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Forest Giants of the World, Past and Present

Author : Al Carder
Publisher : Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forest Giants of the World, Past and Present written by Al Carder and published by Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside. This book was released on 1995 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since the forest primeval, men and women have walked among the trees and admired their beauty and wondered at their size. How big are these magnificent things, anyway? We moderns are wont to measure, categorize and document, and so a book like this is born which is world-wide in scope and not only embraces space but also time. As the author, Al Carder, shows us in his study of forest giants the past is as important as the present. Many, many of our great trees have fallen and disappeared, some through fire and storm but more through the ravages of our own kind. Dr. Carder has not only traveled the world in search of the living giants, he has consulted the histories and records to identify those great trees that have been and gone, and his book is therefore an authoritative record of the world's super trees, past and present. Height is only one quality of greatness. Some trees are awesome in their ultimate form; their bole, their spread of canopy, their age. All these features are ardently noted by the author who describes more than 140 species. Forest Giants of the World will appeal to those who wonder about the location and the measurement of the Great Trees as well as to the specialist who requires more technical details about them.

Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants

Author : Jacob Shell
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393247775
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants written by Jacob Shell and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “No one who loves elephants or how humans interact with wildlife should pass up Jacob Shell’s remarkable book.” —Dan Flores, author of Coyote America Giants of the Monsoon Forest journeys deep into the mountainous rainforests of Burma and India to explore the world of teak logging elephants and their intriguing alliance with humans. Jacob Shell’s narrative vividly depicts elephants’ extraordinary intelligence, and the complicated bond with individual human riders, a partnership that can last for decades. Giants of the Monsoon Forest reveals an unexpected relationship between evolution in the natural world and political struggles in the human one, while considering how Asia’s secret forest culture might offer a way to help protect the fragile spaces both elephants and humans need to survive.

Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast

Author : Robert Van Pelt
Publisher : Global Forest Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast written by Robert Van Pelt and published by Global Forest Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

THE STATE OF THE WORLD’s FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251084025
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book THE STATE OF THE WORLD’s FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-05-25 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication was prepared based on information provided by 86 countries, outcomes from regional and subregional consultations and commissioned thematic studies. It includes: •an overview of definitions and concepts related to Forest Genetic Resources (FGR) and a review of their value; •a description of the main drivers of changes; •the presentation of key emerging technologies; •an analysis of the current status of FGR conservation, use and related developments; •recommendations addressing the challenges and needs. By the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.

Remarkable Trees of the World

Author :
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393049116
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Remarkable Trees of the World written by and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark volume celebrating the most remarkable trees on the planet, Pakenham takes readers on a voyage across four continents and introduces them to arbors of all shapes and sizes--dwarfs, giants, aliens, and monuments. Full-color photos.

Harvesting the Biosphere

Author : Vaclav Smil
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262528274
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Harvesting the Biosphere written by Vaclav Smil and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2015-08-21 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistoric hunting to modern energy production. The biosphere—the Earth's thin layer of life—dates from nearly four billion years ago, when the first simple organisms appeared. Many species have exerted enormous influence on the biosphere's character and productivity, but none has transformed the Earth in so many ways and on such a scale as Homo sapiens. In Harvesting the Biosphere, Vaclav Smil offers an interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistory to the present day. Smil examines all harvests—from prehistoric man's hunting of megafauna to modern crop production—and all uses of harvested biomass, including energy, food, and raw materials. Without harvesting of the biomass, Smil points out, there would be no story of human evolution and advancing civilization; but at the same time, the increasing extent and intensity of present-day biomass harvests are changing the very foundations of civilization's well-being. In his detailed and comprehensive account, Smil presents the best possible quantifications of past and current global losses in order to assess the evolution and extent of biomass harvests. Drawing on the latest work in disciplines ranging from anthropology to environmental science, Smil offers a valuable long-term, planet-wide perspective on human-caused environmental change.

Global Vegetation

Author : Jörg S. Pfadenhauer
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030498603
Total Pages : 858 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Global Vegetation written by Jörg S. Pfadenhauer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-09 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This up-to-date textbook of global vegetation ecology, which comprises the current state of knowledge, is long overdue and much-needed. It is a translation of the textbook “Vegetation der Erde” (Springer-Spektrum, Heidelberg). A short introductory chapter deals with the fundamentals of vegetation ecology that are of importance for the delimitation and characterization of the global vegetation presented in this book (chorology, evolution of plants, physiognomic and structural characteristics, phytodiversity and the human impact on it as well as general terminology concerning both plant growth forms and on vegetation structure types). In the following chapters the zonal and azonal vegetation from the tropics to the polar regions including high mountains is described and discussed. The main focus is on the characterization of interactions between the spatial location of plants and plant communities on the one hand and site conditions, historic and genetic processes, spatial and temporal patterns, ecophysiology and anthropogenic influences on the other hand. Additional information on specific topics is provided in 51 boxes.

