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Hardcover,
320 pages
261
x 194 mm page size
600
colour illustrations
15 tables
ISBN:
978-1-84076-085-9
Price
£60.00
Publication: June
2008
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Bryan
G. Bowes formerly Senior Lecturer, Division of Environmental
and Evolutionary
Biology, University of Glasgow, UK.
Contributing
Authors:
Hugh
Angus, Thomas Beuchel, Bryan Bowes, Chris Brett, Nick Brown, Aljos
Farjon, Stephen Hopper, Brent McGown, Claire Ozanne, Sandro Pignatti,
Erika Pignatti-Wilkus, Ghillean Prance, Peter Savill, Peter Thomas,
David Thorman, Steve Woodward.
Trees are one of the dominant features of our existence on earth
and play a fundamental role in the environment. This book aims to
give the reader an overview and understanding of trees. Subject
areas covered include ecology and conservation, tree anatomy and
evolution, pathology, silviculture, propagation and surgery. The
different chapters cover trees from various world habitats, from
northern boreal and montane coniferous forests to tropical and subtropical
rainforests. The book is fully illustrated throughout with the highest
quality colour photos. It will be useful to professionals and students
in plant science, plant biology, ecology, conservation and to those
working in forestry and arboriculture.
Contents:
Section 1: Introduction to Woody Habit, Section 2: World Distribution
of Forests. Northern boreal and montane coniferous forests, Temperate
rain and deciduous forests, Temperate mixed evergreen forests, Tropical
and sub-tropical rain and dry forests, Section 3: Tree Morphology,
Anatomy and Histology, Section 4: Tree Pathology. Cell wall polymers
and infection, The effect of fungal bacterial and viral pathogens
on important plantation and forest trees, Insect or other infestations
of important plantation and forest trees, Section 5: Forest Ecology
and Management, Tree Surgery, Propagation and Conservation. General
forest ecological processes, Silvicultural systems and management,
Tree pruning and surgery, Tree propagation for forestry and aboriculture,
Forest and woodland conservation.
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