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Discusses and identifies the drift treasures found on the beaches in Florida.
Author : Ed Perry
Publisher : Krieger Publishing Company
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 24,58 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Discusses and identifies the drift treasures found on the beaches in Florida.
Author : Charles R. Gunn
Publisher : Krieger Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Beachcombing
ISBN : 9781575241470
The majority of this work is devoted to a catalogue (with descriptions and illustrations) of sea-beans, tropical seeds and fruits that are distributed by river and ocean currents to shires around the world. Entries in the catalogue provide information on buoyancy, planting viability, and common carrier currents. Preceding chapters include information on the history of the sea-bean as cultural artifact and general transport currents and collecting beaches.
Author : Pedro A. Sanchez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 15,75 MB
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1107176050
Long-awaited second edition of classic textbook, brought completely up to date, for courses on tropical soils, and reference for scientists and professionals.
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Publisher : Great Outdoors Publishing Company
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 27,34 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780820012018
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 14,80 MB
Release : 2006-10-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309164540
This report is the second in a series of three evaluating underexploited African plant resources that could help broaden and secure Africa's food supply. The volume describes the characteristics of 18 little-known indigenous African vegetables (including tubers and legumes) that have potential as food- and cash-crops but are typically overlooked by scientists and policymakers and in the world at large. The book assesses the potential of each vegetable to help overcome malnutrition, boost food security, foster rural development, and create sustainable landcare in Africa. Each species is described in a separate chapter, based on information gathered from and verified by a pool of experts throughout the world. Volume I describes African grains and Volume III African fruits.
Author : Howard F. Schwartz
Publisher : CIAT
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 47,32 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789589183045
The first section reviews trends of bean production and constraints in Latin America and Africa. The second section covers fungal diseases. The third section, bacterial diseases. The fourth section, viral and mycoplasma diseases. The fifth section, insect pests. The last section, other bean production constraints, that is, nutritional disorders, nematodes, seed pathology, and additional problems.
Author : Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 32,20 MB
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1466512008
Under threat from natural and human disturbance, tropical dry forests are the most endangered ecosystem in the tropics, yet they rarely receive the scientific or conservation attention they deserve. In a comprehensive overview, Tropical Dry Forests in the Americas: Ecology, Conservation, and Management examines new approaches for data sampling and analysis using remote sensing technology, discusses new ecological and econometric methods, and critically evaluates the socio-economic pressures that these forest are facing at the continental and national levels. The book includes studies from Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil that provide in-depth knowledge about the function, status, and conservation efforts of these endangered forests. It presents key elements of synthesis from standardized work conducted across all sites. This unique contribution provides new light in terms of these forests compared to each other not only from an ecological perspective but also in terms of the pressures that they are facing, and their respective responses. Written by experts from a diversity of fields, this reference brings together the many facets of function, use, heritage, and future potential of these forests. It presents an important and exciting synthesis of many years of work across countries, disciplines, and cultures. By standardizing approaches for data sampling and analysis, the book gives readers comparison information that cannot be found anywhere else given the high level of disparity that exists in the current literature.
Author : Elizabeth Royte
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,13 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780618257584
An engaging portrait of a community of biologists, The Tapir's Morning Bathis a behind-the-scenes account of life at a tropical research station that"conveys the uncertainties, frustrations, and joys of [scientific] fieldwork" (Science). On Panama's Barro Colorado Island, Elizabeth Royte worksalongside the scientists -- counting seeds, sorting insects, collectingmonkey dung, radiotracking fruit bats -- as they struggle to parse theintricate workings of the tropical rain forest. While showing the humanside of the scientists at work, Royte explores the tensions between the slow pace of basic research and the reality of a world that may not have time to wait for answers.
Author : John Farley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,47 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521530606
Professor Farley describes how governments and organizations faced one particular tropical disease, bilharzia or schistosomiasis.
Author : Frances Seymour
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 25,77 MB
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1933286865
Tropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time—averting climate change and promoting development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-rich countries. The good news is that the science, economics, and politics are aligned to support a major international effort over the next five years to reverse tropical deforestation. Why Forests? Why Now? synthesizes the latest evidence on the importance of tropical forests in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in climate change and development and to readers already familiar with the problem of deforestation. It makes the case to decisionmakers in rich countries that rewarding developing countries for protecting their forests is urgent, affordable, and achievable.