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Improved drought tolerance, resistance to disease, and increased fruiting are just a few of the ways mycorrhizal fungi can enhance plant performance. Bestselling author Jeff Lowenfels clearly explains how beneficial fungi can make or bread a plant's success, and how to best optimize the advantages. Applicable to all types of cultivation - from agriculture to horticulture and ornamental gardens to legal cannabis propagation - Teaming with Fungi reveals...
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El actual modelo forestal instaurado desde comienzos de la dictadura, cuyas externalidades negativas en el ámbito social y del medio ambiente vienen generando estragos en el sector forestal, ya no da para más. Es por ello que la Agrupación de Ingenieros Forestales por el Bosque Nativo (AIFBN) hacen aquí una propuesta para un nuevo modelo que permita enfrentar la pérdida de biodiversidad, el avance de la desertificación y los desafíos que nos...
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Fire can be a destructive, deadly element of nature, capable of obliterating forests, destroying homes, and taking lives. Den Latham's Painting the Landscape with Fire describes this phenomenon but also tells a different story, one that reveals the role of fire ecology in healthy, dynamic forests. Fire is a beneficial element which allows the longleaf forests of America's Southeast to survive. In recent decades, foresters and landowners have become...
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For half a century, Bob Frakes pursued his "Forest Lookout Tower" hobby. All the time he collected papers, pictures, stories and friends. He was, urged to put his memories down in a book and not let them be, forgotten.
"Remembering Missouri's Lookout Towers, A Place above the Trees" is finished.
It contains history. What preceded and created a need for the towers? It has stories. What is the goat doing on the top steps? It has technical information....
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The West's vast ponderosa pine forest has been home to people for thousands of years. Ponderosa from distant mountains provided timbers for the ancient pueblos of the Southwest. Pioneers on horseback extolled the giant pines and grassy glades of yesterday's forest. Ponderosa timber was used to build Gold Rush-era flumes, sluice boxes, and mine shafts, as well as ties and trestles for the transcontinental railroad.
Ponderosa: People Fire, and the...
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Covering 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, the longleaf pine ecosystem was, in its prime, one of the most extensive and biologically diverse ecosystems in North America. Today these magnificent forests have declined to a fraction of their original extent, threatening such species as the gopher tortoise, the red-cockaded woodpecker, and the Venus fly-trap. Conservationists have proclaimed longleaf restoration a major goal, but has it come too...
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This book provides a series of exercises of various types covering matters of hydrology and watershed management. The exercises include true/false questions, multiple choice questions, and numeric, graphical, and analytical exercises. The questions draw on the basic disciplines of hydrology and physics, with some stress placed on correct or appropriate units. The questions reflect the authors' many years of teaching watershed management at undergraduate...
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When the dust settled after the restructuring of the Canadian forest industry at the beginning of the 21st century and many of the major players such as MacMillan Bloedel, Doman Industries and Slocan Forest Products vanished into memory, one feisty player remained standing, stronger than ever: Terminal Forest Products. Remarkably, Terminal was privately owned by one man, a Sikh immigrant and former labourer named Asa Singh Johal. Who was he and how...
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At the time of his death in 1907, John Waldie, founder of the Victoria Harbour Lumber Company, was identified as "the second largest lumber operator in Canada." A young Scottish immigrant who came to Wellington Square (now Burlington, Ontario) in 1842, he rose to prominence as a wealthy merchant and ship owner. In 1885 he entered the lumber business. Active in local and federal politics, and a friend of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, he invested capital in...
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Extrait : "Au milieu des efforts incessants qui se produisent sur tous les points de 'Europe pour découvrir de nouveaux éléments de richesse ; quand on considère l'activité, l'intelligence avec lesquelles mille agents artificiels sont mis en mouvement pour décupler les forces motrices et les agents producteurs, il n'est rien d'aussi pénible que de voir une vaste contrée, à laquelle le ciel a prodigué les faveurs d'un climat chaud et d'une...
