Molecular Biology in Crop Protection
ISBN: 9780412543906 / Angielski / Miękka / 283 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few individuals can be unmoved by the impact of molecular biology. Advances in the discipline over four decades have progressed at a rate unrivalled in other scientific areas. In its formative years, molecular biology examined the chemical and physical structures of biological molecules, subsequently elucidated the nature and function of DNA and evolved into molecular genetics. From this exponential growth of scientific knowledge, tremendous opportunities were created for the application of molecular approaches to solve problems in applied biology. This book describes the new productive...
Few individuals can be unmoved by the impact of molecular biology. Advances in the discipline over four decades have progressed at a rate unrivalled i...
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389,98 zł |
Ecology of Agricultural Pests: Biochemical Approaches
ISBN: 9780412621901 / Angielski / Twarda / 518 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Advances in biochemical techniques are revolutionizing the study of invertebrate ecology. Their application to pest problems is generating detailed information on the population genetics of pests, pest-predator relationships and interactions between pests and their environment.
Advances in biochemical techniques are revolutionizing the study of invertebrate ecology. Their application to pest problems is generating detailed in...
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1170,03 zł |
Agriculture and the Citizen
ISBN: 9780412715204 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The purpose of Agriculture and the Citizen is to help people understand the way in which agriculture operates, providing the information necessary to enable them to arrive at an informed view on major issues: can the increasing world population be adequately fed without unacceptable pollution to the environment? Is the food and water we consume safe? Will we run out of natural resources such as land, fuel or water? Is the current use of agrochemicals necessary or dangerous? Is intensive farming sustainable or would organic farming be better? How can we help developing countries? Is food aid a...
The purpose of Agriculture and the Citizen is to help people understand the way in which agriculture operates, providing the information necessary to ...
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389,98 zł |
Ecological and Silvicultural Strategies for Sustainable Forest Management
ISBN: 9780444505347 / Angielski / Twarda / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recognizing the increased interest in forest management world wide, this book addresses the current knowledge gap by defining sustainable forest management, clarifying methods by which ecological knowledge can be applied and how traditional silvicultural methods can be improved. Sustainable forest management involves the enhancement of various aspects of forest functions such as conservation of biodiversity, conservation of soil and water resources, contribution to the global carbon cycle as well as wood production. To establish ecological and silvicultural theories to enhance these... Recognizing the increased interest in forest management world wide, this book addresses the current knowledge gap by defining sustainable forest ma... |
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1290,49 zł |
Elsevier's Dictionary of Forestry: English, German, French and Russian
ISBN: 9780444512451 / Angielski / Twarda / 1060 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The dictionary contains terms used today in forest science, management and conservation, comprising forest ecology, forest entomology and pathology, forest fire management, forest geomatics, forest meteorology and hydrology, forest soils and geomorphology, forest surveys and mensuration, genetics and tree improvement, harvesting and forest operations, integrated forest management, photogrammetry and remote sensing, physico-mechanical properties of wood, processing (panels, pulp and paper, sawing, etc.), silviculture, tree physiology, agroforestry, urban forestry, wildlife and wilderness...
The dictionary contains terms used today in forest science, management and conservation, comprising forest ecology, forest entomology and pathology, f...
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1017,30 zł |
Forest Soils Research: Theory Reality and Its Role in Technology Transfer
ISBN: 9780444516343 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection represents a unique set of essays on the role of theory in shaping the practice of medicine across disciplinary boundaries. In the context of this volume, "theory" relates to the conceptual models, frameworks, knowledge representations, metaphors and analogies that inform the problem-solving efforts of practitioners seeking to develop novel dialogues both within and across disciplinary boundaries. Contributors to this volume include computational scientists, chemists, medical researchers, biologists and philosophers, all drawing on personal experience in their respective...
This collection represents a unique set of essays on the role of theory in shaping the practice of medicine across disciplinary boundaries. In the con...
