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Natur- und Baumschutz in Deutschland: Rechtliche Entwicklungen und Probleme
Diplomica Verlag 2012; US$ 38.56Hauptbeschreibung In diesem Buch wird der kommunale Natur- und Baumschutz in eindrucksvoller Weise vorgestellt. Rechtliche Entwicklungen werden von der Zeit der Weimarer Verfassung hin zum aktuellen Bundesnaturschutzgesetz abgebildet. Warum gibt es Naturschutz und wer sagt uns, was wir dafür tun müssen? Warum ist gerade der Baum ein so schützenswertes... more...
Valuing Agroforestry Systems
Springer 2005; US$ 179.00There is a growing interest and need for enhancing economic and policy research in agroforestry. So far, no single reference book provides adequate coverage of applied economic and policy analysis methodologies for agroforestry professionals. This book, written by the leading experts in economics and agroforestry, addresses this need with 14 case studies... more...
Trees on the Farm
CABI 2001; US$ 90.00This title assesses the adoption of selected agroforestry practices developed with African farmers, describing methods, and drawing out the implications for research, development, and policy. more...
Tropical Homegardens
Springer 2007; US$ 199.99Homegardens' are integrated tree - crop - animal production systems and primarily found in tropical environments. This work summarizes the state of knowledge on homegarden systems, with a view to using this knowledge as a basis for improving both homegardens and other similar multistrata agroforestry systems. more...
Ecological Basis of Agroforestry
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 135.95Agroforestry is a traditional indigenous practice that has been used since the advent of agriculture. This text brings together leading international experts to provide comprehensive coverage of this multidisciplinary science, examining such topics as ecological interactions, below-ground ecology, modeling, and ecological economics. more...
Ecological Methods in Forest Pest Management
Oxford University Press, UK 2004; US$ 84.99Throughout the world, there is a need to manage pests in both semi-natural and plantation forests. The sustainable management and control of forest pests depends on the development of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programmes. A central theme of this book is an examination of the ecological context of the major components of IPM and how and when... more...
Ecosystem Goods and Services from Plantation Forests
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 89.95Plantation forests often have a negative image. They are typically assumed to be poor substitutes for natural forests, particularly in terms of biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, provision of clean drinking water and other non-timber goods and services. Often they are monocultures that do not appear to invite people for recreation and other... more...
The Timber Bubble that Burst
Oxford University Press 1990; US$ 99.99This is a book about bubble prices, and their consequences, in the timber industry of the Pacific Northwest from 1979-1984. Bubble prices--unusual and rapid rises (and eventual drops) in the prices of a commodity--have been of theoretical interest to economists for many years. This study examines the unusual movements in the price of federal timber... more...
The Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks
CABI 2001; US$ 175.00The current trend in managing forests and forested landscapes is away from a narrow focus on sustaining timber and other commodity outputs and toward a broader philosophy of sustaining desired ecosystems. This book is a source of ideas on how to think about oak forests as responsive ecosystems. more...
Toward Agroforestry Design
Springer 2007; US$ 199.99Jose and Gordon??'s Toward Agroforestry Design is an important reference for anyone interested in exploring or managing the physiological and ecological processes which underlie resource allocation and plant growth in agroforestry systems. Drawing together a wide range of examples from around the world, the book highlights how recent developments... more...