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Nick Raeside worked at many jobs in the logging business but the one that he specialized in was starting fires-small, (hopefully) controlled fires used to clean up logging slash or debris-laden sites left after the merchantable timber had been removed. It was a crude way of reducing fire hazard and clearing the ground for replanting, and there was a constant danger that the controlled burns would get away and become real wildfires, destroying millions...
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In his introduction, Don MacCaskill wrote modestly, 'I think I became a naturalist'. He was, in fact, one of Scotland's foremost naturalists and a remarkable wildlife photographer as well. In a flashback to his early years in Kilmartin, a village in Argyllshire, we learn of his awakening interest in man's relationship with the wildlife all around him - why was it necessary to kill it? And when accident, or fate, took him into a career in forestry,...
13) Trees
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A long-awaited volume in the New Naturalist series examining the trees of Britain. Trees are immensely valuable. They give shape to our lives with wood, the material that makes our homes, our books, our belongings, they nourish us with the air we breathe and the fruits we eat, and they sustain us, with their shade and the comfort of their presence. They are also fascinating — they are the biggest and oldest living organisms on the planet and are...
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Nearing the end of a lifetime in the boreal forest, a retired forester writes a passionate plea for rational, science-based forest management. The boreal forest is constantly changing, often dramatically. We like to picture it as a stable, balanced system. Really, it is anything but stable. The boreal forest is dynamic. For over sixty years, forester Malcolm F. Squires has seen mature forests within protected areas devastated by insects, moose, wind,...
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Building a fire to warm your home is incredibly satisfying. Splitting logs, stacking and seasoning the wood, and then building a fire is the height of self-sufficiency. Norwegian Wood is a practical and inspiring book that teaches you how to do all of those things. A runaway best-seller in Europe, the book provides in-depth information about tree types, wood-stacking methods, tools, and stoves; it also examines the history of man's longstanding need...
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In The Life of a Forestry Ploughman, Peter Weir takes the reader on an eventful and entertaining journey, from Argyll, Scotland to Albuquerque, New Mexico. From high jinks on the water, to high risks on the mountains, Peter has seen most of it! Born in The Lodge, Castle Lachlan, Strathlachlan just after the Second World War, Peter left school at fifteen, mostly because he was, fed up standing in the corner getting the belt, and started his working...
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Whether you have a few acres of trees in the suburbs or a small commercial forest, you can encourage a healthy and sustainable ecosystem through proper woodland management. This introductory guide shows you how to identify the type, health, and quality of your trees and suggests strategies for keeping your woodland thriving. Make the most of your forested property and increase your enjoyment of your woods through building wildlife blinds, marking...
18) Pohon Dan Tanaman Tahan Api (Fire-Resistant) Yang Bermanfaat Untuk Mencegah Kebakaran Hutan (Wild
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Mari Mengenal Berbagai Jenis Pohon Dan Tanaman Tahan Api (Fire-Resistant) Yang Bermanfaat Untuk Mencegah Kebakaran Hutan (Wildfire) Edisi Bahasa Indonesia. Belakang ini marak terjadi kebakaran hutan yang melanda daerah-daerah di Indonesia. Baik di wilayah pegunungan ataupun lahan-lahan pertanian, hal ini disebut dipicu oleh musim kemarau panjang yang melanda. Kendati demikian, ada beberapa hal pencegahan yang bisa dilakukan agar bencana kebakaran...
19) Tanaman Pepohonan Pencegah & Penghalau Gelombang Tsunami Di Kawasan Pesisir Pantai Edisi Bahasa I
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Get to know the various types of trees to prevent & repel tsunami waves In coastal areas; Indonesian Edition. Types of plants that can dampen tsunami waves if planted in coastal areas are generally plants that are often found on the beach. The plants are generally very strong and woody and have sturdy roots.
Tsunami waves are a powerful ocean wave (tidal wave) that occurs due to earthquakes or volcanic eruptions on...
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Wildfire season is burning longer and hotter, affecting more and more people, especially in the west. Land on Fire explores the fascinating science behind this phenomenon and the ongoing research to find a solution. This gripping narrative details how years of fire suppression and chronic drought have combined to make the situation so dire. Award-winning nature writer Gary Ferguson brings to life the extraordinary efforts of those responsible for...
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