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Field and Laboratory Guide to Tree Pathology

  • 2nd Edition
  • October 22, 2013
  • Robert O. Blanchard + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 8 8 1 9 - 2
The Second Edition of this classic text is completely up-to-date with new chapters, new information on diseases, updated citations, and revised taxonomy and terminology of the fungi, bacteria, and other organisms that affect trees. Field and Laboratory Guide to Tree Pathology presents field and laboratory techniques as well as basic information for students, foresters, plant scientists, and arboriculturalists on tree disease pathology. The revised edition includes expanded historical documentation, updated taxonomy and terminology for both pests and diseases, an entirely new introduction, new chapters on tree biology, general control strategies, and diagnostic techniques. A new section of color plates will help readers in the identification of tree pathogens. All the references have been comprehensively updated, and the exercises included for students have been revised, making this guide a useful tool for students, teachers, and practitioners interested in tree disease.

Sexual Reproduction of Tree Crops

  • 1st Edition
  • October 22, 2013
  • M. Sedgley + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 8 9 0 9 - 0
Research into the reproductive biology of crop plants has expanded greatly in recent years and has lead to an increasing awareness of the importance of flowering, pollination, and fruit set in crop productivity. This book focuses specifically on tree cultivation. It deals with the basic biology of sexual reproduction and relates this to the practical aspects of tree crop breeding and orchard management for fruit and seed production, in both temperate and tropical species.It is aimed at both students and research scientists in horticulture, forestry, and pollination ecology as well as those working in tree breeding, tree cultivation, and orchard management. The conservation problems of rainforest regeneration in the tropics and subtropics and of changing land use priorities in Europe and North America also make this book of value to those concerned with tree species preservation and survival.

Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America

  • 1st Edition
  • September 21, 2013
  • M.M. Grandtner + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 6 4 9 0 - 8
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 9 6 9 5 4 - 5
Dictionary of South American Trees provides a single-source reference for botanists, biologists, ecologists, and climatologists on the many native trees in South America. The index lets readers find a tree in four languages, by its common name, or abbreviation, followed by taxonomy that includes common uses for each part of the tree. Using this information, scientists and students can identify and classify plants, their growth structure and environment, the uses of their products, and alternative options with similar characteristics.

Forest Monitoring

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 12
  • March 16, 2013
  • Marco Ferretti + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 8 2 2 5 - 0
The demand for comparable, long-term, high quality data on forest ecosystems' status and changes is increasing at the international and global level. Yet, sources for such data are limited and in many case it is not possible to compare data from different monitoring initiatives across space and time because of methodological differences. Apart from technical manuals, there is no comprehensive multidisciplinary, scientific, peer-reviewed reference for forest monitoring methods that can serve and support the user community. This book provides in a single reference the state-of-the-art of monitoring methods as applied at the international level.The book present scientific concepts and methods that form the basis of the transnational, long-term forest monitoring in Europe and looks at other initiatives at the global level. Standardized methods that have been developed over two decades in international forest monitoring projects are presented. Emphasis is put on trans-nationally harmonized methods, related data quality issues, current achievements and on remaining open questions.

Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources

  • 1st Edition
  • December 31, 2012
  • Donald L. Grebner + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
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Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources presents a broad overview of the profession of forestry. The book details several key fields within forestry, including forest health, economics, policy, utilization, and forestry careers. Chapters deal specifically with forest products and harvesting, recreation, wildlife habitats, tree anatomy and physiology, and ethics. These topics are ideal for undergraduate introductory courses and include numerous examples (mainly graphical) and questions for students to ponder. Unlike other introductory forestry texts, which focus largely on forest ecology rather than practical forestry concepts, Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources encompasses economic, ecological, and social aspects providing a uniquely balanced text. The wide range of experience of the contributing authors equips them especially well to identify missing content from other texts in the area and address topics currently covered in corresponding college courses.

Tropical Forests

  • 1st Edition
  • December 2, 2012
  • Bozzano G Luisa
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 8 4 4 5 - 2
Proceedings of a conference on Tropical Forests: Botanical Dynamics, Speciation and Diversity held at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, August 8*ba10, 1988.The increasing rate of destruction of the world's tropical forests gives grave cause for concern on several counts. In conservative terms, species are being lost at an incredible rate, many before they have even been described. In scientific terms, habitats, communities, and unique systems are lost before they can be studied and used to broaden our understanding of ecological processes in general.The meeting on which this book is based aimed to address two basic needs: to describe some of the marvellous biological treasures of tropical forests and to learn what they can tellus about processes in ecology, and to alert us all once again to the disaster which is overtaking this rich and varied environment.

Forest Amelioration

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 14
  • December 2, 2012
  • O. Riedl + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 6 0 0 0 2 - 8
This book is primarily addressed to workers engaged in water management and forest husbandry. It provides an overview of the problems and describes biological and engineering measures designed to improve drainage conditions in small catchment areas, protect forest land against erosion, control torrential flows, regulate the water economy of forest soils, and improve the microclimatic conditions.The thirteen chapters not only provide the reader with all the essential theoretical information, but are also supplemented by practical examples indicating solutions to typical situations. In addition, numerous diagrams and photographs are included to illustrate both theoretical considerations and the practical solutions, and several tables are added to facilitate actual computations.

Coactive Forest Management

  • 1st Edition
  • November 13, 2012
  • Bozzano G Luisa
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 3 8 4 7 - 5
This book provides a theoretical basis and a collection of management science tools that account for the interactions between different components of a managed forest ecosystem. Accounting for these interactions is the rapid evolution of forest management away from a traditional agricultural commodities production problem to a multi-output problem that gives equivalent emphasis to nonmarket goods and the health of forest ecosystem itself. The book is a comprehensive theoretical demonstration of the breakdown of traditional benefit/cost analysis in the presence of forest ecosystem (or demand) inteactions and is followed by a set of management science (optimization) procedures that address these interactions and better capture the ecosystem function.

Wood Microbiology

  • 1st Edition
  • November 13, 2012
  • Robert A. Zabel + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 3 9 4 6 - 5
An in-depth examination of deterioration caused by fungi and other microorganisms, Wood Microbiology explores the major damages to wood and wood products during growth, harvesting, storage, and conversion to finished lumber. The characteristics, causes, detection, effects, and control measures for wood damage are stressed.

Tree Ecology and Preservation

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 2
  • November 13, 2012
  • A. Bernatzky
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 9 9 3 8 - 4
Containing more than 225 illustrations, this is probably the first book to cover both scientific research on trees and tree surgery. It is an authoritative work, written by a man who has had a lifetime's experience of working with trees, and as such, the book will undoubtedly appeal to a wide-ranging readership.

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