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Biodiversity Under Threat
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 290

Biodiversity Under Threat

There is much public concern about threats to global biodiversity, for example from pollution and from climate change, resulting from build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This book addresses these concerns by detailing some of the research currently in progress.

Applied Ethnobotany
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 321

Applied Ethnobotany

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-10-14
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Its wise and sensitive approach to working with local people will be relevant in situations throughout the world.' ECOS 'The numerous diagrams, tables of data, information flow charts, fieldwork sketches etc. give a great vibrancy to the work... It deserves a wide readership.' TEG News Wild or non-cultivated plants are crucial to the lives of a large portion of the world's population, providing low-cost building materials, fuel, food supplements, medicines, tools and sources of income. Despite their importance, their vulnerability to harvesting and other social impacts is not well understood. Applied Ethnobotany is the first practical guide to be published on how to manage wild plant species...

Primate Communities
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 344

Primate Communities

Comprehensive and unique volume exploring the differences and similarities between primate communities worldwide.

Use and Potential of Wild Plants in Farm Households
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 128

Use and Potential of Wild Plants in Farm Households

This book is designed to raise awareness of the use of wild plants in farming systems around the world. It describes the contribution of wild plants as a source of food, fuel wood, shelter, medicines and dyes, and their role in income generation for the improved welfare of farm households and local people. Wild plants are also of paramount importance as sources of wild germplasm that might enhance the productivity, disease resistance, winter hardiness, drought survival of cultured species. This publication analyses the potential of wild species, as well as the natural, social, economic, legal and institutional factors that constrain their use and development potential.

Zonal Biomes of Southern Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 319

Zonal Biomes of Southern Africa

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Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Melastomataceae
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 786

Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Melastomataceae

This book presents a synthesis of critical new information for the Melastomataceae, one of the ten richest families among flowering plants with over 5,800 species that has its diversity highly concentrated in tropical or subtropical areas. It describes the family’s global diversity and distribution and summarizes recent advances in systematics, evolution, biogeography, reproductive biology and ecology.

Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 3698

Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

With contributions by numerous experts

Biodiversity Research in the Horn of Africa Region
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 452

Biodiversity Research in the Horn of Africa Region

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Coastal Dunes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 391

Coastal Dunes

In this book, coastal dune specialists from tropical and temperate latitudes cover a wide set of topics, including: geomorphology, community dynamics, ecophysiology, biotic interactions and environmental problems and conservation. The book offers recommendations for future research, identifying relevant topics where detailed knowledge is still lacking. It also identifies management tools that will promote and maintain the rich diversity of the dune environments in the context of continuing coastal development.

The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 535

The Baobabs: Pachycauls of Africa, Madagascar and Australia

This is the only comprehensive account of all eight species in the genus Adansonia. It describes the historical background from the late Roman period to the present. It covers the extraordinary variety of economic uses of baobabs. There are also appendices on vernacular names, gazetteer, economics, nutrition and forest mensuration. This book fills a gap in the botanical literature. It deals with a genus that has fascinated and intrigued scientists and lay persons for centuries.