Nitrogen in the Environment: Sources, Problems, and Management is the first volume to provide a holistic perspective and comprehensive treatment of nitrogen from field, to ecosystem, to treatment of urban and rural drinking water supplies, while also including a historical overview, human health impacts and policy considerations.
Plant Systematics is a comprehensive and beautifully illustrated text, covering the most up-to-date and essential paradigms, concepts, and terms required for a basic understanding of plant systematics.
Never find yourself stuck for gardening advice again with this handy and informative book in your garden shed, packed with advice from the experts at Kew Gardens, London.
Southern Asia is a vast and ecologically diverse region that extends from the deserts of Afghanistan to the rainforests of Thailand, and is home to a marvelously rich palm flora.
Proteas are South Africas wildflower celebrities: the King Protea is emblazoned on the National Coat of Arms and gives its name to the countrys cricket team.
Unlike the standard nature guides that explain how to recognize common animals,Naturestresses the web of interrelationships that link the regional flora and fauna.
Now with a new foreword by John Lewis-Stempel, Britain s greatest living nature writer A stunning illustrated edition of a classic in natural history, the ultimate reference book of British flowers and plants from poet and botanist Geoffrey Grigson.
The first truly detailed field guide to the mosses of the regionThis comprehensive, richly illustrated, and accessible photographic field guide enables any user to identify more than 200 species of common mosses in the Southeastern United States using only a hand lens or a smart phone for magnified views.
Explores the characteristics, medicinal uses, and mythology of more than 570 species of cacti, including well-known species like Saguaro and Prickly Pear and entheogens such as San Pedro and Peyote Describes the ways that Indigenous peoples around the world have traditionally used cacti for healing, food, and ceremonial purposes Details scientific research on cactus compounds and alkaloids, including antidiabetic, anticancer, antimicrobial, antiviral, antidepressant, and analgesic propertiesCacti, with their iconic spines and thick stems, can be found around the world, though mainly in North and South America.
This field guide dedicated to wildlife of Yellowstone National Park is an information-packed, pocket-sized book that introduces park visitors to the animals, plants, insects and more that reside in Yellowstone National Park in a colorful and portable package.
