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Books on Nature > Trees & Forests
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William Bryant Logan
[Ebook, Adobe epub]
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From ink to sailing ships, a biography of the essential tree. The story of oak is at the root of everything we know. The oak tree is everywhere in the temperate zones of the world; knowing how to use it has made an astonishing difference to human history. Acorn-eating has... more
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Donald L Klass
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Description: Biomass for Renewable Energy, Fuels, and Chemicals serves as a comprehensive introduction to the subject for the student and educator, and is useful for researchers who are interested in the technical details of biomass energy production. The coverage and discussion are multidisciplinary, reflecting the many scientific and engineering disciplines... more
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Edward A Johnson ,
Kiyoko Miyanishi
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Description: Even before the myth of Prometheus, fire played a crucial ecological role around the world. Numerous plant communities depend on fire to generate species diversity in both time and space. Without fire such ecosystems would become sterile monocultures. Recent efforts to prohibit fire in fire dependent communities have contributed... more
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Gerald Durrell
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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THE DRUNKEN FOREST GERALD DURRELL Gerald Durrell is among the best-selling authors in English. His adventurous spirit and his spontaneous gift for narrative and anecdote stand out in his accounts of expeditions in Africa and South America in search of rare animals. He divines the characters of these creatures with... more
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Christopher J Biermann
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Description: In its Second Edition, Handbook of Pulping and Papermaking is a comprehensive reference for industry and academia. The book offers a concise yet thorough introduction to the process of papermaking from the production of wood chips to the final testing and use of the paper product. The author has... more
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Charles Lathrop Pack
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying allowed, 15 selections every 1 days. Printing allowed, unlimited pages every unlimited days. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. From the book: Our forests, with their billions of trees, are the backbone of agriculture, the skeleton of lumbering, and the heart of... more
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Tatjana Reeg ,
Albrecht Bemmann ,
Werner Konold
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2009]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copy allowed for 15 selections within interval of 365 days Print allowed : Unlimited Read aloud allowed : Unlimited... more
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Hans Peter Degischer
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2009]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copy allowed for 15 selections within interval of 365 days Print allowed : Unlimited Read aloud not allowed.... more
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Piers Warren
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2006]
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Description: British Native Trees - Their Past and Present Uses Including a guide to burning wood in the home A new book by trained tree surgeon and smallholder Piers Warren This unique book explores the past and present uses of products (wood, bark, fruit, sap etc) of the 35 species... more
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Scott Rozelle
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2000]
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Description: This OED study finds that while China ' s forest program was highly successful, much remains to be done. Too little is known, for example, about the distribution of benefits between households and production and marketing units. The implications of the recent logging ban require careful analysis. Policy reforms,... more
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World Bank
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2008]
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Description: The Forests Source Book provides practical operations-oriented guidance for forest sector engagement toward the goals of poverty reduction, conservation and economic development. Intended to guide World Bank lending activities and projects, the Forests Source Book offers information useful to a broad audience of practitioners, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations.... more
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Kenneth M Chomitz ,
Piet Buys ,
Giacomo De Luca
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2006]
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Despite the vast number of books and reports on tropical deforestation, there's confusion about the causes of forest loss and forest poverty, and the effectiveness of policy responses. This book seeks to describe ways to reconcile pressures for agricultural expansion in the tropics with the urgent needs for both forest... more
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David Suzuki ,
Wayne Grady
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2007]
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Description: Only God can make a tree, wrote Joyce Kilmer in one of the most celebrated of poems. In Tree: A Life Story, authors David Suzuki and Wayne Grady extend that celebration in a biography of this extraordinary and extraordinarily important organism. A story that spans a millennium and includes... more
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Byron K Williams ,
Michael J Conry
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2002]
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Description: Analysis and Management of Animal Populations deals with the processes involved in making informed decisions about the management of animal populations. It covers the modeling of population responses to management actions, the estimation of quantities needed in the modeling effort, and the application of these estimates and models to... more
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William L Kahrl
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 1983]
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Nigel J Chaffey
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2004]
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Description: Trees, a major component of the biosphere, can provide solutions to modern challenges of global warming and dwindling fossil fuel reserves. Unfortunately, too little is known about the biology of these plants, due to a lack of appropriate techniques for studying how they are formed. Wood Formation in Trees... more
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P A Thomas
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 1996]
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Description: 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 book provides a comprehensive introduction to the natural... more
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Richard Condit ,
Rolando Perez ,
Nefertaris Daguerre
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2010]
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"This is an impressive tour-de-force of tropical plant identification. The lively writing is accessible to nonspecialists, while the broad taxonomic coverage and authoritative species descriptions make this guide useful to professional botanists."--Brad Boyle, University of Arizona "This book is exceptionally well organized and extremely user friendly, and the text is... more
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Kim Derek Pritts
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2010]
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Cultivitation, history, creating a ginseng garden, establishing healthy growing conditions, and finding the plant in the wild. This popular guide to cultivating and using ginseng has been updated to include the most recent information on ginseng cultivation. The book explains how to identify different species of ginseng and how to... more
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Thomas Marent ,
Ben Morgan
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2007]
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Join photographer Marent as he captures images of rainforest life and tells the story of his journey through spectacular, full-color photos. Follow the story and live the experience of one man's photographic journey through the rainforests of the world. 16+ years in the making, packed with spectacular photographs from Thomas... more
