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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780352903321

Autore

H?akansson Sigurd <1928->

Titolo

Weeds and weed management on arable land [[electronic resource] ] : an ecological approach / / Sigurd H?akansson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2003

ISBN

1-280-83372-6

9786610833726

0-85199-800-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

632/.5

Soggetti

Weeds - Control - Sweden

Weeds - Control

Weeds - Ecology - Sweden

Weeds - Ecology

Weeds - Sweden

Weeds

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-268) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Classification of Plants Based on Traits of Ecological Significance; 3 Annual and Perennial Crops; 4 Weed Communities Looked Upon as Early Stages in Secondary Vegetation Succession; 5 Weeds with Diverse Life Forms in Various Types of Crops; 6 Germination, Emergence and Establishment of Crop and Weed Plants; 7 Competition in Plant Stands of Short Duration; 8 Weed Flora and Plant Adaptation to Environment and Competitive Conditions; 9 Measurements of Competition and Competitiveness in Plant Stands of Short Duration; 10 Soil Tillage Effects on Weeds

11 Chemical Weed Control as an Element in the Cropping System12 Special Management Measures; 13 Important Points for Understanding the Occurrence and Rational Management of Weeds; References; Species Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

A guide to dealing with the appearance and management of plants with different traits that occur as weeds on arable land. It describes and discusses matters and relationships that are important as a basis for



understanding the varying occurrence of weeds in different crops and cropping systems.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910357849703321

Autore

Strazzoni Andrea

Titolo

Burchard de Volder and the Age of the Scientific Revolution / / by Andrea Strazzoni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-19878-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (755 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, , 0929-6425 ; ; 51

Disciplina

501

Soggetti

Philosophy

History

Philosophy and science

Science—Philosophy

Science—History

History of Philosophy

History of Science

Philosophy of Science

Philosophical and Historical Foundations of Science

Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The Philosophical and Scientific Background of De Volder -- 2. De Volder’s Methodological and Epistemic Considerations -- 3. De Volders’s Natural-Philosophical Theories -- 4. De Volder on Metaphysics -- 5. Conclusion -- 6. Commented Edition of De Volder’s Experimental Lectures and Disputations -- 7. Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph details the entire scientific thought of an influential natural philosopher whose contributions, unfortunately, have become obscured by the pages of history. Readers will discover an important thinker: Burchard de Volder. He was instrumental in founding the first



experimental cabinet at a European University in 1675. The author goes beyond the familiar image of De Volder as a forerunner of Newtonianism in Continental Europe. He consults neglected materials, including handwritten sources, and takes into account new historiographical categories. His investigation maps the thought of an author who did not sit with an univocal philosophical school, but critically dealt with all the ‘major’ philosophers and scientists of his age: from Descartes to Newton, via Spinoza, Boyle, Huygens, Bernoulli, and Leibniz. It explores the way De Volder’s un-systematic thought used, rejected, and re-shaped their theories and approaches. In addition, the title includes transcriptions of De Volder's teaching materials: disputations, dictations, and notes. Insightful analysis combined with a trove of primary source material will help readers gain a new perspective on a thinker so far mostly ignored by scholars. They will find a thoughtful figure who engaged with early modern science and developed a place that fostered experimental philosophy.