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965,13 zł |
Landscape Forestry
ISBN: 9780471007845 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A compilation of concepts, biological relationships and procedures used to organize forested landscapes for combinations of goods, services and effects.
A compilation of concepts, biological relationships and procedures used to organize forested landscapes for combinations of goods, services and effect...
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1257,28 zł |
Sampling Techniques for Forest Resource Inventory
ISBN: 9780471109402 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Clearly explains the sampling methods associated with the inventory of forest resources. It avoids extensive coverage of theoretical statistics and mathematics in favor of thorough coverage of forest inventory topics for the practitioner.
Clearly explains the sampling methods associated with the inventory of forest resources. It avoids extensive coverage of theoretical statistics and ma...
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1065,08 zł |
The Urban Forest: Comprehensive Management
ISBN: 9780471122753 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Urban forestry includes not only the city -street, it includes city parks and recreation areas as well as suburban areas. It involves city planning, forestry for development, construction of an infrastructure to care and nurture trees, funding, and community action. This title deals with the aspects of managing all facets of these areas.
Urban forestry includes not only the city -street, it includes city parks and recreation areas as well as suburban areas. It involves city planning, f...
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1361,62 zł |
Principles of Forest Pathology
ISBN: 9780471129523 / Angielski / Twarda / 832 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book focuses on the practical aspects of forest diseases and on practical measures to minimize damage and loss. Forest Pathology is a reference book that deals with the study of the problems and damage to forests due to: plant diseases, insects, fire, weather, and animals. It is both a forestry book and a plant pathology book. The first section deals with general topics and principles, including both abiotic causes and biotic causes such as fungi, bacteria, mycoplasms, and viruses. The second section presents the details of particular forest diseases and offers practical management...
This book focuses on the practical aspects of forest diseases and on practical measures to minimize damage and loss. Forest Pathology is a reference b...
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2091,99 zł |
Resource Assessment in Forested Landscapes
ISBN: 9780471155829 / Angielski / Twarda / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book covers forest mensuration--the process of counting, measuring, and estimating the economic value of a stand of trees. This process also involves measuring non-timber, landscape values such as soils, wildlife habitat, and hydrology.
This book covers forest mensuration--the process of counting, measuring, and estimating the economic value of a stand of trees. This process also invo...
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1207,86 zł |
Introduction to Forest Ecosystem Science and Management
ISBN: 9780471331452 / Angielski / Twarda / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Conveying the wide-ranging scope of forestry and the great challenges that lie ahead, this Third Edition brings together leading forestry experts and gives readers a broad overview of the field. Coverage ranges from the basic cell, individual trees, and the forest stand, to management of the forest stand and acquisition of goods and services from the forest.
Conveying the wide-ranging scope of forestry and the great challenges that lie ahead, this Third Edition brings together leading forestry experts and ...
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1416,53 zł |
Dryland Forestry: Planning and Management
ISBN: 9780471548003 / Angielski / Twarda / 453 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study uses an innovative approach towards integrating biophysical and socioeconomical components into environmentally sound, sustainable forest management practices in dryland regions. The text covers technical considerations in dryland forestry, agroforestry systems, rehabilitation of saline regions, investment and employment opportunities, and forestry extension programmes. Issues such as conservation, watershed management, grazing practice, livestock production, small-scale agricultural crop production and wildlife are discussed. The recreation and tourism industry is also addressed.
This study uses an innovative approach towards integrating biophysical and socioeconomical components into environmentally sound, sustainable forest m...
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2300,67 zł |
Regional Silviculture of the United States
ISBN: 9780471598176 / Angielski / Twarda / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A valuable working resource for professionals.
An excellent text for advanced forestry students . . . This unique book provides students and professionals with a broad- based knowledge of contemporary silviculture theory and practice. Throughout, the authors emphasize fundamental questions of edaphic, physiographic, and climatic site factors, as well as ecological relationships and silvical characteristics of major tree species. Updated and expanded to reflect the many scientific, socioeconomic, and public policy trends that have had a profound impact on silviculture... A valuable working resource for professionals.
