A combination of broad disciplinary coverage and scientific excellence, the Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences will be an indispensable addition to the library of anyone interested in forests, forestry……続きを見る
著者:John McPhee
出版社: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
発売日: 2011年04月01日
Most people think of New Jersey as a suburban-industrial corridor that runs between New York and Philadelphia. Yet in the low center of the state is a near wilderness, larger than most national park……続きを見る
This book accompanies the landmark television series Kingdom of Plants 3D: With David Attenborough.
In the last 500 million years, plants have undertaken an epic journey that has not only spanned th……続きを見る
著者:John Manning
出版社: Penguin Random House South Africa
発売日: 2013年03月28日
Sasol Eerste Veldgids tot Veldblomme van Suider Afrika bied ’n boeiende inleiding tot die veldblomme van die streek. Volkleurfoto’s en verspreidingskaarte sal die beginner en ontluikende natuurkenne……続きを見る
著者:A. Michael Powell
出版社: University of Texas Press
発売日: 2010年07月05日
First published by the Big Bend Natural History Association in 1988 as Trees & Shrubs of Trans-Pecos Texas, this book is the only keyed guide to the more than 400 species of woody plants native to t……続きを見る
著者:Najma Dharani
出版社: Penguin Random House South Africa
発売日: 2011年07月27日
Due to its diversity of habitat and climate, East Africa boasts a tremendous natural wealth of flora - indigenous, naturalized and exotic. This second edition of Field Guide to Common Trees & Shrubs……続きを見る
In this comprehensive book, the critical components of the European landscape – forest, parkland, and other grazed landscapes with trees are addressed. The book considers the history of grazed treed……続きを見る
著者:John Manning
出版社: Penguin Random House South Africa
発売日: 2013年09月12日
Southern African Wild Flowers takes readers on a journey through the diverse landscapes of the subregion, showcasing the unique richness of its wild flowers along the way. Each chapter focuses on a ……続きを見る
著者:John P Rafferty
出版社: Britannica Educational Publishing
発売日: 2010年10月01日
Between their verdant canopies and shaded floors, forests contain a multi-tiered ecosystem that supports an abundance of flora and fauna. Together with the grasses and vegetation in the grasslands t……続きを見る
著者:Gerhard Larsson
出版社: University Press of America
発売日: 2010年12月18日
Land Management as Public Policy discusses goals, plans, and implementation means concerning public interference in land management after a more principal discussion of how far this ought to stretch……続きを見る
著者:Carolyn V. Platt
出版社: The Kent State University Press
発売日: 2014年01月20日
The southeastern third of Ohio is quite different from the flat or gently rolling portions of the state, differing in landscape, geologic history, ecology, and human history. It is the deeply dissec……続きを見る
著者:Robert A. Vines
出版社: University of Texas Press
発売日: 2010年01月01日
A comprehensive and compact field guide, Trees of Central Texas introduces 186 species of tree life in Central Texas, an area roughly the region of the Edwards Plateau and bordered by the Balcones E……続きを見る
著者:Rupert Watson
出版社: Penguin Random House South Africa
発売日: 2014年02月12日
The baobab is surely the botanical symbol of Africa, instantly recognizable from afar and a compelling icon of the African landscape. This age-old ‘upside-down tree’ invariably inspires wonder, awe ……続きを見る
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index
CONTENTS
PART I.
INTRODUCTION.
Section 1. Wood. Definitions. "Structure." Weights. Coefficients. Us……続きを見る
著者:Greg Gordon
出版社: University of Oklahoma Press
発売日: 2014年04月02日
Born in the timber colony of New Brunswick, Maine, in 1848, Andrew Benoni Hammond got off to an inauspicious start as a teenage lumberjack. By his death in 1934, Hammond had built an empire of wood ……続きを見る
Edible wild plants, mushrooms, fruits, and nuts grow along roadsides, amid country fields, and in urban parks. All manner of leafy greens, mushrooms, and herbs that command hefty prices at the marke……続きを見る
Just a week after the Kristallnacht terror in 1938, young Luzie Hatch, a German Jew, fled Berlin to resettle in New York. Her rescuer was an American-born cousin and industrialist, Arnold Hatch. Arn……続きを見る
Residents and visitors have an urban-outdoor haven in Little Rock: actually more than two dozen of them. They are the hiking trails, biking trails as well as the canoe and kayak-read waterways withi……続きを見る
Drooping lazily over waterways, shading gardens, guarding hedgerowsーthe willow tree is a poetically formed plant, but also a practical one. For millennia, the wood of the willow has been used for b……続きを見る
"A book that easily doubles as reference and a source of reading pleasure. The illustrations are clear and the index is a good guide." ー Wisconsin Library Bulletin.
"How long have trees been growin……続きを見る
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Index
CONTENTS
Map of North America (exclusive of Mexico) showing the eight regions into which the country is divided according……続きを見る
'Everyone interested in the natural world will enjoy The Secret Life of Trees. I found myself reading out whole chunks to friends' The Times, Books of the Year
What is a tree? As this celebration of……続きを見る
A much-loved classic of nature writing from environmentalist and the author of Waterlog, Roger Deakin, Wildwood is an exploration of the element wood in nature, our culture and our lives.
'Breathtak……続きを見る
The Phytochemical Society of North America held its forty-fourth annual meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from July 24-28, 2004. This year's meeting was hosted by the University of Ottawa and the C……続きを見る
著者:Jane Loudon
出版社: LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS
発売日: 2014年10月06日
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When I was a child, I never could learn Botany. There was something in the Linnean system (the only one then taught) excessively repugnant to me; I never could remembe……続きを見る
The taxonomy and identification of hawthorns (Crataegus) in eastern North America is one of the most notorious challenges in regional botany. This book was written to fill a long-standing void in ha……続きを見る
Forestsーand the trees within themーhave always been a central resource for the development of technology, culture, and the expansion of humans as a species. Examining and challenging our historical……続きを見る