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The Canadian System of Soil Classification: Third Edition
NRC Research Press 1998; US$ 39.95This revised publication replaces The Canadian System of Soil Classification (second edition) published in 1987. The changes incorporated in this current publication are based on the work of the Soil Classification Working Group (SCWG) formerly of the Expert Committee on Soil Survey, and continued by the Land Resource Division of the former Centre... more...
Le système canadien de classification des sols Troisième édition
NRC Research Press 2003; US$ 39.95Cette publication revue et augmentée remplace la deuxième édition (publiée en 1987) de l'ouvrage The Canadian System of Soil Classification. Les changements apportés à la publication reflètent les travaux réalisés par le groupe de travail sur la classification des sols qui a relevé du Comité d'experts sur la prospection pédologique, puis de la Division... more...
Empire Forestry and the Origins of Environmentalism
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 42.00What we now know of as environmentalism began with the establishment of the first empire forest in 1855 in British India. The empire forestry movement spread rapidly throughout the world, and Gregory Barton's pioneering study is amongst the first to look at the origins of environmentalism in global perspective. more...
Planting Nature
University of California Press 2004; US$ 15.95Trees hold a powerful place in American constructions of what is good in nature and the environment. As we attempt to cope with environmental crises, trees are increasingly enlisted with great fervor as agents of our stewardship over nature. In this innovative and impassioned book, Shaul E. Cohen exposes the way that environmental stewardship is undermined... more...
The Economics of Deforestation in the Amazon
Edward Elgar Publishing 2005; US$ 40.00This provocative new book presents the results of twenty years of research on deforestation in the Amazon. By carefully observing the changing character of human settlements and their association with deforestation over such a prolonged period, the author is able to reject much of the 'perceived wisdom'. more...
Introduction to Soil Chemistry
Wiley 2005; US$ 145.00A guide to soil analysis for chemists and environmental scientists Soil-so essential to life on earth-is one of the most complicated of materials. A complex mixture of inorganic and organic solids, liquids, and gases, soil presents a challenging material for analysis, especially for researchers who are not specialists in soil chemistry. This clear,... more...
Wood Quality and its Biological Basis
Wiley 2009; US$ 239.95Wood is the most versatile raw material available to man. It is burned as fuel, shaped into utensils, used as a structural engineering material, converted into fibres for paper production, and put to newer uses as a source of industrial chemicals. Its quality results largely from the chemical and physical structure of the cell walls of its component... more...
Principles of Soil Physics
Taylor & Francis 2004; US$ 99.95Studying the impact of the physical and hydrological properties and processes of soil on agricultural production, the environment and sustainable use of natural resources, this detailed reference provides coverage of issues related to soil physics, structure, hydrology, aeration, temperature and analysis. more...
Biological Diversity and Function in Soils
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 67.00A better understanding of the dynamic roles of soils in ecosystems has followed advances in techniques for identifying and characterising the organisms and the community, at the same time as measuring major ecosystem processes. This book brings together and synthesises this material and puts soils in their wider ecological context. more...
Sustainable Soils
Haworth Press 2003; US$ 69.95This book, written by soil scientists with decades of practical experience, shows the importance of organic matter in maintaining crop production. The addition of organic matter to soil is covered in great detail. Sustainable Soils: The Place of Organic Matter in Sustaining Soils and Their Productivity discusses what materials can be added, proper... more...









