is, the loss of native plant and genetic diversity has been exponential from the Mediterranean Basin through the Twentieth centu...
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780,00 zł |
A Naturalist's Guide to Forest Plants: An Ecology for Eastern North America
ISBN: 9780815607793 / Angielski / Miękka / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing together a wide range of information about the forests of eastern North America, the coverage of this book includes the origins and types of soils and their relationships to vegetation, climate and human culture, the members of the plant kingdom and the fungi found in forests, and more.
Bringing together a wide range of information about the forests of eastern North America, the coverage of this book includes the origins and types of ...
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42,74 zł |
The Southern Forest : Geography, Ecology, and Silviculture
ISBN: 9780849313073 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a comprehensive description of the region from which in the future most of the USA's wood for housing and paper will be grown and harvested. It provides the information for practicing foresters, researchers, and students to dramatically increase forest growth for the many forest types and in the various subregions without detrimentally affecting soil, species diversity, or long-term aesthetics.
This book provides a comprehensive description of the region from which in the future most of the USA's wood for housing and paper will be grown and h...
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864,83 zł |
Biochemical Aspects of Crop Improvement
ISBN: 9780849354182 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers a comprehensive review at the biochemical and molecular level of the processes and techniques that contribute to crop improvement. This book provides topics that include a historical perspective of the advancements in crop improvement as well as cultivar systematics and biochemical and molecular markers in crop improvement programs.
Offers a comprehensive review at the biochemical and molecular level of the processes and techniques that contribute to crop improvement. This book pr...
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1882,28 zł |
Russian-English, English-Russian Forestry and Wood Dictionary
ISBN: 9780851993218 / Rosyjski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Russia and the other republics of the former USSR are now more accessible than at any other time in history. In the future, the forest resource of Russia, easily the greatest of any country in the world, will become even more globally important both environmentally and commercially. This new dictionary incorporates an updated and enlarged version of the first Russian-English edition, published in 1966, plus an entirely new English-Russian section of similar size. It contains many new terms, species names, acronyms and abbreviations to account for the great changes which have taken place in...
Russia and the other republics of the former USSR are now more accessible than at any other time in history. In the future, the forest resource of Rus...
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472,58 zł |
Forest Dynamics in Heavily Polluted Regions
ISBN: 9780851993768 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Air pollution has been recognized as a potential problem for forests for nearly 150 years. Today, sulphur dioxide, fluorides, heavy metals and ozone are a significant problem, usually from large scale sources in industrial and urban areas. Problems are exacerbated in those regions where there is a poor understanding of the factors involved in forest decline and destruction and no rigorous control over it has been established. This book is the first report from the International Union of Forest Research Organization's (IUFRO) Task Force on Environmental Change and provides an assessment of the...
Air pollution has been recognized as a potential problem for forests for nearly 150 years. Today, sulphur dioxide, fluorides, heavy metals and ozone a...
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602,44 zł |
Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management
ISBN: 9780851993928 / Angielski / Twarda / 482 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is increasing pressure on the forestry industry to adopt sustainable practices, but there is a lack of knowledge about how to facilitate this, and how to measure sustainability. This book reviews current thinking about scientifically based indicators, and sustainable management of natural forests and plantations. Information is applicable to both plantations and natural forests in boreal, temperate and tropical biomes. The contents have been developed from papers presented at a IUFRO conference held in Australia, August 1998.
There is increasing pressure on the forestry industry to adopt sustainable practices, but there is a lack of knowledge about how to facilitate this, a...
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811,56 zł |
Methods and Approaches in Forest History
ISBN: 9780851994208 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Methods and Approaches in Forest History is a companion to Forest History: International Studies on Socioeconomic and Forest Ecosystem Change, which includes over 20 papers from the same conference held in Florence in 1998. This volume focuses on the different approaches and methods adopted in the study of forest history. The interdisciplinary nature of these studies is emphasized, bringing in the different perspectives of anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, foresters, historians, geneticists and geographers. This volume demonstrates the rich diversity of approaches and...
