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Agroforestry (AF) is a dynamic, ecologically based, natural resources management system that, by integrating trees on farms, ranches, and in other landscapes, diversifies and increases production and promotes social, economic, and environmental benefits for land users....
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Springer
Parution :
2018-04-06
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This unique book addresses Iran’s extremely rich soil diversity and resources, which have developed under various climatic conditions ranging from dry to humid conditions. Featuring contributions by a group of respected experts on Iranian soils and agriculture, it...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-03-30
Collection :
World Soils Book Series
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of pedology in Ireland. It describes the main soil types of the country, their functions, ecological use, and the conditions to which they were subjected associated with management over time. In addition, it presents a...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-03-29
Collection :
World Soils Book Series
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The European Russian forests are described within the boreal, hemiboreal and nemoral forest regions; floodplain forests are also characterized.The book presents a classification and description of forest vegetation, soil characteristic and assessments of plant diversity...
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Springer
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2018-03-23
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Jurassic, basalt, moraine, flint, alluvial, magma: what are these words and what do they have to do with wine? The answers are here in this book. They are geological terms that reflect a bond between wine and the land. Understanding geology, however, is tricky....
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-03-01
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This Volume comprises 12 chapters in an attempt to bring available information on biology, social behavour and economic importance of termites. Chapters in this book dealing with termites identification provide a review on most updated information of their systematics....
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-02-19
Collection :
Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection
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Food Crop Production by Smallholder Farmers in Southern Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement evaluates traditional cultivation practices used by smallholder farmers, providing a synthesis of the latest information on increasing crop yield through...
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Academic Press
Parution :
2018-02-07
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This best-selling handbook is packed with detailed information on housing, feeding, and fencing dairy goats. It’s been the trusted resource on the topic for farmers and homesteaders since it was originally published in 1975, and the new edition — completely...
Editeur :
Storey Publishing, LLC
Parution :
2018-02-06
Collection :
Storey’s Guide to Raising
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Agroforestry systems (AFS) are becoming increasingly relevant worldwide as society has come to recognize their multiple roles and services: biodiversity conservation, carbon sequestration, adaptation and mitigation of climate change, restoration of degraded ecosystems,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-01-24
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Buckwheat Germplasm in the World offers an overview of this globally important crop, including its general characterization and genetic diversity—particularly in Russia, China, India and Eastern Europe. The book presents the latest research on molecular marker...
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Academic Press
Parution :
2018-01-11
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Genetic Engineering of Horticultural Crops provides key insights into commercialized crops, their improved productivity, disease and pest resistance, and enhanced nutritional or medicinal benefits. It includes insights into key technologies, such as marker traits...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2018-01-08
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Water Scarcity and Sustainable Agriculture in Semiarid Environment: Tools, Strategies and Challenges for Woody Crops explores the complex relationship between water scarcity and climate change, agricultural water-use efficiency, crop-water stress management and modeling...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2018-01-03
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Sustainable Food Systems from Agriculture to Industry: Improving Production and Processing addresses the principle that food supply needs of the present must be met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Responding to sustainability...
Editeur :
Academic Press
Parution :
2018-01-02
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Revised and updated, this is the most trusted and comprehensive reference you can find for chicken care, housing, feeding, and health care. Serious poultry farmers and backyard bird raisers have relied on this best-selling reference for more than 20 years. The fourth...
Editeur :
Storey Publishing, LLC
Parution :
2017-12-26
Collection :
Storey’s Guide to Raising
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This termite Volume 2 comprises 13 chapters in an attempt to bring all available information on sustainable and eco-friendly termite management. The previous Volume considered the biology, social behaviour and economic importance of these insects. Chapters in this book...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-12-01
Collection :
Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection
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With contagious enthusiasm and fascination for her backyard chickens, best-selling author Melissa Caughey shares her unique observations of her flock—how they sense the world, communicate impending danger, and establish pecking order—along with scientific...
Editeur :
Storey Publishing, LLC
Parution :
2017-11-28
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Meat Analogs: Challenges and Perspectives provides an overview on the subject that is followed by an inventory of research perspectives to highlight the importance of issues and research relating to meat analogs. It explores the severe demographic, ecological, and...
Editeur :
Iste Press - Elsevier
Parution :
2017-11-16
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This is the first book to comprehensively discuss Ecuadorian soils. Richly illustrated, it provides information on the unique characteristics and distribution of these soils. Due to the influence of the Andes, which vastly modified the climate and parental materials, a...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-10-24
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This volume explores current knowledge and methods used to study soil organisms and to attribute their activity to wider ecosystem functions. Biodiversity not only responds to environmental change, but has also been shown to be one of the key drivers of ecosystem...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-10-06
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This book compiles all available and relevant information concerning the soils of Turkey, including the soil survey studies conducted by universities and governmental institutes from the early 1950s until today. Recent findings and advances include the description and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-09-30
Collection :
World Soils Book Series
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