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Carbon in the Geobiosphere
Springer 2006; US$ 219.99Covers the fundamentals of the biogeochemical behavior of carbon near the Earth's surface, in the atmosphere, minerals, waters, air-sea exchange, and inorganic and biological processes fractionating the carbon isotopes, and more. This book is intended for Earth and environmental scientists. more...
Native Woodlands of Scotland, 1500-1920
Edinburgh University Press 2004; US$ 119.40The first modern history of Scottish woodlands explores the changing relationship between trees and people from the time of Scotlands first settlement, focusing on the period 1500 to 1920. Drawing on work in natural science, geography and history, as well as on the authors own research, it presents an accessible and readable account that... more...
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Tropical and Sub-Tropical Forests
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 145.95Illustrates the potential of hyperspectral remote sensing with regard to a variety of forest applications, focussing on tropical forest ecosystems. This book also illustrates real world examples, employing data that is useful to a range of professions including remote sensing analysts, ecologists, and biologists. more...
Sampling Techniques for Forest Inventories
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 94.95Presents the statistical concepts and tools needed to conduct a modern forest inventory. This book develops the Monte Carlo approach for both simple and complex sampling schemes and explores design-based, model-assisted, and model-dependent inference, including geostatistics and Kriging procedures. more...
Multi-Source National Forest Inventory
Springer 2008; US$ 209.99Building on more than a decade of innovative research into multi-source forest inventory (MS-NFI) this book presents full details of the development, outputs and applications of the improved k-NN method. The method, which was pioneered in Finland in 1990, is rapidly becoming a world standard in forest inventory, having been adopted as standard in Finland... more...
Stability of Tropical Rainforest Margins
Springer 2007; US$ 179.99The stability of rainforest margin area has been identified as a critical factor in the preservation of tropical forests. This book aims to contribute to an improved understanding of the processes that have destabilizing effects on ecological and socio-economic systems of tropical rain forest margins, and giving a solution. more...
Designing Green Landscapes
Springer 2008; US$ 189.99Von Gadow and Pukkala??'s unique, Designing Green Landscapes, presents the latest thinking in adaptive management for forest ecosystems. Based on the ???multiple path??? principle, this approach links species choice and silvicultural methods with changing demands and changing environmental conditions, to ensure continuous adaptation, often several... more...
Le Gestion Forestal Municipal En America Latina
International Development Research Centre 2003; US$ 20.00En América Latina el contenido y alcance de las iniciativas de descentralización en el tema forestal, así como los retos que se enfrentan, varían considerablemente de acuerdo al contexto de los diferentes países. Sin embargo, el tema de la descentralización toma cada vez mas fuerza en la región y las municipalidades... more...
Communication, Education, and Travel
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 39.54He emerging "green economy" consists of businesses and careers that focus on developing alternative energy sources, conserving natural resources, and protecting the environment. It includes a range of traditional jobs that are being expanded or modified to meet these goals as well as a variety of new jobs created in response to specific needs,... more...









