Forestry and silviculture

Authored by world-class scientists and scholars, The Handbook of Natural Resources, Second Edition, is an excellent reference for understanding the consequences of changing natural resources to the degradation of ecological integrity and the sustainability of life.

This book was written for those individuals who are concerned about the techniques and practices of plant cell cultures for horticultural crops.

This conference represents the first time in my life when I felt it was a misfor- tune, rather than a major cause of my happiness, that I do conservation work in New Guinea.

In den letzten Jahrzehnten ist die Bedeutung der Lebensmitteltoxikologie enorm ge­ wachsen.

Extremely diverse and complicated bacterial and protozoan populations inhabit the rumen and intestinal tract of animals, and there is a delicate balance among the individual populations within this complex microbial community.

Face to the current global energy crisis, there is an urgent necessity of searching for alternatives to fossil fuels, and this book shows how timber is a promising resource for sustainable energy production.

Biomass obtained from agricultural residues or forest can be used to produce different materials and bioenergy required in a modern society.

The aim of this book is to present, in depth, updated information on soil and microbial processes involved in mixed plantations of Eucalyptus and N2-fixing species, especially Acacia mangium, focusing on Forestry, Soils, Biology, Ecosystem Services and Sustainability.

Wood as found in trees and bushes was of primary importance to ancient humans in their struggle to control their environment.

This book is about the resilience of silvo-pastoral systems now, and in the future.

This book was written to help the forest industry assess wood quality by using non-destructive samples taken from specific points within a tree.

In 1977, the Volkswagen Foundation sponsored the first of a series of International Symposia on Fire Ecology at Freiburg University, Federal Republic of Germany.

With the underpinning role of forage legumes in the nitrogen economy and animal productivity from temperate grasslands certain to expand in the future, particularly in regions where their potential has not yet been realized, it is essential that the wealth of information currently available is widely disseminated.

'An important and timely book' from the Foreword by Stanley Johnson 'A complete and absorbing history of a decade of intense international politics offers many insights for future negotiators of sustainable solutions' Stephen Bass, International Institute for Environment and Development 'Skillfully navigates the jungle of forest politics, leaving us in no doubt that the verbal commitment to save the world's forests has yet to be translated into action on the ground.

In his lectures my teacher Karl Magdefrau used to say that one only becomes a real plant scientist when one enters a tropical rainforest.

No matter what forests are used for, forest managers have to deal with interactions between individual trees and between trees and other forest organisms.

This book integrates the different prospective, scientific and practical experience of researchers as well as beneficiaries and stakeholders in the field of forest conservation in Southeast Europe.

It is increasingly recognized that the economic value of forests is not merely the production of timber.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This in-depth analysis of the Douglas fir lumber industry investigates the relationship between industry structure, firm behavior, and performance outcomes.

Nitrogen Fixation by symbiotic organisms is considered animportant contribution to the solution of food problemsthroughout the world.

Recent research has shed light on the crucial role of wood density, a fundamental physical property, as a functional trait.

This book describes the changing landscape of European forest ownership and explores the impact a new, often urban, generation of forest owners may have on the future of one of our most basic resources - forests.

Globally rainforests are under threat on numerous fronts, including clearing for agriculture, harvesting for timber and urban expansion.

Plantations are playing an increasingly important part in the development and the economies of the South.

This book explains forest and woody biomass harvest, harvesting machines, systems, logistics, supply chain management, best management practices, harvest scheduling and carbon sequestration.

The behavioral neuroscience of thirst and sodium appetite are research ventures that have expanded dramatically in recent years.

Photosynthetic Adaptation: Chloroplast to Landscape thoroughly studies photosynthetic mechanisms at each structural level, from cells to leaves, crown, and canopy.

This classic forest management text examines the ecology and silviculture of eucalypts in forests and plantations in Australia and overseas.

It would have been very easy to expand on all the sections of the first edition but I decided to try to retain the relatively short, introductory nature of the book.

This volume is devoted to compiling recent advancements, methodological improvements, new processing techniques, integration methods and rigorous applications associated with conceptual techniques on the conservation and monitoring of forest resources for a scientific audience, with a focus on cases and applications in India.

Globally rainforests are under threat on numerous fronts, including clearing for agriculture, harvesting for timber and urban expansion.

This book explores the concepts, premises, advancements, and challenges in quantifying natural forest landscape patterns through mapping techniques.

Agroforestry has significantly impacted our forests, but an often-overlooked issue is the effect of harvesting on soils and root systems.

This book explores the specifically human dimensions of the problem posed by a new generation of invasive pests and pathogens to tree health worldwide.

In the 1980s and 1990s, green manure/cover crop (GMCC) systems became a popular agricultural technology in research and development efforts for smallholder tropical and subtropical farmers.

The chicken bone you nibbled yesterday and threw away was a high-tech product!

'Sound, well-seasoned advice [on] how to bring wood fires into our lives.

The dry forests and woodlands of Sub-Saharan Africa are major ecosystems, with a broad range of strong economic and cultural incentives for keeping them intact.

Over the past years, a great deal has been learned about variation in wood prop- erties.

This book is intended to be a record of the Biotechnology-Assisted Re/Afforestation Project in the Asia-Pacific Region (BIO-REFOR) since 1992, conducted in coop- eration with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (lUFRO).

More often than not, when people think of a neotropical forest, what comes to mind is a rain forest, rather than a dry forest.

More than half the world's population now lives in cities.