Methods and Approaches in Forest History is a companion to Forest History: International Studies on Socioeconomic and Forest Ecosystem Chang...
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617,70 zł |
Environment and Chemicals in Agriculture
ISBN: 9780853344049 / Angielski / Twarda / 407 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work contains the proceedings of the 1984 Environment and Chemicals in Agriculture symposium, held in Dublin, Ireland.
This work contains the proceedings of the 1984 Environment and Chemicals in Agriculture symposium, held in Dublin, Ireland.
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1170,03 zł |
Nouragues: Dynamics and Plant-Animal Interactions in a Neotropical Rainforest
ISBN: 9781402001239 / Angielski / Twarda / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nouragues is a tropical forest research station in French Guiana. It was established in 1986 for research on natural mechanisms of forest regeneration. Since then a lot of research has been done on this and related topics.
This book provides an overview of the main research results, and focuses on plant communities, vertebrate communities and evolutionary ecology, frugivory and seed dispersal, and forest dynamics and recruitment. The appendices give (annoted) checklists of plants, birds, mammals, herpetofauna and fishes found in the same area. Nouragues is a tropical forest research station in French Guiana. It was established in 1986 for research on natural mechanisms of forest regeneration...
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780,00 zł |
Mechanisms and Deployment of Resistance in Trees to Insects
ISBN: 9781402006180 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mechanisms and Deployment of Resistance in Trees to Insects is a worldwide synthesis of tree resistance to insects. The contributions are by senior scientists and represent all the major forested regions of the world. The book constitutes a comprehensive treatment of the state of our knowledge on patterns of resistance by insect guilds and how this knowledge can be deployed to achieve the management of damaging forest insects. This book will serve as an essential reference book for all researchers and practitioners attempting to manage forest pests using genetic resistance.
Mechanisms and Deployment of Resistance in Trees to Insects is a worldwide synthesis of tree resistance to insects. The contributions...
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585,00 zł |
Bioenergy from Sustainable Forestry: Guiding Principles and Practice
ISBN: 9781402006760 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bioenergy from Sustainable Forestry synthesizes information needed to design or implement sustainable forest management systems for production of biomass for energy in conjunction with other forest products. It is organized around the criteria for sustainable forest management: productivity, environment, social issues, economics, and legal and institutional framework. More than 25 international experts from 10 countries have brought together available ecological, physical, operational, social and economic information and identified gaps in knowledge related to biomass...
Bioenergy from Sustainable Forestry synthesizes information needed to design or implement sustainable forest management systems for p...
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585,00 zł |
Soil Formation
ISBN: 9781402007187 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Soil Formation deals with qualitative and quantitative aspects of soil formation (or pedogenesis) and the underlying chemical, biological, and physical processes. The starting point of the text is the process - and not soil classification. Effects of weathering and new formation of minerals, mobilisation, transport, and breakdown or immobilisation of dissolved and suspended compounds are discussed. Soil processes and profiles are discussed in relation to the landscape, the geosphere, and the biosphere. Emphasis lies on the universality of soil-forming processes in past and... Soil Formation deals with qualitative and quantitative aspects of soil formation (or pedogenesis) and the underlying chemical, bio... |
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389,98 zł |
Soil Formation
ISBN: 9781402007675 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Soil Formation deals with qualitative and quantitative aspects of soil formation (or pedogenesis) and the underlying chemical, biological, and physical processes. The starting point of the text is the process - and not soil classification. Effects of weathering and new formation of minerals, mobilisation, transport, and breakdown or immobilisation of dissolved and suspended compounds are discussed. Soil processes and profiles are discussed in relation to the landscape, the geosphere, and the biosphere. Emphasis lies on the universality of soil-forming processes in past and... Soil Formation deals with qualitative and quantitative aspects of soil formation (or pedogenesis) and the underlying chemical, bio... |
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389,98 zł |