Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download A Natural History of Ferns PDF full book. Access full book title A Natural History of Ferns by Robbin C. Moran. Download full books in PDF and EPUB format.
Author: Robbin C. Moran Publisher: Timber Press ISBN: 9781604690620 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
A Natural History of Ferns is an entertaining and informative look at why ferns and their relatives are unique among plants. Ferns live in habitats from the tropics to polar latitudes, and unlike seed plants, which endow each seed with the resources to help their offspring, ferns reproduce by minute spores. There are floating ferns, ferns that climb or live on trees, and ferns that are trees. There are poisonous ferns, iridescent ferns, and resurrection ferns that survive desert heat and drought. This book is only available through print on demand. All interior art is black and white.
Author: Robbin C. Moran Publisher: Timber Press ISBN: 9781604690620 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
A Natural History of Ferns is an entertaining and informative look at why ferns and their relatives are unique among plants. Ferns live in habitats from the tropics to polar latitudes, and unlike seed plants, which endow each seed with the resources to help their offspring, ferns reproduce by minute spores. There are floating ferns, ferns that climb or live on trees, and ferns that are trees. There are poisonous ferns, iridescent ferns, and resurrection ferns that survive desert heat and drought. This book is only available through print on demand. All interior art is black and white.
Author: Santiago Carrizosa Publisher: IUCN ISBN: 2831708168 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 332
Book Description
The book aims to address the lack of information on the experiences of others by providing a comparative analysis of national access and benefit-sharing laws and policies in the 41 Pacific Rim countries that signed the CBD. It provides key insights on the main characteristics of selected access and benefit-sharing (ABS) policies and laws, their development, and implementation process. It contains a detailed comparative analysis of existing laws and policies. It presents four case studies of countries with regulations in place and contrasts them with four case studies of countries that are struggling to develop their regulations. It ends by discussing options of an international regime on ABS and a summary analysis of the main lessons and recommendations from the study.
Author: Missouri Botanical Garden Publisher: ISBN: Category : Botany Languages : en Pages : 532
Book Description
The January number of each volume contains the annual reports of the officers of the board and the director, 1913-1977; the annual reports are issued as the May issues of each volume, -1987.
Author: Shibu Jose Publisher: Springer ISBN: 9789400730489 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Agroforestry systems are believed to provide a number of ecosystem services; however, until recently evidence in the agroforestry literature supporting these perceived benefits has been lacking. This volume brings together a series of papers from around the globe to address recent findings on the ecosystem services and environmental benefits provided by agroforestry. Specifically, this volume examines four major ecosystem services and environmental benefits: (1) carbon sequestration, (2) biodiversity conservation, (3) soil enrichment and (4) air and water quality. Past and present evidence clearly indicates that agroforestry, as part of a multifunctional working landscape, can be a viable land-use option that, in addition to alleviating poverty, offers a number of ecosystem services and environmental benefits. This realization should help promote agroforestry and its role as an integral part of a multifunctional working landscape the world over. The book should be particularly useful to students, professionals, researchers and policy makers involved in natural resource management, agroforestry, biodiversity conservation, and environmental management. Reprinted from Agroforestry Systems, Volume 76, No. 1 (2009)
Author: Ariel E. Lugo Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 0387217789 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 444
Book Description
Big-Leaf Mahogany is the most important commercial timber species of the tropics. Current debate concerning whether to protect it as an endangered species has been hampered by the lack of complete, definitive scientific documentation. This book reports on vital research on the ecology of big-leaf mahogany, including genetic variations, regeneration, natural distribution patterns and the silvicutural and trade implications for the tree.
Author: Aaron M. Ellison Publisher: MDPI ISBN: 3039213091 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 274
Book Description
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Causes and Consequences of Species Diversity in Forest Ecosystems that was published in Forests
Author: Charles R. McManis Publisher: Earthscan ISBN: 1849770573 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 521
Book Description
How do we promote global economic development, while simultaneously preserving local biological and cultural diversity? This authoritative volume, written by leading legal experts and biological and social scientists from around the world, addresses this question in all of its complexity. The first part of the book focuses on biodiversity and examines what we are losing, why and what is to be done. The second part addresses biotechnology and looks at whether it is part of the solution or part of the problem, or perhaps both. The third section examines traditional knowledge, explains what it is and how, if at all, it should be protected. The fourth and final part looks at ethnobotany and bioprospecting and offers practical lessons from the vast and diverse experiences of the contributors.
Author: Nakashima, Douglas Publisher: UNESCO Publishing ISBN: 9231002767 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 336
Book Description
This unique transdisciplinary publication is the result of collaboration between UNESCO's Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) programme, the United Nations University's Traditional Knowledge Initiative, the IPCC, and other organisations
Author: Robbin C. Moran
Author: Robbin C. Moran
Author: Santiago Carrizosa
Author: Missouri Botanical Garden
Author: Shibu Jose
Author: Ariel E. Lugo
Author: C. M. McKell
Author: Matteo Garbelotto 
Author: Aaron M. Ellison
Author: Charles R. McManis
Author: Nakashima, Douglas