Conifers of the World

Author : James E. Eckenwalder
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 0881929743
Total Pages : 745 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book Conifers of the World written by James E. Eckenwalder and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2009-11-14 with total page 745 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researched for more than three decades, this definitive work provides up-to-date descriptions of all the true conifers of the world, including 545 species of trees and shrubs. Written for accessibility to both horticultural and botanical audiences, it is the first comprehensive update of conifer taxonomy in nearly a century. Noted conifer taxonomist James E. Eckenwalder also discusses the relationships among the groups, practical usages, champion trees, fossil occurrences, and biology. New identification guides for the families and genera are based whenever possible on foliage features and thus should be easier to use than traditional conifer keys, which focus on seasonal, and often microscopic, cone characters. Eckenwalder shares the reasoning behind his taxonomic decisions, many of which are unique to this book, reflecting a comprehensive reevaluation of conifer classification. He also outlines the features sought in cultivars of each genus, particular cultivation concerns, and conifers recommended for cultivation under various conditions and to achieve different effects. Some 3,000 cultivars have been available in recent times, more than five times the total number of conifer species. Several hundred original illustrations include drawings of the seed cones for all genera as well as for representative species. Maps of the natural distribution of each genus allow for easy comparison of ranges. Handsome black-and-white photographs of species in their natural habitats and attractive color photos further enrich the volume. More than 100 images reproduce foliage of many genera as an aid in identification. With its unprecedented attention to detail and extensive bibliography, this major work is an essential reference for botanists, naturalists, and horticulturists.

The Natural World of Lewis and Clark

Author : David A. Dalton
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 082626607X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book The Natural World of Lewis and Clark written by David A. Dalton and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dalton reexamines many of Lewis and Clark's discoveries, and their identification of new plants and animals, in the light of modern science to show their lasting biological significance. In clear, readily accessible terms, he relates the Expedition's observations to principles of ecology, genetics, physiology, and animal behavior"--Provided by publisher.

Growth

Author : Vaclav Smil
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262539683
Total Pages : 665 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Growth written by Vaclav Smil and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations. Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the capabilities of our extraordinarily large brains and the fortunes of our economies. Growth is manifested in annual increments of continental crust, a rising gross domestic product, a child's growth chart, the spread of cancerous cells. In this magisterial book, Vaclav Smil offers systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations. Smil takes readers from bacterial invasions through animal metabolisms to megacities and the global economy. He begins with organisms whose mature sizes range from microscopic to enormous, looking at disease-causing microbes, the cultivation of staple crops, and human growth from infancy to adulthood. He examines the growth of energy conversions and man-made objects that enable economic activities—developments that have been essential to civilization. Finally, he looks at growth in complex systems, beginning with the growth of human populations and proceeding to the growth of cities. He considers the challenges of tracing the growth of empires and civilizations, explaining that we can chart the growth of organisms across individual and evolutionary time, but that the progress of societies and economies, not so linear, encompasses both decline and renewal. The trajectory of modern civilization, driven by competing imperatives of material growth and biospheric limits, Smil tells us, remains uncertain.

Douglas Fir

Author : Stephen F. Arno
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1680512005
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Douglas Fir written by Stephen F. Arno and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Westerners familiar with their forests may think they know the Douglas fir--but how well do they? Douglas firs are found in the continental northwest from British Columbia to as far south as Oaxaca, Mexico. They flourish in the Cascades, Rocky Mountains, Sierra, and other mountain ranges, as well as in desert valleys. Incredibly hardy, this tree adopts various strategies to occupy more kinds of habitats than any other native tree, even becoming an uncontrollable invader in some regions, crowding out ponderosa pines, western larch, aspen groves, and mountain grasslands. Yet the utility of this noble species is immense. Douglas firs yield more high-quality construction lumber than any other tree in the world. Most intriguing of all, perhaps, is that the story of the Douglas fir has gone untold. Douglas Fir fills this literary gap and presents an engaging profile of the Douglas fir and its relationship to people, commerce, culture, and wilderness.

