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Stratification of tropical forests as seen in leaf structure
Part 2
Av B. Rollet, Ch. Högermann m. fl.
Inbunden, 1990
2188 kr
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This volume is the last contribution of a series of With the present book, a further gap concern studies concerned with the plant material of one ing leaf morphology and leaf venation, as well and the same area of Venezuelan Guiana. The as some structural peculiarities of physiological importance, …
Quantitative approaches to phytogeography
Av Pier Luigi Nimis, T.J. Crovello
Inbunden, 1990
2188 kr
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Many aspects of phytogeography have gained loped numerical techniques which allow the com greatly from the recent development of analytical bination of quantitative floristic and vegetational and numerical methods. The new methods have analyses with mapping and causal or evolu opened up new …
Wetland Ecology and Management: Case Studies
Av Dennis F. Whigham, R.E. Good m. fl.
Inbunden, 1990
1643 kr
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This book contains papers on the topics of brought together wetland SCientists from all wetland ecology and management, most of continents and provided an opportunity to exchange valuable information on a variety of which were presented at the 2nd International Wetlands Conference in Trebon, …
Plant demography in vegetation succession
Av K Falinska
Häftad, 1991
2188 kr
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This book is the synthesis of research on the and preparation of the book. Professor J. B. Falinski and his co-workers substantially helped dynamics of vegetation conducted in the Bialo- in organizing the study area and providing finan- wieia Primeval Forest (North-Eastern Poland), following the …
Towards the rational use of high salinity tolerant plants
Vol 1: Deliberations about High Salinity Tolerant Plants and Ecosystems
Av Helmut Lieth, A.A. Al Masoom
Inbunden, 1992
3279 kr
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The symposium on high salinity tolerant plants, held at the University of Al Ain in December 1990, dealt primarily with plants tolerting salinity levels exceeding that of ocean water and which at the same time are promising for utilization in agriculture or forestry. The papers of the proceedings …
Towards the rational use of high salinity tolerant plants
Vol 2: Agriculture and forestry under marginal soil water conditions
Av Helmut Lieth, A.A. Al Masoom
Inbunden, 1993
2188 kr
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The Symposium on high salinity tolerant plants, held at the University of Al Ain in December 1990, dealt primarily with plants tolerating salinity levels exceeding that of ocean water and which at the same time are promising for utilization in agriculture or forestry. These plants could be very …
East Africa’s grasses and fodders: Their ecology and husbandry
Av G. Boonman
Inbunden, 1993
2188 kr
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This book is based on more than 1000 references to English and French articles produced in the region over many decades. A comprehensive review of the achievements in farming and research in both wet- and dryland is given, related to the grassland of: Eastern Africa, extending from Malawi to …
Restoration of Tropical Forest Ecosystems
Proceedings of the Symposium held on October 7–10, 1991
Inbunden, 1993
2188 kr
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The destruction of the tropical forests continues rapidly. We all know that this has global, ecological and economic consequences. The problem is of such magnitude that it can only be compared to warfare. The destruction of tropical forests is not only detrimental to the global ecology but also …
Plant-Animal Interactions in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems
Av M. Arianoutsou, R. H. Groves
Inbunden, 1994
879 kr
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This volume comprises invited contributions on aspects of plant-animal interactions in Mediterranean-type ecosystems, which was the subject of the Sixth International Conference on Mediterranean Climate Ecosystems held in Crete, Greece, from September 23 - 27, 1991. The subject of plant-animal …
Halophytes as a resource for livestock and for rehabilitation of degraded lands
Av V. Squires, A.T. Ayoub
Inbunden, 1994
2188 kr
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Desertification (land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting mainly from adverse human impacts) is the main environmental problem of dry lands, which occupy more than 40 per cent of the total global land area. The phenomenon threatens about 3.6 billion hectares and …
Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems in Monsoon Asia
Av T. Hirose, B.H. Walker
Inbunden, 1996
1643 kr
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Forest vegetation is distributed in monsoon Asia continuously from boreal forests through temperate to tropical rain forests. This vegetation - the richest in the world - is being subjected to global change on an unprecedented scale. It has been predicted that boreal forests will experience the …
Biodiversity in ecosystems: principles and case studies of different complexity levels
Inbunden, 1999
1643 kr
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This volume investigates biodiversity on the coenosis and landscape levels. Phytosociological and animal-ecological fields are considered, as well as theoretical approaches to biodiversity and aspects of its application in nature and landscape protection and preservation. Since biodiversity has so …
Biomonitoring: General and Applied Aspects on Regional and Global Scales
Av C. a. Burga, A. Kratochwil m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1643 kr
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This volume contains a selection of 14 articles dealing with different aspects of biomonitoring and their relation to questions of global change. During the last 10 - 15 years, vegetation changes due to various causes have been more intensively studied in biological and environmental sciences. …
Biodiversity in ecosystems: principles and case studies of different complexity levels
Av A. Kratochwil, Anselm Kratochwil
Häftad, 2001
1643 kr
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This volume does not aim at merely adding to the vast and increasing number of individual publications on `biodiversity'. Rather it is our objective to investigate biodiversity on the previously little studied coenosis and landscape levels. Phytosociological and animal-ecological fields are …
Sabkha Ecosystems
Volume I: The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries
Inbunden, 2002
2188 kr
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Research on sabkha (sand flat) ecology commenced only in the latter half of the 20th century, previously sabkhat were considered as wasteland. However, contemporary environmental managers realize that sabkhat are ecosystems with a research, development, and conservation value. This …
