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  • African Ethnobotany in the Americas

    Edited by Robert Voeks, John Rashford ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    African Ethnobotany in the Americas provides the first comprehensive examination of ethnobotanical knowledge and skills among the African Diaspora in the Americas. Leading scholars on the subject explore the complex relationship between plant use and meaning among the descendants of Africans in the New World. With the aid of archival and field research carried out in North America, South America, ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

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  • The Life of a Leaf

    by Steven Vogel ...
    In its essence, science is a way of looking at and thinking about the world. In The Life of a Leaf, Steven Vogel illuminates this approach, using the humble leaf as a model. Whether plant or person, every organism must contend with its immediate physical environment, a world that both limits what organisms can do and offers innumerable opportunities for evolving fascinating ways of challenging ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Plants

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Timothy Walker ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Plants form a fundamental element of the biosphere, and the evolution of plants has directly affected the evolution of animal life and the evolution of the Earth's climate. Plants have also become essential to humans not only in the form of cereal crops, fruit, and vegetables, but in their many other uses in wood and paper, and in providing medicines. Their aesthetic importance too in our parks ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Trees

    Their Natural History

    by P. A. Thomas ...
    Trees are familiar components of many landscapes, vital to the healthy functioning of the global ecosystem and unparalled in the range of materials which they provide for human use. Yet how much do we really understand about how they work? This 2000 book provides a comprehensive introduction to the natural history of trees, presenting information on all aspects of tree biology and ecology in an ... Read more

    $50.09 USD

  • Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice

    Pattern and Process

    by Monica G. Turner, Robert H. Gardner ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This work provides in-depth analysis of the origins of landscape ecology and its close alignment with the understanding of scale, the causes of landscape pattern, and the interactions of spatial pattern with a variety of ecological processes. The text covers the quantitative approaches that are applied widely in landscape studies, with emphasis on their appropriate use and interpretation.The field ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Science Cultivating Practice

    A History of Agricultural Science in the Netherlands and its Colonies, 1863–1986

    by H. Maat ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Science Cultivating Practice is an institutional history of agricultural science in the Netherlands and its overseas territories. The focus of this study is the variety of views about a proper relationship between science and (agricultural) practice. Such views and plans materialised in the overall organisation of research and education. Moreover, the book provides case studies of genetics and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Red Algae in the Genomic Age

    Edited by Joseph Seckbach, David J. Chapman ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    r ed Algae in Genome Age book most people reading this book have childhood memories about being enthralled at the beach with those rare and mysterious living forms we knew as seaweeds. We were fascinated at that time by their range of red hues and textures, and most of all, their exotic beauty. t o a scientist, red algae represent much more than apparent features. t heir complex forms have ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Dormancy and Resistance in Harsh Environments

    Edited by Joan Cerda, Melody Clark, Esther Lubzens ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Many organisms have evolved the ability to enter into and revive from a dormant state. They can survive for long periods in this state (often even months to years), yet can become responsive again within minutes or hours. This is often, but not necessarily, associated with desiccation. Preserving one’s body and reviving it in future generations is a dream of mankind. To date, however, we have ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Insect Pests of Stored Grain

    Biology, Behavior, and Management Strategies

    by Ranjeet Kumar ...
    Series series Postharvest Biology and Technology
    Stored products of agriculture and animal origin are attacked by more than 600 species of beetles, 70 species of moths, and about 355 species of mites, causing huge quantitative and qualitative losses and insect contamination in food commodities. This is an important quality control problem. This book, Insect Pests of Stored Grain: Biology, Behavior, and Management Strategies, provides ... Read more

    $165.00 USD

  • Genetic Transformation Systems in Fungi, Volume 2

    Edited by Marco A. van den Berg, Karunakaran Maruthachalam ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Fungi are an economic very important class of microbes. Not only do they host a range of versatile enzymes used in industrial applications (biofuels, laundry, food processing), as well do they produce several very important pharmaceutical drugs (statins and penicillins). Moreover, fungal pathogens can cause great damage in agricultural production (Phytophthora and Botrytis) and during mammalian ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Broadening the Genetic Base of Grain Legumes

    Edited by Mohar Singh, Ishwari Singh Bisht, Manoranjan Dutta ...
    Grain legumes play significant and diverse role in the farming systems and provide nutrition security to the largely vegetarian and relatively poorer people around the world. These are ideal crops for achieving three simultaneous developmental goals viz. reducing poverty, improving human health and nutrition and enhancing ecosystem resilience. Globally, grain legumes are the second most important ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Conversation Pieces

    Inspirational objects in UCL’s historic collections

    Edited by Mark Carnall, Sally MacDonald ...
    This book, beautifully illustrated with specially commissioned photography, is a celebration of UCL's unique collections, with leading academics from the university invited to select and write about an object each found inspiring. From a jar of moles to an Egyptian unguent spoon, a finger X-ray to some prehistoric cereal grains, their choices were often surprising, their responses always ... Read more

    $12.49 USD