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Chainsaw Operator's Manualby ForestWorks
Landlinks Press 2009; US$ 24.95The ultimate guide to basic chainsaw operating techniques covering safety, maintenance and cross-cutting. more...
WHO Guidelines on Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) for Medicinal Plantsby World Health Organization
World Health Organization 2003; US$ 18.00Medicinal plant materials are supplied through collection from wild populations and cultivation. Under the overall context of quality assurance and control of herbal medicines, WHO developed the Guidelines on good agricultural and collection practices (GACP) for medicinal plants, providing general technical guidance on obtaining medicinal plant materials of good quality for the sustainable production of herbal products classified as medicines. These guidelines are also related to WHO?s work on the protection of medicinal plants, aiming promotion of sustainable use and cultivation of medicinal plants. The main objectives of these guidelines are to:. (1) contribute to the quality assurance of medicinal plant materials used as the source for herbal... more...
Integrated Pest Management for Crops and Pasturesby Paul Horne; Jessica Page
CSIRO Publishing 2008; US$ 44.95Describes how to successfully implement IPM in cropping and grazing operations. more...
Running a Small Beef Herdby Fiona Baker
CSIRO Publishing 2008; US$ 44.95Provides an introduction to beef production for those about to enter the industry as well as an ongoing reference. more...
Decision-Making in Medieval Agricultureby David Stone
Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 140.00David Stone reconstructs the mental world of medieval farmers and reveals that agricultural decision-making was as rational in 1300 as in modern times. Arguing that man's impact on agriculture has been significantly underestimated, he challenges the view that the medieval period was devastated by ecological and economic crises. - ;This fascinating and important book uses a wealth of contemporary sources to reconstruct the mental world of medieval farmers and, by doing so, argues that these key figures in the Middle Ages have been unfairly stereotyped. David Stone overturns the traditional view of medieval countrymen as economically backward and instead reveals that agricultural decision-making was as rational in the fouteenth century as... more...
Soil Physical Measurement and Interpretation for Land Evaluationby Keppel Coughlan; Hamish Cresswell; Neil McKenzie
CSIRO Publishing 2002; US$ 89.95Provides a standard set of methods that are suited to land resource survey. more...
Dust Bowlby Donald Worster
Oxford University Press, USA 2004; US$ 15.25In the mid 1930s, North America's Great Plains faced one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in world history. Donald Worster's classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 1939 tells the story of the Dust Bowl in ecological as well as human terms. Now, twenty-five years after his book helped to define the new field of environmental history, Worster shares his more recent thoughts on the subject of the land and how humans interact with it. In a new afterword, he links the Dust Bowl to current political, economic and ecological issues--including the American livestock industry's exploitation of the Great Plains, and the on-going problem of desertification, which has now become a global phenomenon. He reflects... more...
Effective Ecological Monitoringby David Lindenmayer; Gene Likens
CSIRO Publishing 2010; US$ 45.00Describes what makes successful and unsuccessful long-term monitoring programs. more...
Post-Harvest Diseases and Disorders of Fruits and Vegetablesby Anna L. Snowdon
Manson Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 145.00The standard guide to the recognition and understanding of the causes of deterioration in temperate and tropical fruits and vegetables, two superbly illustrated full-colour volumes deal clearly, concisely and systematically with each of the main diseases and disorders, emphasising those of importance to international trade. more...
Project Vesta: Fire in Dry Eucalypt Forestby JS Gould; WL McCaw; NP Cheney; PF Ellis; IK Knight; AL Sullivan
CSIRO Publishing 2008; US$ 25.95Details the comprehensive research project to investigate the behaviour and spread of high-intensity bushfires in dry eucalypt forests. more...









