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Ecosystem Services in New Zealand
Management of New Zealand's environment needs to be based on sound knowledge. Natural resource managers and policy makers now have at their fingertips the first comprehensive assessment of the state of ecosystem services - the benefits people obtain from nature - in this country. More than 100 of New Zealand's leading scientists and academics have penned the 36 chapter for the new 540-page book. Ecosystem services are categorised as 'provisioning', such as food, timber and freshwater; 'regulating', such as air quality, climate and pest regulation; 'cultural' such as recreation and sense of belonging; and 'supporting', such as soil quality and natural habitat resistance to weeds.
New Zealand Soil Classification
First published as DSIR Land Resources Scientific Report No. 19, this is a reprint with corrections. Written for the specialist, it is a classification based on the best current knowledge of 15 soil types Further revisions are expected. Includes references and an appendix of code letters for soil designation.
Land Environments of New Zealand
This publication is the result of over 15 years' research and technology development and presents New Zealand and its environments in a completely new way.
Criteria for Defining the Soil Family and Soil Sibling
Soils need to be classified so they can be identified and mapped. The classification of soils in New Zealand is described in two publications in the Landcare Research Science Series: The New Zealand Soil Classification (Hewitt 2010) and this new report by Webb and Lilburne, Criteria for defining the soil family and soil sibling. The New Zealand Soil Classification classifies NZ soils into 15 soil orders, each of which is divided successively into soil groups and subgroups; this provides an important framework to understand the occurrence and broad properties of soils in the landscape. Criteria for defining the soil family and soil sibling defines the next two levels of classification: soil f...
The Preparation and Curation of Insects
"This handbook explains the methods and techniques to be used for preparing insects for an insect collection, and how the collection should be curated and managed ... "Abstract, t.p. verso.
Sediments of Time
This collection of essays is the first relatively comprehensive survey of the environmental history of China.
Lichens 3
This volume provides descriptions of some of the more robust and luxuriant lichens of cool-temperate south-eastern Australia (Lobariaceae and Sphaerophoraceae), as well as ecologically important soil-inhabiting groups in semi-arid and arid regions (Peltulaceae, Endocarpon and Placidium).
