"Wood and Tree Fungi provides an up-to-date overview of the various wood and tree fungi that damage trees, lumber, and timber, with special focus given to identification, prevention, and remediation techniques."--Jacket.
Each entry includes an in-depth species description; notes on habitat, behaviour, diet and conservation status; accurate illustrations and spoor drawings; and a distribution map. The book also details the whales, dolphins and seals seen along the coast.
This beautifully illustrated field guide enables you to easily identify the tracks and signs left by a wide variety of mammal and bird species found in Britain and Europe, covering behaviors ranging from hunting, foraging, and feeding to courtship, breeding, and nesting. Introdu…
The completely revised second edition of the bestselling Biological Control in Plant Protection: A Colour Handbook continues the objective of providing a handbook with profiles and full-colour photographs of as many examples of biological control organisms from as wide a global …
Counter Ticks in the genus Rhipicephalus include many important vectors of animal and human pathogens, but many species are notoriously difficult to identify, particularly as immature stages. This reference volume provides identification keys for adult ticks from the Afrotropica…
Ideas and concepts in sedimentology are changing rapidly, but field work and data collection remain the basis of the science. This is a guide to the recognition and description of sedimentary rocks in the field. It aims to help the geologist know what to observe and record, and …
This book is a modern systematic account of all 558 families of British insects. All of the 6,000 genera of British insects are listed and indexed, along with all the family names and higher groups. There is a summary of the classification, biology and economic importance of eac…
This book presents guidelines on the identification of macronutrient and micronutrient deficiency symptoms in cereal crops (maize, rice, sorghum, pearl millet, wheat and barley), pulse crops (pigeon peas, green gram, black gram, cowpeas, cluster beans, chickpeas, Phaseolus vulga…
Contemporary Insect Diagnostics aids entomologists as they negotiate the expectations and potential dangers of the practice. It provides the reader with methods for networking with regulatory agencies, expert laboratories, first detectors, survey specialists, legal and health pr…
