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  • Applied Ethnobotany

    People, Wild Plant Use and Conservation

    Edited by Anthony B. Cunningham ...
    Series series People and Plants International Conservation
    Its wise and sensitive approach to working with local people will be relevant in situations throughout the world.'ECOS'The numerous diagrams, tables of data, information flow charts, fieldwork sketches etc. give a great vibrancy to the work... It deserves a wide readership.'TEG NewsWild or non-cultivated plants are crucial to the lives of a large portion of the world's population, providing low ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Mushrooms in Forests and Woodlands

    Resource Management, Values and Local Livelihoods

    Series series People and Plants International Conservation
    Many mushrooms - or the 'fruits of fungi' - are extremely valuable, wild-gathered products which are utilised for both their medicinal properties and as food. In many of the world's tropical and temperate forests, they are the primary source of income for the people who live there.These forests range from temperate woodlands and small forests to high altitude forests in the Himalaya and tropical ... Read more

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    A Natural History

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  • Mushroom Culture for Amateurs: With Full Descriptions for Successful Growth in Houses, Sheds, Cellars, and Pots, on Shelves, and Out of Doors

    by W. J. May ...
    Originally published in 1898, this brilliant little manual tells you everything you need to know about the mushroom cultivation. Contents Include Necessary Conditions Materials Required Preparation of Materials Making Beds Under cover Treatment of Beds Under Cover Selection pf Spawn Culture in Houses Culture in Sheds Culture in Cellars Culture in Shelves Culture out of Doors Mushroom Enemies ... Read more

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  • Ecology and Silviculture of Eucalypt Forests

    Edited by RG Florence ...
    This classic forest management text examines the ecology and silviculture of eucalypts in forests and plantations in Australia and overseas. The book presents approaches to the formulation of ecologically sustainable forest practices through a more fundamental understanding of Eucalyptus. The 14 chapters of the book are divided into three sections covering: the ecological background to ... Read more

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  • Making Salmon

    An Environmental History of the Northwest Fisheries Crisis

    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
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  • Forest Trees of Australia

    Forest Trees of Australia is the essential reference for observing, identifying and obtaining information on the native trees in this country. It describes and illustrates over 300 of our most important indigenous trees, which have been carefully selected for their environmental significance, their importance to the timber industry, or their prominence in our landscape. This new and thoroughly ... Read more

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  • Islands Beyond the Horizon

    The life of twenty of the world's most remote places

    Islands have an irresistible attraction and an enduring appeal. Naturalist Roger Lovegrove has visited many of the most remote islands in the world, and in this book he takes the reader to twenty that fascinate him the most. Some are familiar but most are little known; they range from the storm-bound island of South Georgia and the ice-locked Arctic island of Wrangel to the wind-swept, wave-lashed ... Read more

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  • Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

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    The biological composition and richness of most of the Earth's major ecosystems are being dramatically and irreversibly transformed by anthropogenic activity. Yet, despite the vast areal extent of our oceans, the mainstay of research to-date in the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning arena has been weighted towards ecological observations and experimentation in terrestrial plant and soil systems. ... Read more

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  • Mushroom Hunting

    Series series Collins Need to Know?
    This one-stop practical guide will show you how to identify, pick and cook edible mushrooms. To make your progress easier, it comes in a handy format with colour photos and expert advice throughout.From identifying and picking edible mushrooms to growing your own mushrooms, from recipes for seasonal dishes to important information on poisonous species, this book provides all the helpful ... Read more

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  • Holocene Extinctions

    Edited by Samuel T. Turvey ...
    The extent to which human activity has influenced species extinctions during the recent prehistoric past remains controversial due to other factors such as climatic fluctuations and a general lack of data. However, the Holocene (the geological interval spanning the last 11,500 years from the end of the last glaciation) has witnessed massive levels of extinctions that have continued into the modern ... Read more

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  • Greenwood Crafts

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    Britain has a long and rich tradition of woodcrafts and what, since about the 1970s, have been called the 'greenwood crafts'. Greenwood crafts focus on using wood that contains sap and that is easy to work with simple hand tools to produce beautiful and useful products.Discusses all you need to know to get started, including tools, workshops, sourcing wood, making some of your own devices and the ... Read more

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