Category Archives: Natural Resources

Tropical Forest Ecology: The Basis for Conservation and Management (Tropical Forestry)

Research in tropical forestry is confronted with the task of finding strategies to alleviate pressure on remaining forests, and techniques to enhance forest regeneration and restore abandoned lands, using productive alternatives that can be attractive to local human populations. In … Continue reading

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Waterlogging Signalling and Tolerance in Plants

Waterlogging is a major problem for plant cultivation in many regions of the world. This book combines both academic and practical aspects of this topic. Based on recent progress in cell and molecular biology, various facets of waterlogging signalling and … Continue reading

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Tropical Rainforests and Agroforests under Global Change: Ecological and Socio-economic Valuations (Environmental Science and Engineering / Environmental Science)

Tropical rainforests are disappearing due to agricultural intensification and climate change, causing irreversible losses in biodiversity and associated ecosystem functioning. Ecosystem properties and human well-being are profoundly influenced by environmental change, which is often not considered during land use intensification. … Continue reading

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Freshwater Supply (Global Issues)

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Soil Carbon Dynamics: An Integrated Methodology

Carbon stored in soils represents the largest terrestrial carbon pool and factors affecting this will be vital in the understanding of future atmospheric CO2 concentrations. This book provides an integrated view on measuring and modeling soil carbon dynamics. Based on … Continue reading

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Bioenergy from Sustainable Forestry: Guiding Principles and Practice (Forestry Sciences)

Bioenergy from Sustainable Forestry synthesizes information needed to design or implement sustainable forest management systems for production of biomass for energy in conjunction with other forest products. It is organized around the criteria for sustainable forest management: productivity, environment, social … Continue reading

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Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold

“Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold is a deep and expert look not only at an important human food source, but also of the fragile complexity of the ecosystem in which it is created.” –Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino Research … Continue reading

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Dictionary for Managing Trees in Urban Environments

Dictionary fo Managing Trees in Urban Environments contains a comprehensive list of terms used in the universal management of urban trees. Many of the terms are from arboricultural science, while others are derived from unproven but commonly applied concepts. Where … Continue reading

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Plant Breeding Reviews (Volume 31)

Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant breeding and genetics covering horticultural, agronomic and forestry crops, incorporating both traditional and molecular methods. The contributions are authored by world authorities, anonymously reviewed, and edited by Professor Jules Janick of Purdue … Continue reading

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Biodiversity: Integrating Conservation and Production: Case Studies from Australian Farms, Forests and Fisheries

In June 2007, twenty years after the Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke announced the Decade of Landcare, 250 farmers, foresters and fishers from all states met in Launceston as guests of the community group Tamar Natural Resource Management to reflect … Continue reading

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