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Assessment of the Risk of Amazon Dieback
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... more...
Ecology and Management of Forest Soils
Wiley 2012; US$ 156.95Forest soils are the foundation of the entire forest ecosystem and complex, long-term interactions between trees, soil animals, and the microbial community shape soils in was that are very distinct from agricultural soils. The composition, structure, and processes in forest soils at any given time reflect current conditions, as well... more...
Environmental Change and Geomorphic Hazards in Forests. IUFRO Research Series, No. 9.
CABI 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...
Forestry and Climate Change
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...
Forests at the Land Atmosphere Interface
CABI 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...
Soil Conservation and Silviculture
Elsevier Science 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... more...
Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry
Elsevier Science 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.... more...
Wind and Trees
Cambridge University Press 1995; US$ 170.00Covers wind behaviour, mechanical physiological responses of trees and forest management. more...
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