Biodiversity and Pest Management in Agroecosystems
ISBN: 9781560229230 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explore the latest research on biological control
Completely updated for 2004, this new edition examines methods for making agricultural systems less susceptible to insect pests. Containing new findings and reports of strategies, Biodiversity and Pest Management in Agroecosystems, Second Edition will show you how pests can be managed by enhancing beneficial biodiversity using agroecological diversification methods. Biodiversity and Pest Management in Agroecosystems, Second Edition provides you with an essential overview of the role of biodiversity in agriculture and then gets... Explore the latest research on biological control
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373,41 zł |
Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Forest Trees
ISBN: 9781560229582 / Angielski / Twarda / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kumar and Fladung, both affiliated with the Institute for Forest Genetics & Forest Tree Breeding in Germany, integrate tree transgenesis, functional genomics, and structural genomics to present a unified approach to research on the molecular biology of forest trees. Sections on forest tree functiona
Kumar and Fladung, both affiliated with the Institute for Forest Genetics & Forest Tree Breeding in Germany, integrate tree transgenesis, functional g...
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648,38 zł |
Molecular Genetics and Breeding of Forest Trees
ISBN: 9781560229599 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique single source integrates tree transgenesis, functional genomics, and structural genomics to present, for the first time, a unified approach to research on the molecular biology of forest trees.
This unique single source integrates tree transgenesis, functional genomics, and structural genomics to present, for the first time, a unified approac...
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248,92 zł |
Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems
ISBN: 9781566702942 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems" examines all facets of agroforestry, from social and political factors to regional climate variations, soil condition, and biological controls. The book provides a better understanding of the ecological interrelationships among forests, soils, and root and water systems.
"Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems" examines all facets of agroforestry, from social and political factors to regional climate variatio...
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700,25 zł |
The North American Forests: Geography, Ecology, and Silviculture
ISBN: 9781574441765 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The North American Forests: Geography, Ecology, and Silviculture describes where, why, and how the many kinds of trees found on this continent grow in silvical associations - called forest cover types. Thirteen chapters describe more than 100 forest cover types, involving several times that many species. Diverse woodlands discussed include:
o The Arctic tundra o Florida's tropics o The Atlantic's coastal pond pines o The Pacific's Monterey pines o The summits of Englemann spruce o Sea-Level swamps of baldcypress The text acts as a singular guidebook for specialists... The North American Forests: Geography, Ecology, and Silviculture describes where, why, and how the many kinds of trees found on this continent grow in...
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933,66 zł |
Organic Production and Use of Alternative Crops
ISBN: 9781574446173 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Merging coverage of two increasingly popular and quickly growing food trends, Organic Production and Use of Alternative Crops provides an overview of the basic principles of organic agriculture and highlights its multifunctionality with special emphasis on the conservation of rare crops and their uses. Considering more than 30 disregarded and neglected crops suitable for growth in temperate climates, each chapter covers the botany, climate conditions, cultivars, production and yield, growth and ecology, organic cultivation, harvesting, handling and storage, and utilization where the...
Merging coverage of two increasingly popular and quickly growing food trends, Organic Production and Use of Alternative Crops provides an overview of ...
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959,60 zł |
Golf Course Tree Management
ISBN: 9781575041179 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This the most useful information available to the golf course superintendent, course architect, and manager It is written specifically for the golf industry, and gives you the tool you need to manage one of your course's most important assets--trees
Golf Course Tree Management will teach you the basic science, along with real world techniques to assist your in-house tree care program, to guide you in the selection of a qualified arborist and in the writing of comprehensive maintenance specifications. Protect your course's aesthetic beauty, quality of play, investment, and your... This the most useful information available to the golf course superintendent, course architect, and manager It is written specifically for the golf i...
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446,59 zł |
Sampling Techniques for Forest Inventories
ISBN: 9781584889762 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sound forest management planning requires cost-efficient approaches to optimally utilize given resources. Emphasizing the mathematical and statistical features of forest sampling to assess classical dendrometrical quantities, Sampling Techniques for Forest Inventories presents the statistical concepts and tools needed to conduct a modern forest inventory.
The book first examines design-based survey sampling and inference for finite populations, covering inclusion probabilities and the Horvitz Thompson estimator, followed by more advanced topics, including three-stage element... Sound forest management planning requires cost-efficient approaches to optimally utilize given resources. Emphasizing the mathematical and statistical...
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570,57 zł |
Local Forest Management: The Impacts of Devolution Policies
ISBN: 9781844070220 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents case studies of the effects of devolution policies on the management of forests in several Asian countries. This book demonstrates that devolution policies increased governmental control over the management of local resources and did so at lower cost. It is useful to forest and other natural resource managers.
Presents case studies of the effects of devolution policies on the management of forests in several Asian countries. This book demonstrates that devol...
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197,05 zł |
Local Forest Management: The Impacts of Devolution Policies
ISBN: 9781844070237 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text is built around case studies of the effects of devolution policies on the management of forests in several Asian countries. The studies demonstrate that, contrary to the aim of such policies, they increased governmental control over the management of local resources, and at lower cost. They also show that if genuine control is to be exercised by local resource users for their livelihoods, more has to be done to take their needs into account and to diversify the range of interests represented and the opportunities for creating livelihoods from the local resources.
This text is built around case studies of the effects of devolution policies on the management of forests in several Asian countries. The studies demo...