An excellent text for advanced forestry students . . . This unique book provi... |
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2049,57 zł |
Forest Nutrition Management
ISBN: 9780471818830 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An integrated treatment of forest nutrition management that draws on the fields of silviculture, soil studies, ecology and economics to provide broad-based information on how to enhance the nutritional status of forest soils in order to increase their long-term stand productivity. It covers the use of fertilizers to enhance biological nitrogen fixation and how the nutrition status of forests is affected by other operations, such as harvesting and site preparation. Also included are methods for assessing nutrient status, the economics of nutrition management, and models to aid in decision...
An integrated treatment of forest nutrition management that draws on the fields of silviculture, soil studies, ecology and economics to provide broad-...
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1674,63 zł |
Essentials of Forestry Practice
ISBN: 9780471842378 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Principles of forestry are introduced with emphasis on actual field practices, both traditional and modern. The fourth edition includes expanded treatments of small private forest owners, reflecting changing patterns in ownership; more informtion on new advances in timber volumes, growth, cut, and management; updated coverage of forest instruments; and more on pollution damage, reflecting current problems. Each significant field practice is illustrated with photos, drawings, and tables for easier comprehension.
Principles of forestry are introduced with emphasis on actual field practices, both traditional and modern. The fourth edition includes expanded treat...
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1169,42 zł |
Logging and Pulpwood Production
ISBN: 9780471868224 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Designed to work effectively both as a manual for the logging industry and as a textbook for timber harvesting courses. The sequence of the chapters on logging and associated activities coincides with the consecutive steps in logging - from acquiring the timber through its final transport. This second edition emphasizes environmental considerations - such as the increasing need to reduce excessive soil movement and subsequent siltation.
Designed to work effectively both as a manual for the logging industry and as a textbook for timber harvesting courses. The sequence of the chapters o...
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1932,74 zł |
Tropical Forest Insect Pests: Ecology, Impact, and Management
ISBN: 9780521873321 / Angielski / Twarda / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tropical Forest Insect Pests, first published in 2007, promotes a better theoretical understanding of pest population dynamics, and causes of forest insect outbreaks in the tropics. Covering pests of both natural forests and plantations, it examines the diversity of tropical forest insects; their ecological functions; the concept of pests; and the incidence of pests in natural forests, plantations, and stored timber. General issues on which foresters and forest entomologists hold strong traditional views, such as the severity of pest incidence in plantations vs. natural forests, in...
Tropical Forest Insect Pests, first published in 2007, promotes a better theoretical understanding of pest population dynamics, and causes of forest i...
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436,29 zł |
An Historical Dictionary of Forestry and Woodland Terms
ISBN: 9780631176367 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Historical Dictionary of Forestry and Woodland Terms describes the special words used by those working or hunting in England's woodlands and forests from the early Middle Ages until the present. The author does not simply give the meanings of words: he describes the customs and practices to which they refer, and frequently adds quotations from contemporary sources, the latter ranging from medieval royal charters and Shakespeare's As You Like It to such books as Taylor's Common Good for the Improvements of Commons (1652) and Jefferies Wildlife in a Southern County (1879).
An Historical Dictionary of Forestry and Woodland Terms describes the special words used by those working or hunting in England's woodlands and forest...
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367,66 zł |
Tropical Agroforestry
ISBN: 9780632040476 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Agroforestry is the cultivation, by farmers, of trees or other woody plants with crops or pasture. Its scientific study is attracting great interest and increasing funding because of its potential to produce sustainable agricultural systems and agroforestry is now included in most university and college courses covering land use subjects. "Tropical Agroforestry" is the first book that provides an analytical account of the principles, as well as the practices, of agroforestry within the context of the needs of land occupiers and, in so doing, describes the various specialist aspects that are...
Agroforestry is the cultivation, by farmers, of trees or other woody plants with crops or pasture. Its scientific study is attracting great interest a...
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1015,65 zł |