Forestry and silviculture

Elms occur, both naturally and cultivated, throughout much of the temperate world.

Get cutting-edge agroforestry research and dataDeforestation and the rampant use of fossil fuels are major contributors to increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide and are enormous influences on global warming.

The idea that nature provides services to people is one of the most powerful concepts to have emerged over the last two decades.

World of Unstable Mutations The book "e;Triplet Repeat Diseases of the Nervous System"e; overviews the lat- est data on several disorders associated with unstable mutations.

Global attention in scientific, industrial, and governmental communities to traces of toxic chemicals in foodstuffs and in both abiotic and biotic environ- ments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published progress reports, and archival documentations.

First published in 1995, The Forest Certification Handbook has become the landmark book concerning all aspects of forest and wood product certification from policy to business to in-the-field technical issues.

The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates of agro-industrial development.

If I had to nominate an area of food production in which science has played a major role in addressing product quality to meet market needs I would not pass by the intimate rela- tionship of cereaI chemistry with cereaI plant breeding programs.

'Informative, well-constructed, and readable.

The Tree Faller's Manual is an essential handbook for forest operators and others who need to fell trees manually using a hand-held chainsaw.

Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics.

This volume publishes for the first time specific data for Siberia on taxonomy and distribution of feral members of 18 families.

Rethinking Wilderness and the Wild: Conflict, Conservation and Co-existence examines the complexities surrounding the concept of wilderness.

Large-scale experimentation allows scientists to test the specific responses of ecosystems to changing environmental conditions.

Soil fertility and plant nutrition is an applied science that integrates knowledge across all disciplines of soil and plant sciences to provide nutrients effectively and efficiently to plants.

Indonesia contains some of Asia's most biodiverse and threatened forests.

With the emergence of urban and community forestry as the fastest growing part of our pro- fession in the last 15 years, the need for a book such as this inevitably developed.

Forest Growth and Yield Modeling synthesizes current scientific literature and provides insights in how models are constructed.

An authoritative update of forest tree biotechnology and genomics methodologies, this book covers procedures and accomplishments from basic biological science to applications.

This Third Edition of Principles of Seed Science and Technology.

This book won the 2023 The Wildlife Society Publication Award in the authored book category.

This atlas presents macroscopic descriptions, macro cross section pictures, general characteristics and identification keys of 335 wood species currently introduced in the European timber market from all over the world.

The most up-to-date, comprehensive resource on silviculture that covers the range of topics and issues facing today s foresters and resource professionals The tenth edition of the classic work, The Practice of Silviculture: Applied Forest Ecology, includes the most current information and the results of research on the many issues that are relevant to forests and forestry.

The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates of agro-industrial development.

This book addresses the major policy, economic and financial issues encountered in global forest carbon.

This book contains the treatment of one of the most important and the largest of the angiosperm families of Central Asian region-Leguminosae-with the exception of complex genera Astragalus and Oxytropis.

Comparison of Forest Water and Energy Exchange Models includes results of comparisons and tests on micrometeorological and hydrological models against independent field data gathered from an International Union of Forestry Research Organizations workshop.

This enlightening book brings together the work of gender and forestry specialists from various backgrounds and fields of research and action to analyse global gender conditions as related to forests.

There is no question that the timber industry needs to adopt sustainable practices that ensure a future for the industry.

Hundreds of millions of people live and work in forests across the world.

Much attention has been given to above ground biomass and its potential as a carbon sink, but in a mature forest ecosystem 40 to 60 percent of the stored carbon is below ground.

Forestry has been witness to some dramatic changes in recent years, with several Western countries now moving away from the traditional model of regarding forests merely as sources of wood.

Presenting a thorough examination of the sacred forests of Asia, this volume engages with dynamic new scholarly dialogues on the nature of sacred space, place, landscape, and ecology in the context of the sharply contested ideas of the Anthropocene.

This book examines the bioeconomy concept, analysing the opportunities it can generate, the constraints and the potential benefits for society.

In Recognition of the Forgotten Generation D.

The biomedical community often complains of the crowded schedule of important meetings to be attended.

From forester to retailer, stakeholders in the industry are under increasing pressure to assure customers that their wood products have come from well managed, sustainable forests.

Originally published in 1994, The Economics of the Tropical Timber Trade provides a detailed analysis of the economic linkages between the trade and forest degradation.

Indonesia contains some of Asia's most biodiverse and threatened forests.

Samuel Johnson (of Boswell fame) said about writing, 'whatever is written without effort is in general read without pleasure' and 'the unexamined word is not worth reading.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the benefits of biofertilizers as an alternative to chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

A guide to making good decisions about wildlife management and biodiversity conservation against a backdrop of socio-environmental change.

The field of the molecular basis of plant disease is rapidly developing.

Deforestation in tropical rainforest countries is one of the largest contributors to human-induced climate change.

One of the most significant challenges facing mankind in the twenty-first century is the development of a sustainable global economy.

Forest canopies not only support high terrestrial biodiversity but also represent a critical interface between the atmosphere and the earth.

This new volume addresses the burning issues of the impact of climate change, the alteration of environmental quality, and subsequent mitigation and adaptation strategies through various agroecosystem practices, primarily in agroforestry.

There is a considerable gap between the science of conservation biology and the design and execution of biodiversity conservation projects in the field.

Bruce E.