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Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistryby Eldor A. Paul
Elsevier 2006; US$ 83.95Now in its third edition, this classic textbook includes basic concepts and applications in agriculture, forestry, environmental science, and a new section entirely devoted to ecology. This revised and updated edition guides students through biochemical and microbial processes in soils and introduces them to microbial processes in water and sediments. Soil Microbiology, Ecology, and Biochemistry serves as an invaluable resource for students in biogeochemistry, soil microbiology, soil ecology, sustainable agriculture, and environmental amelioration. NEW TO THIS EDITION: * New section on Ecology integrated with biochemistry and microbiology * Sections on exciting new methodology such as tracers, molecular analysis and computers that will allow... more...
Environmental Change and Geomorphic Hazards in Forests. IUFRO Research Series, No. 9.by R.C. Sidle
CAB International 2002; US$ 120.00Environmental and climate change is affecting forests and land use in numerous ways, including increasing the risk of geomorphic hazards. This volume reviews knowledge on these issues and features include: hydrologic impacts, including flooding and soil erosion; and landslides. more...
Forests at the Land Atmosphere Interfaceby M. Mencuccini; J. Grace; J. Moncrieff; K. McNaughton
CAB International 2003; US$ 135.00Forest ecosystems grow at the interface between the land and the atmosphere. This book presents an overview of many topics that are of significance at this interface, starting at the scale of intra-leaf organelles, leaves and plants and ranging to higher levels of organization such as communities. more...
Forestry and Climate Changeby P.H. Freer-Smith; M.S.J. Broadmeadow
CABI 2007; US$ 140.00Climate change is one of the greatest challenges we face - both in terms of its potential impact on our societies and the earth, and the scale of international co-operation that is needed to confront it. This book explores how forests will interact with the physical and natural world, and with human society as the climate changes. more...
Soil Conservation and Silvicultureby J. Dvorak; L. Novak
Elsevier 1994; US$ 290.00This book deals with the conservation and improvement of the forest soil. Much emphasis is placed on the use of vegetation in soil conservation afforestation. The first part of the book focuses on the issues of soil erosion and methods of erosion control, in particular the protection of agricultural and forest soils. The main types and manifestations of erosion, (mainly water and wind erosion), are specified and described. Different erosion factors are shown in detail, including the possibilities of qualitative and quantitative determination. Special attention is paid to the precipitation-to-runoff relationships and information on these factors is used for erosion analysis. A detailed review of the regularities of water and wind erosion and... more...
Assessment of the Risk of Amazon Diebackby Walter Vergara; Sebastian Martin Scholz
World Bank Publications 2010; US$ 14.99The Amazon basin is a key component of the global carbon cycle. Not only is the old-growth rainforests in the basin huge carbon storage with about 120 billion metric tons of carbon in their biomass, but they also process annually twice the rate of global anthropogenic fossil fuel emissions through respiration and photosynthesis. In addition, the basin is the largest global repository of biodiversity and produces about 20 percent of the worlds flow of fresh water into the oceans.Despite the large CO2 efflux from recent deforestation, the Amazon rainforest is still considered to be a net carbon sink or reservoir because vegetation growth on average exceeds mortality. However, current climate trends and human-induced deforestation may be... more...
Wind and Treesby M. P. Coutts; J. Grace
Cambridge University Press 1995; US$ 160.00Covers wind behaviour, mechanical physiological responses of trees and forest management. more...
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