Prospects for Saline Agriculture
Av R. Ahmad, K.A. Malik
Inbunden, 2002
2188 kr
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Saline land is a resource capable of significant production. Recent advances in research in breeding for salt tolerance in wheat, biotechnology in rice, and selection and rehabilitation of salt-tolerant plants are of economic importance in arid/saline conditions.This book gives some practical …
Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies
10 Years after Al Ain Meeting
Av Helmut Lieth, Marina Mochtchenko
Inbunden, 2004
2188 kr
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This volume is a landmark in the development of the of pilot plantations in order to demonstrate the eco halophyte ecology research and development for the logical sustainability and the economic feasibility of saline irrigated production systems. following reasons: This book is intended to …
Ecophysiology of High Salinity Tolerant Plants
Av M. Ajmal Khan, Darrell J. Weber
Inbunden, 2005
2188 kr
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The halophytes are highly specialized plants, which have greater tolerance to salt. They can germinate, grow and reproduce successfully in saline areas which would cause the death of regular plants. Most halophytic species are found in salt marsh systems along seashores or around landlocked inland …
Plants and Climate Change
Av Jelte Rozema, Rien Aerts m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1643 kr
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Plants and Climate Change focuses on how climate affects or affected the biosphere and vice versa both in the present and past. The chapters describe how ecosystems from the Antarctic and Arctic and from other latitudes respond to global climate change.The papers highlight plant responses to …
Sabkha Ecosystems
Volume II: West and Central Asia
Av M. Ajmal Khan, Benno Böer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1643 kr
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Sabkha Ecosystems Volume I: The Arabian Peninsula and Adjacent Countries was published in 2002. It was the first comprehensive volume dealing with the subject of sabkha research, and sabkha environmental management. Valuable new information was provided for the sabkha of numerous countries on and …
Mangroves and Halophytes
Restoration and Utilisation
Av Helmut Lieth, Maxímo García Sucre m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
1643 kr
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Focusing on Venezuela and Mexico, this edited volume from the International Society of Halophyte Utilisation (ISHU) explores the environmental issues facing South and Central America's coastal ecosystems, and discusses the uses of mangrove species and other halophytes in addressing issues of both …
Salinity and Water Stress
Improving Crop Efficiency
Av M. Ashraf, M. Ozturk m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
1642 kr
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Salinity and water stress limit crop productivity worldwide and generate substantial economic losses each year, yet innovative research on crop and natural resource management can reveal cost-effective ways in which farmers can increase both their productivity and their income.Presenting recent …
Ecophysiology of High Salinity Tolerant Plants
Av M. Ajmal Khan, Darrell J. Weber
Häftad, 2008
2187 kr
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The halophytes are highly specialized plants, which have greater tolerance to salt. They can germinate, grow and reproduce successfully in saline areas which would cause the death of regular plants. Most halophytic species are found in salt marsh systems along seashores or around landlocked inland …
Sabkha Ecosystems
Volume VI: Asia/Pacific
Av Bilquees Gul, Benno Böer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1643 kr
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This book is the sixth and final volume in the Tasks for Vegetation Science book series, and it concludes the most comprehensive scientific documentation dealing with hypersaline ecosystems of the world.
Sabkha Ecosystems
Volume V: The Americas
Av M. Ajmal Khan, Benno Boër m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1643 kr
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This book is a part of the Sabkha Ecosystems series which was designed to provide information on sabkha ecosystems of different regions and to add to the collective knowledge available about saline ecosystems. The comprehensive coverage assists the reader gaining a thorough understanding of sabkha …
Sabkha Ecosystems
Volume V: The Americas
Av M. Ajmal Khan, Benno Boër m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
1643 kr
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This book is a part of the Sabkha Ecosystems series which was designed to provide information on sabkha ecosystems of different regions and to add to the collective knowledge available about saline ecosystems. The comprehensive coverage assists the reader gaining a thorough understanding of sabkha …
Chemical Elements in Plants and Soil: Parameters Controlling Essentiality
Inbunden, 2009
1643 kr
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Earlier works on plant essential elements have revealed a series of complicated, counter-intuitive relationships among various chemical elements in different plant species, due to both unlike usage of certain elements in plants and to different carriers effecting resorption and transport.In an …
East Africa’s grasses and fodders: Their ecology and husbandry
Av G. Boonman
Häftad, 2011
2188 kr
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The series Tasks for Vegetation Science is devoted to a variety of research aspects in vegetation science, pure as wellas applied. Of the applied problems one of the most pressing is to achieve better knowledge and improvement of the pasture vegetation in tropical and subtropical regions. As series …
Restoration of Tropical Forest Ecosystems
Proceedings of the Symposium held on October 7–10, 1991
Häftad, 2010
2188 kr
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The destruction of the tropical forests proceeds Nobody at the symposium believed that the rapidly. We all know that this has global ecologi tropical forest area would remain untouched. cal and economical consequences. The problem The population explosion takes care of that argu is of such …
Biomonitoring: General and Applied Aspects on Regional and Global Scales
Av Conradin A. Burga, Anselm Kratochwil
Häftad, 2010
1643 kr
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This volume contains a selection of 14 articles dealing with different aspects of biomonitoring and their relation to questions of global change. During the last 10 - 15 years, vegetation changes due to various causes have been more intensively studied in biological and environmental sciences. …
