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Valerius Terminus
NuVision Publications, LLC 2003; US$ 2.99Francis Bacon is very informative and descriptive. His points are quite bold and judicious. This is one of the great books that made Francis Bacon a great author. more...
Resource and Market Projections for Forest Policy Development
Springer 2007; US$ 209.99Long-range models that include product and resource detail are essential to meaningful analysis of both industry and resource sustainability. Taking this as its central argument, this book provides essential reading to anyone interested in projecting the future of either the forest products market and/or the forest resource conditions. It is aimed... more...
Ontogeny, Functional Ecology, and Evolution of Bats
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 68.00Ontogeny, Functional Ecology and Evolution of Bats explores the relationship between developmental processes and ultimate function in this highly specialised group of flighted mammals. As such it is an essential reference work not only for bat biologists, but also for all those working in ecology, developmental biology, evolution and systematics. more...
Green Development
Routledge 2001; US$ 53.95This new edition has been completely re-written and gives a valuable analysis of the theory and practice of sustainable development and suggests at the start of the new millennium we should think radically about the challenge of sustainability more...
Dynamic Aquaria
Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 94.95In its third edition, this praised book demonstrates how the living systems modeling of aquatic ecosystems for ecological, biological and physiological research, and ecosystem restoration can produce answers to very complex ecological questions. This book further offers an understanding developed in 25 years of living ecosystem modeling and discusses... more...
Plant Pathology
Elsevier Science 2005; US$ 96.95This fifth edition of the classic textbook in plant pathology outlines how to recognize, treat, and prevent plant diseases. It provides extensice coverage of abiotic, fungal, viral, bacterial,nematode and other plant diseases and their associated epidemiology. It also covers the genetics of resistance and modern management on plant disease. Plant... more...
Global and Regional Vegetation Fire Monitoring from Space
SPB Academic Publishing BV 2001; US$ 94.50Introduction Increasing conflagrations of forests and other lands throughout the world during the 1980s and 1990s have made fires in forest and other vegetation emerge as an important global concern. Both the number and severity of wildfires (accidental fires) and the application of fire for land-use change, seem to have increased dramatically compared... more...
Lob Trees in the Wilderness
University of Minnesota Press 2001; US$ 51.00Along the Minnesota-Ontario border, in the days of voyageurs, tall trees were used as guideposts in the uncharted wilderness to help fur traders and explorers find their way through the maze of lakes and portages. Branches were cut, leaving the middle of the trees bare with branches above and below. Clifford and Isabel Ahlgren use nine native trees... more...
Lake Effect
University of Minnesota Press 2003; US$ 51.00In Lake Effect, writer Erika Alin explores both the natural and the human landscapes of Lake Superior, meditating on the rich geological, historical, and cultural events that have shaped the region. Alin?s engaging essays reveal a profound sensitivity to the natural world and a penetrating historical imagination. more...
Green Phoenix
Oxford University Press 2003; US$ 38.00Can we prevent the destruction of the world's tropical forests? In the fire-scarred hills of Costa Rica, science writer William Allen found an answer: we can not only prevent their destruction - we can bring them back to their former glory. 'Green Phoenix' reveals how the tropical forests in the northwestern section of the country were saved. more...









