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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970543203321

Titolo

Trees and forests : a colour guide : biology, pathology, propagation, silviculture, surgery, biomes, ecology, conservation / / edited by Bryan G. Bowes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Manson, c2010

ISBN

1-04-021120-8

0-429-15845-9

1-282-39571-8

9786612395710

1-84076-503-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

A Colour Guide

Altri autori (Persone)

BowesBryan G

Disciplina

582.16

634

Soggetti

Trees

Forests and forestry

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; Dedications; SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION TO WOODY HABITAT; SECTION 2 WORLD DISTRIBUTION OF FORESTS; SECTION 3 TREE MORPHOLOGY, ANATOMY, AND HISTOLOGY; SECTION 4 TREE PATHOLOGY; SECTION 5 FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, TREE SURGERY, PROPAGATION, AND CONSERVATION; References and general reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An overview of trees, covering ecology and conservation, tree anatomy and evolution, pathology, silviculture, propagation and surgery. The different chapters - fully illustrated throughout with the highest quality colour photos - cover trees from habitats around the world.