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119,25 zł |
Policy That Works for Forests and People: Real Prospects for Governance and Livelihoods
ISBN: 9781844070961 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since its original publication by the International Institute for Environment and Development in 1999, Policy That Works for Forests and People has been recognised as the most authoritative study to date of policy processes that affect forests and people. Providing a thorough analysis of the issues, options and factors that determine different outcomes and bolstered by a major annex containing tools and tactics, the book offers clear and practical advice on how to formulate, manage and implement policies appropriate to different contexts. These are policies that result in real improvements in...
Since its original publication by the International Institute for Environment and Development in 1999, Policy That Works for Forests and People has be...
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305,98 zł |
The Sustainable Forestry Handbook : A Practical Guide for Tropical Forest Managers on Implementing New Standards
ISBN: 9781844071180 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. * "This book is the first to set out in clear, simple language what needs to be done. It deserves a place on every forest manager??'s desk and field pack" -- Duncan Poore
* "In a very practical and accessible way???the handbook provides a framework for understanding, planning and implementing improved forest management techniques" -- ETRFN News * "A stimulating guide to many of the issues likely to be faced in contemporary forest management" -- James Sowerby, Shell Forestry Ltd "The Sustainable Forestry Handbook" is widely considered to... * "This book is the first to set out in clear, simple language what needs to be done. It deserves a place on every forest manager??'s desk and field p...
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700,25 zł |
The Forest Certification Handbook
ISBN: 9781844071234 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1995, The Forest Certification Handbook has become the landmark book concerning all aspects of forest and wood product certification from policy to business to in-the-field technical issues. Yet since first publication an enormous amount has happened in the field. This new second edition has been entirely rewritten to incorporate the changes over the past decade and to provide a complete and up-to-date source of information on all aspects of developing, selecting and operating a forest certification programmes that provide both market security and raise standards of forest...
First published in 1995, The Forest Certification Handbook has become the landmark book concerning all aspects of forest and wood product certificatio...
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700,25 zł |
Forests in Landscapes: Ecosystem Approaches to Sustainability
ISBN: 9781844071951 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At last a really useful book telling us how all the rhetoric about ecosystem approaches and sustainable forest management is being translated into practical solutions on the ground CLAUDE MARTIN, WWF INTERNATIONAL For too long, foresters have seen forests as logs waiting to be turned into something useful. This book demonstrates that forests in fact have multiple values, and managing them as ecosystems will bring more benefits to a greater cross-section of the public JEFFREY A. MCNEELY, CHIEF SCIENTIST, IUCN This book demonstrates that ecosystem approaches and sustainable forest management]...
At last a really useful book telling us how all the rhetoric about ecosystem approaches and sustainable forest management is being translated into pra...
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191,87 zł |
The Politics of Decentralization: Forests, Power and People
ISBN: 9781844072057 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Decentralization is sweeping the world and having dramatic and far-reaching impacts on resource management and livelihoods, particularly in forestry. This book is the most up-to-date examination of the themes, experiences and lessons learned from decentralization worldwide. Drawing on research and support from all of the major international forestry and conservation organizations, the book provides a balanced account that covers the impact of decentralization on resource management worldwide, and provides comparative global insights with wide implications for policy, management, conservation...
Decentralization is sweeping the world and having dramatic and far-reaching impacts on resource management and livelihoods, particularly in forestry. ...
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700,25 zł |
The Forest Landscape Restoration Handbook
ISBN: 9781844073696 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Intended for practitioners, this title offers a treatment of forest landscape restoration. It provides a framework to sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach in landscapes in cases where forest loss has caused a decline in the quality of ecosystem services.
Intended for practitioners, this title offers a treatment of forest landscape restoration. It provides a framework to sustainable forest management an...
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700,25 zł |
Forests and Society: Sustainability and Life Cycles of Forests in Human Landscapes
ISBN: 9781845930981 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a broad-ranging textbook on the relationships between forests and society. It discusses the ways in which society can interact with forest landscapes without adversely affecting their sustainability. Topics covered include attitudes to, and uses of forests, the creation of today's forest landscapes, the impact of humans on forests, and forest sustainability and human health.
The book also examines emerging issues in forestry such as possible solutions to balancing societies' needs with forest sustainability, managing forests in the urban-wildland interface, and... This book provides a broad-ranging textbook on the relationships between forests and society. It discusses the ways in which society can interact with...
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265,36 zł |
Sustainable Forestry: From Monitoring and Modelling to Knowledge Management and Policy Science
ISBN: 9781845931742 / Angielski / Twarda / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the context of forest sustainability, this book presents the issues related to both global climate change and conservation of biodiversity. It highlights four methodologies and shows how they contribute in overcoming the ecological challenges facing our world. The practical experience presented can be applied to the implementation of successful sustainable forestry policies.
In the context of forest sustainability, this book presents the issues related to both global climate change and conservation of biodiversity. It high...
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725,36 zł |
Biomass Forestry in Europe: A Strategy for the Future
ISBN: 9781851662555 / Angielski / Twarda / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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1148,61 zł |
Systems Theory Applied to Agriculture and the Food Chain
ISBN: 9781851665105 / Angielski / Twarda / 365 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Agricultural systems have developed from a research tool in agricultural biology to a discipline that encompasses the whole of the food chain and into institutional and extended education. In this book the current state of agricultural systems is summed up by 14 figures who each deal with their particular specialities. The definitive summaries are now available in book form having been prepared for a conference to commemorate the retirement of a pioneer of agricultural systems, Colin Spedding.
Agricultural systems have developed from a research tool in agricultural biology to a discipline that encompasses the whole of the food chain and into...
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765,72 zł |