Forestry and silviculture

There has been a recent resurgence of interest in wood energy as part of a sustainable range of renewable energy options.

Biologically active compounds isolated from microorganisms continue to be vital to the development of new drugs and agricultural chemicals.

This book presents the state-of-the-art knowledge on bamboo.

Forest biotechnology is a growing field of study that has many potential benefits for humankind and our environment.

Large numbers of tropical trees from natural forests or plantation forest are available for human consumption and management.

This edited book covers all aspects of forest deforestation and degradation in detail and their link to land degradation.

Plant breeders continue to make significant advances in developing high yield- ing, adaptable, disease-free crops.

Forest management must be sustainable not only in ecological, economic and social, but also genetic terms.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Mitteilungen aus der Arbeit des Pappelforschungskollektivs" verfügbar.

The development of a crop, and therefore its health, is always the result of interplay between biological and environmental factors, as influenced by human agency.

Schwermetalle sind von Natur aus in allen Böden vorhanden.

Discover The Geographic Approach to managing natural resources for efficiency and sustainability.

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.

These proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "e;Environmental Reconstruction in Headwater Areas"e; provide a landmark in the evolution of a distinctive movement, perhaps an emerging new philosophy, within the practice of headwater management.

The most recent advances in research on coastal saline soil rehabilitation and utilization based on forestry approach are discussed.

This volume arises from an International Symposium on Flow and Transport in the Natural Environment held in Canberra, Australia, in September 1987.

Food security, crop protection, biodiversity, and human and environmental health are among the main needs and concerns of society.

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

"e;On making many books there is no end"e; but we trust that no excuse is needed for the present work.

This book highlights the world distribution of eucalyptus plantations and the recent state of research on the utilization of planted eucalyptus for engineered wood products (EWPs) manufacturing.

Dispersal processes have important effects on plant distribution and abundance.

This book presents an overview of different data collection methods and approaches that have been used to identify and analyse institutions associated with natural resource governance.

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

This book discusses the possibilities, reach, challenges, and limitations of agroforestry in new contexts where the security of food, nutrition, and the environment are equally vital.

Native Trees of the Midwest is a definitive guide to identifying trees in Indiana and surrounding states, written by three leading forestry experts.

Bringing together a wealth of knowledge, the Handbook of Environmental Management, Second Edition, gives a comprehensive overview of environmental problems, their sources, their assessment, and their solutions.

Plantation forestry has been emerging as a strong attraction to the traditional forestry practice due to its acceptability and productivity improvement.

In boreal forests, which contain large amounts of the world's terrestrial organic carbon, fire is a natural and fundamental disturbance regime essential in controlling many ecosystem processes.

Airborne laser scanning (ALS) has emerged as one of the most promising remote sensing technologies to provide data for research and operational applications in a wide range of disciplines related to management of forest ecosystems.

The quality of human life has been maintained and enhanced for generations by the use of trees and their products.

This volume is a revision of Biological Control by R.

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.

of metal interactions with subcellular biochemical systems usually either are metabolites of the system affected (porphyrinurias) or represent some specific function of a cellular system being impaired (proteinurias).

An English translation of the series prepared by the Komarov Botanical Institute.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the essential role of trees and forests in cities and examines the creative approaches cities around the world are taking to protect trees and expand their urban forests.

A new economic theory, rather than a new public policy based on old theory, is needed to guide humanity toward sustainability.

This is the history of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO); its aims, policies and achievements, through drawing on contemporary records and the author's own wide experience.

Elevates forest health from a fuzzy concept to an ecologically sound paradigm, providing instructions and exercises for forest sustainability assessments.

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

Neurochemical Techniques in Insect Research properly emphasizes the insect.

Gives a review of the diseases of the major genera of forest and ornamental trees.

Microbiology may be described as one of the younger sciences with its history, as a precise subject, only dating as far back as Pasteur in the mid 1800s and his revelation both of the role of microorganisms in nature and their importance to human welfare.

This is the fourth updated and revised edition of a well-received book that emphasises on fungal diversity, plant productivity and sustainability.