Author: Tracey Parker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
The essential reference book for anyone working with trees in Guatemala, including foresters, ecologists, botanists, wildlife biolgists, students, tree enthusiasts, and backyard gardeners. This work describes over 2,300 species and varieties of trees found in Guatemala, both native and introduced, aided by more than 930 detailed drawings. A glossary of botanical terms, with illustrations, are included to clarify the terms used.Trees of Guatemala is the most useful book any plant scientist or ecologist in Guatemala can own, covering both native and introduced species. The volume includes comprehensive botanical information for the expert, and a wealth of information on the ecology, distribution and uses of Guatemalan trees for the non-botanist. A unified summary for each species is designed to help the plant enthusiast, whether identifying trees in gardens, parks, along roadsides or in native forests.Tracey Parker, PhD, forest ecologist, environmental consultant, professor and photographer, holds a bachelor's degree in forestry from Colorado State University, and masters and doctorate from the University of Idaho.
Trees of Guatemala
Author: Tracey Parker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
The essential reference book for anyone working with trees in Guatemala, including foresters, ecologists, botanists, wildlife biolgists, students, tree enthusiasts, and backyard gardeners. This work describes over 2,300 species and varieties of trees found in Guatemala, both native and introduced, aided by more than 930 detailed drawings. A glossary of botanical terms, with illustrations, are included to clarify the terms used.Trees of Guatemala is the most useful book any plant scientist or ecologist in Guatemala can own, covering both native and introduced species. The volume includes comprehensive botanical information for the expert, and a wealth of information on the ecology, distribution and uses of Guatemalan trees for the non-botanist. A unified summary for each species is designed to help the plant enthusiast, whether identifying trees in gardens, parks, along roadsides or in native forests.Tracey Parker, PhD, forest ecologist, environmental consultant, professor and photographer, holds a bachelor's degree in forestry from Colorado State University, and masters and doctorate from the University of Idaho.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
The essential reference book for anyone working with trees in Guatemala, including foresters, ecologists, botanists, wildlife biolgists, students, tree enthusiasts, and backyard gardeners. This work describes over 2,300 species and varieties of trees found in Guatemala, both native and introduced, aided by more than 930 detailed drawings. A glossary of botanical terms, with illustrations, are included to clarify the terms used.Trees of Guatemala is the most useful book any plant scientist or ecologist in Guatemala can own, covering both native and introduced species. The volume includes comprehensive botanical information for the expert, and a wealth of information on the ecology, distribution and uses of Guatemalan trees for the non-botanist. A unified summary for each species is designed to help the plant enthusiast, whether identifying trees in gardens, parks, along roadsides or in native forests.Tracey Parker, PhD, forest ecologist, environmental consultant, professor and photographer, holds a bachelor's degree in forestry from Colorado State University, and masters and doctorate from the University of Idaho.
Common Trees of Guatemala
Author: Tracey Parker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780971873926
Category : Plants
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Full text in Spanish & English. COMMON TREES OF GUATEMALA is a valuable resource for naturalists, gardeners and students. Its 215 trees are richly illustrated with over 1,500 detailed photographs. THE AUTHOR, Tracey Parker, is a forester and has lived in Latin America and the Caribbean for 17 years, teaching dendrology, conducting research in forest ecology and working in conservation. ÁRBOLES COMUNES DE GUATEMALA es un recurso valioso para naturalistas, jardineros y estudiantes. Sus 215 árboles están ricamente ilustrados con más de 1,500 fotografías detalladas. LA AUTORA, Tracey Parker, es una ingeniera forestal y ha vivido en Latinoamérica y el Caribe durante 17 años, enseñando dendrología, realizando investigaciones en ecología forestal y trabajando en la conservación.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780971873926
Category : Plants
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Full text in Spanish & English. COMMON TREES OF GUATEMALA is a valuable resource for naturalists, gardeners and students. Its 215 trees are richly illustrated with over 1,500 detailed photographs. THE AUTHOR, Tracey Parker, is a forester and has lived in Latin America and the Caribbean for 17 years, teaching dendrology, conducting research in forest ecology and working in conservation. ÁRBOLES COMUNES DE GUATEMALA es un recurso valioso para naturalistas, jardineros y estudiantes. Sus 215 árboles están ricamente ilustrados con más de 1,500 fotografías detalladas. LA AUTORA, Tracey Parker, es una ingeniera forestal y ha vivido en Latinoamérica y el Caribe durante 17 años, enseñando dendrología, realizando investigaciones en ecología forestal y trabajando en la conservación.
Guatemala in Pictures
Author: Rita J. Markel
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780822519980
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Discusses the geography, history, government, people, cultural life, and economy of Guatemala.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780822519980
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Discusses the geography, history, government, people, cultural life, and economy of Guatemala.
The Avocado in Guatemala
Author: Wilson Popenoe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Avocado
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Avocado
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Bibliographical Bulletin
Author: United States. Dept. of Agriculture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
The Forests of Continental Latin America, Including European Possessions
Bibliographical Bulletin
Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees
Author: M.M. Grandtner
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080460186
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1531
Book Description
This dictionary will present all currently accepted generic, specific, sub-specific and variety names of trees, excluding fossil and more recently extinct taxa, hybrids and cultivars. Only the indigenous trees of a continent, those wild species that were natural elements of the spontaneous forest vegetation before the arrival of Europeans or other colonizers, are included.Each generic entry includes the family to which it is assigned, the synonyms of the Latin name, and the English, French, Spanish, trade and other names. For the English and French names the standard name is listed first, followed by other available names with, in parentheses, the countries where they are used. Where appropriate, names in additional languages are also included.Each infrageneric (species, subspecies, variety) entry includes, in addition, the distribution, height, type of foliage, ecological characteristics and main uses of the tree when available.In this volume only taxa indigenous on the North American continent are included, considered in a geographical, not in a political sense. This means from Alaska and Greenland to Panama, including Caribbean, but excluding Hawaii.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080460186
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1531
Book Description
This dictionary will present all currently accepted generic, specific, sub-specific and variety names of trees, excluding fossil and more recently extinct taxa, hybrids and cultivars. Only the indigenous trees of a continent, those wild species that were natural elements of the spontaneous forest vegetation before the arrival of Europeans or other colonizers, are included.Each generic entry includes the family to which it is assigned, the synonyms of the Latin name, and the English, French, Spanish, trade and other names. For the English and French names the standard name is listed first, followed by other available names with, in parentheses, the countries where they are used. Where appropriate, names in additional languages are also included.Each infrageneric (species, subspecies, variety) entry includes, in addition, the distribution, height, type of foliage, ecological characteristics and main uses of the tree when available.In this volume only taxa indigenous on the North American continent are included, considered in a geographical, not in a political sense. This means from Alaska and Greenland to Panama, including Caribbean, but excluding Hawaii.
The Forests of Continental Latin America
Author: Frances Josephine Flick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description