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  • Timber

    by Peter Dauvergne, Jane Lister ...
    Series series Resources
    Timber is a vital resource that is all around us. It is the house that shelters us, the furniture we relax in, the books we read, the paper we print, the disposable diapers for our babies, and the boxes that contain our cereal, detergent, and new appliances. The way we produce and consume timber, however, is changing. With international timber companies and big box discount retailers increasingly ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

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  • Numerical Ecology with R

    by Daniel Borcard, Francois Gillet, Pierre Legendre ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    Numerical Ecology with R provides a long-awaited bridge between a textbook in Numerical Ecology and the implementation of this discipline in the R language. After short theoretical overviews, the authors accompany the users through the exploration of the methods by means of applied and extensively commented examples. Users are invited to use this book as a teaching companion at the computer. The ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

  • Plant Genetic Resources of Legumes in the Mediterranean

    Edited by Nigel Maxted, Sarita Jane Bennett ...
    Series Book 39 - Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture
    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 ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • Over the Mountains Are Mountains

    Korean Peasant Households and Their Adaptations to Rapid Industrialization

    by Clark W. Sorensen ...
    Series series Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
    Clark Sorensen presents a description of the economic and ecological organization of rural Korean domestic groups and an analysis of their adaption to the changes brought about by Korea's rapid industrialization.Still one of the only book-length studies of rural, peasant Korean households, Over the Mountains Are Mountains shows how the industrialization of Korea led neither to the ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Fire in the Forest

    by Peter A. Thomas, Robert S. McAlpine, Kelvin Hirsch, Peter Hobson ...
    How destructive or beneficial are forest fires to wildlife? Should we be trying to reduce or increase the amount of fire in forests? How are forest fires controlled, and why does this sometimes fail? What effect will climate change have? These and many other questions are answered in this richly illustrated book, written in non-technical language. The journey starts in the long geological history ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • The Bear Brook Watershed in Maine: A Paired Watershed Experiment

    The First Decade (1987–1997)

    Edited by Stephen A. Norton, Ivan J. Fernandez ...
    The Bear Brook Watershed in Maine (BBWM) is a long-term, whole-watershed study examining the effects of experimentally elevated N and S deposition on a treated watershed, in comparison to the adjacent reference watershed. The study is in a northern New England, USA, forested ecosystem, and focuses on soil and stream hydrological and biogeochemical processes, and chemical responses of vegetation. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • A History Of Irish Forestry

    by Eoin Neeson ...
    This comprehensive study, with a foreword by Lord Killanin, looks at Irish forestry from the migration of the first wood species some 10,000 years ago to the present day. Part One, The Historical Background, examines the primeval forest and early settlers, woodlands, land title and tenure under the Celts, codified with Brehon law; Norman forest law imposed in the early medieval period; the Tudor ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Biotechnology and Biodiversity

    Edited by K.G. Ramawat, M. R. Ahuja ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The purpose of this book is to assess the potential effects of biotechnological approaches particularly genetic modification on biodiversity and the environment. All aspects of biodiversity such as ecological diversity, species diversity and genetic diversity are considered. Higher organisms contain a specific set of linear DNA molecules called chromosomes and a complete set of chromosomes in an ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Italian Historical Rural Landscapes

    Cultural Values for the Environment and Rural Development

    Edited by Mauro Agnoletti ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Sustainable development and rural policies have pursued strategies where farming has been often regarded as a factor deteriorating the ecosystem. But the current economic, social and environmental problems of the Earth probably call for examples of a positive integration between human society and nature. This research work presents more than a hundred case studies where the historical ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Biodiversity and Conservation of Woody Plants

    Edited by M. R. Ahuja, S. Mohan Jain ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides complete, comprehensive, and broad subject-based reviews for students, teachers, researchers, policymakers, conservationists, and NGOs interested in the biodiversity and conservation of woody plants.Forests cover approximately 31 percent of the world’s total landmass; 93 percent is natural forest and only 7 percent consists of planted trees. Forest decline is progressing at an ... Read more

    $242.09 USD

  • Forests, Trees and Human Health

    Edited by Kjell Nilsson, Marcus Sangster, Christos Gallis, Terry Hartig, Sjerp de Vries, Klaus Seeland, Jasper Schipperijn ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The link between modern lifestyles and increasing levels of chronic heart disease, obesity, stress and poor mental health is a concern across the world. The cost of dealing with these conditions places a large burden on national public health budgets so that policymakers are increasingly looking at prevention as a cost-effective alternative to medical treatment. Attention is turning towards ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Chemical Modification, Properties, and Usage of Lignin

    Edited by Thomas Q. Hu ...
    One of the most significant challenges facing mankind in the twenty-first century is the development of a sustainable global economy. Within the scientific community, this calls for the development of processes and technologies that will allow the sustainable production of materials from renewable natural resources. Plant material, in particular lignin, is one such resource. During the annual ... Read more

    $188.99 USD