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Walter s Vegetation of the Earth: The Ecological Systems of the Geo-Biosphere (Paperback)

Vegetation soil and climate are the most important components of ecological systems. This long-awaited fourth edition of the well-established textbook by Heinrich Walter summarizes our knowledge of the earth s ecology and constitutes the basis for a... more

Ancient Plants Being a Simple Account of the Past Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important Discoveries Made in This Realm of Nature Study (Paperback)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

Climate change impacts vegetation and plant responses (Paperback)

Greenhouse Effect The Earth s temperature is maintained at a level where it can sustain life by a balance between heat from the sun and cooling from reflecting some of the heat by the Earth s warm surface and atmosphere back to space (Agarwal 2001).... more

Species Diversity and Composition of Forest Vegetation (Paperback)

Biodiversity is the total variety of life on the earth which encompasses the total number variety and variability of life forms levels and combinations existing within the livingworld. Species diversity refers to the frequency and variety of species... more

Vegetation and Climate (Hardcover)

Vegetation soil and climate are the most important components of ecological systems. The book represents a compact synthesis of our current knowledge about the ecology of the Earth and is thus the basis for understanding the major interrelationships in... more

Springer Earth System Sciences: Intensified Land and Water Use: A Holistic Perspective of Local to Regional Integration (Paperback)

This book combines multidisciplinary studies on the environmental consequences of intensified use of land and water and the fusion of land to provide food for a growing population. Studies on water vegetation and soil are addressed from an... more

Springer Earth System Sciences: Seeds of Restoration Success: Wild Lands and Plant Diversity in the U.S. (Hardcover)

This book provides a general overview of the natural landscapes and vegetation types of the U.S. the key plant species that help define them the pressures faced by natural ecosystems and the imperative for conservation and restoration. It addresses the... more

Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences: Roots: The Dynamic Interface Between Plants and the Earth (Hardcover)

The root is the organ that functions as the interface between the plant and the earth environment. Many human management practices involving crops forests and natural vegetation also affect plant growth through the soil and roots. Understanding the... more

Advances in Life Sciences: Tropical Forests in Transition: Ecology of Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbance Processes (Paperback)

In evolutionary time scales natural disturbances have affected the vegetation on Earth. During the Quaternary the forest biomes of the tropics were subjected to manifold disturbances. Climate changes and climate oscillations were associated with... more

Origin : What Really Happened In The Beginning (Paperback)

The Creation is more than just God making a heaven and an earth tossing in vegetation animals and a few people. This book reveals the truth to God s creative endeavor. Origin: What Really Happened In The Beginning is a book which discusses a topic that... more

NATO Asi Subseries I:: Long-Term Climatic Variations: Data and Modelling (Paperback)

Climate is the most important component of the Earth s environment and climatic fluctuations have a strong impact on water supplies vegetation energy use etc. Thus our understanding of the climatic system is of utmost importance. Leading experts in the... more

Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation Second Edition: Advanced Applications in Remote Sensing of Agricultural Crops and Natural Vegetation (Paperback)

Written by leading global experts including pioneers in the field the four-volume set on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation Second Edition reviews existing state-of-the-art knowledge highlights advances made in different areas and provides... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture: Types of British Vegetation: By Members of the Central Committee for the Survey and Study of British Vegetation (Paperback)

Distinguished plant ecologist A. G. Tansley (1871-1955) is widely considered to be the father of British ecology. He was one of the founding members of the British Ecological Society and during his career he edited two important journals on the... more

Handbook of Vegetation Science: Vegetation Dynamics (Paperback)

During the International Botanical Congress in Edinburgh 1964 Mrs. 1. M. WEISBACH-J UNK of The Hague discussed a plan for preparation by her publishing company (Dr. W. Junk b.v.) of an international Handbook of Vegetation Science. She proposed a series... more

Advances in Vegetation Science: Classification and Ordination: Symposium on Advances in Vegetation Science Nijmegen the Netherlands May 1979 (Paperback)

Eddy V AN DER MAAREL This volume is the first of two volumes covering the Sym- computer programmes for the rapid clustering and ordina- posium Advances in vegetation science which was held at tion of very large sets of reI eves and for (subsequent)... more

Advances in Vegetation Science: Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Vegetation Dynamics (Paperback)

Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Vegetation Dynamics more

Advances in Vegetation Science: Data-Processing in Phytosociology: Report on the Activities of the Working Group for Data-Processing in Phytosociology of the International Society for Vegetation Scien

(RANKIN) of equivocation information (1-: ) and interaction information (M). The method is described in the present paper for I: and in a previous paper (Orloci 1976) for M. The results presented in this paper suggest that for Species Rank order... more

Tasks for Vegetation Science: Selected Climatic Data for a Global Set of Standard Stations for Vegetation Science (Paperback)

The present volume Nr. 5 in the T: VS series is an example of a handbook volume for working in vegetation science. Anyone working and teaching in this field knows the difficulties in obtaining basic environmental da- ta needed for research and... more

Advances in Vegetation Science: Vegetation Dynamics in Grasslans Heathlands and Mediterranean Ligneous Formations: Symposium of the Working Groups for Succession Research on Permanent Plots and Data

This volume contains most of the contributions presented at the Symposium on Vegetation dynamics in grasslands heathlands and mediterranean ligneous formations which took place at the Centre d Etudes Phytosociologiques et Ecologiques Louis Emberger... more

Advances in Vegetation Science: Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Vegetation Dynamics (Hardcover)

Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Vegetation Dynamics more

Advances in Vegetation Science: Ecology of Coastal Vegetation: Proceedings of a Symposium Haamstede March 21-25 1983 (Paperback)

