Author: Eef ArnoldsPublisher:
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Category : Ascomycetes
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Ecology and Coenology of Macrofungi in Grasslands and Moist Heathlands in Drenthe, the Netherlands
Author: Eef ArnoldsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ascomycetes
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Fungi in vegetation science
Author: W. WinterhoffPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401124140
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Readers will perhaps be surprised to find a volume about fungi within a handbook of vegetation science. Although fungi traditionally feature in textbooks on botany, at least since Whittaker (1969), they have mostly been categorised as an independent kingdom of organisms or, in contrast to the animal and plant kingdom, as probionta together with algae and protozoa. More relevant for ecology than the systematic separation of fungi from plants is the different lifestyle of fungi which, in contrast to most plants, live as parasites, saprophytes or in symbiosis. Theoretical factors aside, there are also practical methodological considerations which favour the distinction between fungal and plant communities, as has been shown for example by Dörfelt (1974). Despite their special position the coenology of fungi has been dealt with in the handbook of vegetation science. It would be wrong to conclude that we underestimate the important differences between fungal and plant communities. The reasons for including the former are that mycocoenology developed from phytocoenology, the similarity of the methods and concepts still employed today and the close correlation between fungi and plants in biocoenoses.
Permanence in Diversity
Author: Louwrens HacquebordPublisher: Barkhuis
ISBN: 9080739073
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
With the publication of this special issue of Circumpolar Journal, the Arctic Centre of the University of Groningen would like to honour Piet Oosterveld as the driving force behind biological research on Edgeøya, Spitsbergen. He invested large amounts of time and energy in this research and he was an inspiration for many students.The book starts with an article about Piet Oosterveld's Arctic activities written by Louwrens Hacquebord. After some fieldwork in Iceland Piet Oosterveld's Arctic career really started with a wintering spent on Edgeøya in 1968-1969. In this book Piet Oosterveld's companion Ko de Korte reports on this wintering. Some years later Piet Oosterveld was the instigator of the Reindeer Environment Expedition to Edgeøya in 1977. The most important product of this expedition, the ecological landscape map, was never published. In our opinion this ecological landscape map merits publication and fortunately Ies Zonneveld was willing to revise the article accompanying the map which is to be found at the back of the book. In this article the results of the ecological survey are presented.The articles of Arend J. van Dijk and Hester D. Heinemeijer also deal with the ornithological and botanical results of the Reindeer Environment Expedition Svalbard.
Mycorrhizal Biology
Author: K.G. MukerjiPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461542650
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
`The fundamental problem the world faces today, is the rapidly increasing pressure of population on the limited resources of the land. To meet the ever increasing demands of expanding populations, agricultural production has been raised through the abundant use of inorganic fertilizers, the adoption of multicropping systems and liberal application of chemical pesticides (fungicides, bactericides, etc. ). Though the use of chemicals has increased the yield dramatically, it has also resulted in the rapid deterioration of land and water resources apart from wastage of scarce resources. This has adversely affected the biological balance and lead to the presence of toxic residues in food, soil and water in addition to imposing economic constraints on developing countries.' (From the Preface) Mycorrhizal Biology addresses the global problem of land degradation and the associated loss of soil productivity and decline in soil quality caused by exploitative farming practices and poor management in developing countries, and the far reaching socio-economic and ecological consequences of its impact on agricultural productivity and the environment. In the light of a need for sustainable development, a new system of productive agriculture, to ensure the efficient management of agricultural inputs for long term high crop productivity with minimum damage to the ecological and socio-economic environment is essential. The management of mycorrhizal fungi will form a significant part of such a system and this work investigates the key association of plant roots with mycorrhizal fungi, known to benefit plants under conditions of nutritional and water stress and pathogen challenge and analyses the developments in our understanding of the genetic loci that govern mycorrhiza formation.
Canadian Journal of Botany
Author: Opera Botanica
Author: Books in Print Supplement
Author: Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2168
Book Description
Fungi of Australia
Author: Tony YoungPublisher:
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Category : Fungi
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Documents 92 species and infra-specific taxa of the four Australian genera: Hygrophorus, Camarophyllopsis, Humidicutis and Hygrocybe. This volume provides identification keys, descriptions and synonymy for each species, habitat information and a distribution map for each species. Photos and line illustrations of most species are included.
Macromycetes and Air Pollution
Author: Gro GuldenPublisher: Balogh Scientific Books
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
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