Forestry and silviculture

This book transfers the newest service research concepts, such as value co-creation, to family forestry context.

For the past decade, it has been apparent to both of us that a reference text covering all aspects of tree defense mechanisms to fungi was missing, needed and long overdue.

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.

This book is a guide for the identification of the indigenous forest trees of Uganda.

Praised by The New York Times as "e;an indispensable guide for the homeowner and the professional,"e; Tree Maintenance has been the definitive source on maintenance of North American landscape trees for over fifty years, an essential reference not only for arborists, nurserymen, and landscape architects, but for all homeowners who want to keep their trees healthy and pest free.

This volume offers extensive information on insect life in dying and dead wood.

Deforestation and forest degradation have continued over a long period of time, and the deterioration of forest environment management services is becoming one of the biggest concerns in the world.

In this age of climatic and financial uncertainty, it becomes increasingly important to balance the cost, benefits and risk of wildfire management.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

The decentralization of control over the vast forests of the world is moving at a rapid pace, with both positive and negative ramifications for people and forests themselves.

Current trends in population growth suggest that global food production is unlikely to meet future demands under projected climate change scenarios unless the pace of plant improvement is accelerated.

This famous book on botany was published for the first time in 1894 by Eduard Strasburger and his co-workers.

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.

'This book carefully blends conceptual insights with extensive empirical evidence to navigate the reader through an issue that is still poorly understood [and is] a valuable reference for the development practitioner to understand the fundamental causes of illegal logging, its myriad consequences and the policy choices available to address the problem' Nalin Kishor, Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Coordinator, The World Bank 'An excellent resource for those working to conserve and sustainably manage forests worldwide.

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

This book has been prepared for those seeking a better understanding of the functioning of crop plants, particularly the processes that lead to the genera- tion of products valued by human beings.

This book introduces readers to nearly 600 common weeds.

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

During late 1985, the Research Management Committee (RMC) of the National Crop Loss Assessment Network (NCLAN) decided the most ap- propriate way to bring the NCLAN program to a successful conclusion was to hold an international conference.

Deforestation is frequently a topic of discussion in the environmental arena, but it is not just the number of trees that matters; the quality of the forest is also important.

Examine why illegal logging is so pervasiveand how this problem can be addressedIn March 2002, the Yale chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters brought together social and natural scientists, resource managers, policymakers, community leaders, and other interested parties to share experiences, strategies, succe

Thousands of surveys on rural livelihoods in developing countries are being done every year.

Forests must be measured, if they are to be managed and conserved properly.

With the environment, climate change, and global warming taking center stage in the national debate, the issues seem insurmountable and certainly unsolvable at the local level.

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

Pine wilt disease (PWD) is unquestionably a major threat to forest ecosystems worldwide.

Harvest of Fish and Wildlife: New Paradigms for Sustainable Management unites experts in wildlife and fishery sciences for an interdisciplinary overview of harvest management.

Forest Conservation: Methods, Management and Challenges offers to a wide readership the opportunity to understand, consider and plan strategies that aim to conserve forest ecosystems across the world.

This book presents a compilation of information on the taxonomy, chorology, and composition of species and subspecies of the plants under various divisions of the family of Araceae and Orchidaceae found in Siberia.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Das Waldhöhentarifsystem" verfügbar.

Hedges and field margins are important wildlife habitats and deliver a range of ecosystem services, and their value is increasingly recognised by ecologists.

The American chestnut was one of America's most common, valued, and beloved trees-a "e;perfect tree"e; that ruled the forests from Georgia to Maine.

The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth century.

This thorough study is an assessment of the risks involved with the deliberate release of microorganisms modified by means of genetic engineering.

Originally published in 1990 Tropical Resources presents in-depth coverage of the extremely diverse tropical environments, the resources to be found within the region and their production, and ecological management.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of forest management options to guide natural resource management in the face of future climate change.

This book contains the majority of the presentations of the Second International Symposium on the Biology of Root Formation and Development that was hcld in Jerusa- lem, Israel, June 23---28, 1996.

This book unveils forestry science and its policy and management that connect past and present understanding of forests.

Pyne traces the impact of fire in Australia, from its influence on vegetation to its use by Aborigines and European settlers.

When two of us (Jifi Kolbek, Miroslav Sriltek) were working in North Korea on the Czech- Slovak field expeditions of the early 1990s, we did not think initially of comparing our results with the vegetation of surrounding areas or of writing a book.

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 will address the major subsoil physical and chemical constraints and their implications to crop production; Plant growth is often restricted by adverse physical and chemical properties of subsoils yet these limitations are not revealed by testing surface soils and hence their significance in crop management is often overlooked.