Australian Rainforest Woods

Author : Morris Lake
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 1486301800
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book Australian Rainforest Woods written by Morris Lake and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2015-05-25 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australian Rainforest Woods describes 141 of the most significant Australian rainforest trees and their wood. The introductory sections draw the reader into an understanding of the botanical, evolutionary, environmental, historical and international significance of this beautiful but finite Australian resource. The main section examines the species and their wood with photographs, botanical descriptions and a summary of the characteristics of the wood. A section on wood identification includes fundamental information on tree growth and wood structure, as well as images of the basic characteristics. With more than 900 colour images, this is the most comprehensive guide ever written on Australian rainforest woods, both for the amateur and the professional wood enthusiast. It is the first time that macrophotographs of the wood have been shown in association with a physical description of wood characteristics, which will aid identification. This technique was developed by Jean-Claude Cerre, France, and his macrophotographs are included in the book.

The Lonely Giant

Author : Sophie Ambrose
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 076368225X
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book The Lonely Giant written by Sophie Ambrose and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little yellow bird eases a giant's loneliness and inspires him to mend his destructive ways.

Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research, Volume 5

Author : Kumi Yoshida
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118883268
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research, Volume 5 written by Kumi Yoshida and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant polyphenols are secondary metabolites that constitute one of the most common and widespread groups of natural products. They express a large and diverse panel of biological activities including beneficial effects on both plants and humans. Many polyphenols, from their structurally simplest representatives to their oligo/polymeric versions (also referred to as vegetable tannins), are notably known as phytoestrogens, plant pigments, potent antioxidants, and protein interacting agents. Sponsored by the scholarly society Groupe Polyphénols, this publication, which is the fifth volume in this highly regarded Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research series, is edited by Kumi Yoshida, Véronique Cheynier and Stéphane Quideau. They have once again, like their predecessors, put together an impressive collection of cutting-edge chapters written by expert scientists, internationally respected in their respective field of polyphenol sciences. This Volume 5 highlights some of the latest information and opinion on the following major research topics about polyphenols: • Chemistry, physicochemistry & materials science • Biosynthesis, genetic & metabolic engineering • Plant & ecosystem, lignocellulosic biomass • Food, nutrition & health • Natural medicine & Kampo • Tannins & their functions Chemists, biochemists, plant scientists, pharmacognosists and pharmacologists, biologists, ecologists, food scientists and nutritionists will all find this book an invaluable resource. Libraries in all universities and research institutions where these disciplines are studied and taught should have copies on their bookshelves.

Ancient Trees

Author : Anna Lewington
Publisher : Batsford Books
ISBN 13 : 1849940800
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Trees written by Anna Lewington and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2012-11-26 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Among all the varied productions with which Nature has adorned the surfaces of the earth, none awakens our sympathies, or interests our imagination so powerfully as those venerable trees, which seem to have stood the lapse of ages...’ John Muir, 1868 A fascinating celebration of the some of the oldest living organisms on the planet, from the grand Oaks of Europe and mighty Redwoods of California to Africa’s ‘upside-down’ Baobab tree, and from the Ginkgos of China and Korea to the Olive tree, the worldwide symbol of peace. Ancient Trees covers those species of tree that have lived for more than a thousand years: the Redwood, Bristlecone pine, Montezuma Cypress, the Monkey Puzzle, Amazonian Ancients, Yew, Oak, Sweet Chestnut, Lime, Olive, Welwitschia, the Baobab, Kauri, Totara, Antarctic Beech, the Fig, Cedar, and Ginkgo. Anna Lewington, the well-known writer on all things botanical, and leading wildlife photographer Edward Parker provide an illuminating and visually striking history of each tree species, including where the long-living species can still be found, the tree’s botanical details, and its mythical associations.

Forest Giants

Author : Harriet E. Huntington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258027735
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (277 download)

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Download or read book Forest Giants written by Harriet E. Huntington and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

DK Eyewitness Books: Tree

Author : David Burnie
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465449051
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book DK Eyewitness Books: Tree written by David Burnie and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this updated and revised edition of Tree, readers can see a seed grow into a sapling, the changing colors of fall leaves, and the tiny insects that live in rotting leaves on the forest floor, plus learn why deciduous trees lose their leaves in the fall, how a tree breathes, how bark defends trees from attack by animals, and more. Each revised DK Eyewitness book retains the stunning artwork and photography from the groundbreaking original series, but the text has been reduced and reworked to speak more clearly to younger readers. Still on every colorful page: vibrant annotated photographs and the integrated text-and-pictures approach that makes DK Eyewitness a perennial favorite of parents, teachers, and school-age kids.