This book is the result of a symposium dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Delta Institute for Hydrobiological Research in Yerseke the Netherlands. The primary idea did not come from one of the scientists working in this Institute but from the... more

Advances in Vegetation Science: Theory and Models in Vegetation Science: Proceedings of Symposium Uppsala July 8-13 1985 (Paperback)

July 8 -13 1985 an international group of scientists met in Uppsala for a symposium on the subject Theory and models in Vegetation science . A volume of over 70 extended abstracts had already been published in time for the symposium (Leemans et at.... more

Plant and Vegetation: Vegetation Ecology of Socotra (Paperback)

Although the unique flora of the Socotra Archipelago with its high degree of endemism has received much attention recently little information is available on the vegetation and related ecological aspects. Based on their extensive field experience of... more

Handbook of Vegetation Science: Vegetation of Inland Waters (Paperback)

By 1988 the Handbook of Vegetation Science is well on its way to completion. With 7 volumes in circulation 3 volumes in the press and most of the remaining volumes in preparation it appears that the total task can be completed in the early nineties. I... more

Plant and Vegetation: Vegetation Ecology of Socotra (Hardcover)

Although the unique flora of the Socotra Archipelago with its high degree of endemism has received much attention recently little information is available on the vegetation and related ecological aspects. Based on their extensive field experience of... more

Advances in Vegetation Science: Succession: Symposium on Advances in Vegetation Sciences Nijmegen the Netherlands May 1979 (Paperback)

Eddy VAN DER MAAREL All in all 16 contributions could be collected. The This volume is the second of two volumes covering the symposium Advances in vegetation science which was arrangerr. ent is as follows: held at Nijmegen The Netherlands from 15-19... more

Handbook of Vegetation Science: Vegetation Science Applications for Rangeland Analysis and Management (Paperback)

Natural grasslands pastures and meadows are among the vegetation types most frequently investigated with phytosociological methods. This was one of the reasons why volume 13 Application of vegetation science to grassland husbandry and agriculture... more

Handbook of Vegetation Science: Application of Vegetation Science to Grassland Husbandry (Paperback)

WERNER KRAUSE INTRODUCTION GENERAL COMMENTS ON THIS VOLUME The subject Application of vegetation science to grassland husbandry is not limited by geographical boundaries. It is pro- posed to cover this subject in an internationally applicable work of... more

Handbook of Vegetation Science: Vegetation of Inland Waters (Hardcover)

By 1988 the Handbook of Vegetation Science is well on its way to completion. With 7 volumes in circulation 3 volumes in the press and most of the remaining volumes in preparation it appears that the total task can be completed in the early nineties. I... more

Earth Science: Earth Science: Earth s Weather Water and Atmosphere: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access (Hardcover)

this subset is a brilliant exploration of the fluids on the surface of the earth and the gases that surround us. the interaction among these is fantastically complex and intriguing. the work explores the evolution of these interactions during the earth... more

Frontiers in Earth Sciences: Reading the Archive of Earth s Oxygenation: Volume 1: The Palaeoproterozoic of Fennoscandia as Context for the Fennoscandian Arctic Russia - Drilling Early Earth Project (

This is the first of three volumes that survey the Palaeoproterozoic Eon with a focus on Fennoscandian Shield geology reviewing early Palaeoproterozoic events coincident with Earth s progressive oxygenation. Includes photos of the FAR-DEEP core... more

Earth & Space Science: Earth s Resources & Heat in the Environment - Earth Science Grade 7 (Series #7) (Paperback)

The experiments in this book fall under eleven topics that relate to three aspects of earth and space science: The Planet Earth Earth s Crust and Resources Heat in the Environment The experiments in this book fall under eleven topics that relate to... more

Life on Earth: Life on Earth: Planet Earth : with 100 Questions and 70 Lift-Flaps! (Board book)

What is the highest waterfall in the world? What causes an earthquake? And how long does it take Earth to spin all the way round? Find out in Life on Earth: Planet Earth a fact-filled lift-flap book in the non-fiction series for children aged 5+. more

The sun the earth and near-earth space : a guide to the sun-earth system / John A. Eddy. 2009 [Leather Bound]

Select Your Preferred Color at No Additional Cost! Explore More Options by Clicking on More Images and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition expertly crafted by the prestigious organization “Rare Biblio�... more

Frontiers in Earth Sciences: Reading the Archive of Earth s Oxygenation: Volume 3: Global Events and the Fennoscandian Arctic Russia - Drilling Early Earth Project (Hardcover)

Earth s present-day environments are the outcome of a 4.5 billion year period of evolution reflecting the interaction of global-scale geological and biological processes. Punctuating that evolution were several extraordinary events and episodes that... more

Utrecht Studies in Air and Space Law: Heaven and Earth: Civilian Uses of Near-Earth Space: Civilian Uses of Near-Earth Space (Hardcover)

Near-earth space which extends to geosynchronous orbits where satellites remain faithfully over a fixed spot on the ground does not lend itself to romantic fantasies of science fiction. It is a working place from which services can be delivered with... more

Frontiers in Earth Sciences: Reading the Archive of Earth s Oxygenation: Volume 2: The Core Archive of the Fennoscandian Arctic Russia - Drilling Early Earth Project (Hardcover)

Earth s present-day environments are the outcome of a 4.5 billion year period of evolution reflecting the interaction of global-scale geological and biological processes punctuated by several extraordinary events and episodes that perturbed the entire... more

Springerbriefs in Earth System Sciences: Remote Sensing Advances for Earth System Science: The ESA Changing Earth Science Network: Projects 2009-2011 (Paperback)

To better understand the various processes and interactions that govern the Earth system and to determine whether recent human-induced changes could ultimately de-stabilise its dynamics both natural system variability and the consequences of human... more