"This book provides a basic introduction to twenty-five commonly occurring families of flowering plants, chosen for their economic, ornamental and ecological importance. It is designed to enable students of botany and related disciplines to gain some knowledge of the general cha…
Water-starworts (Callitriche) of Europe
by Lansdown, R. V., Rumsey, F. J., Oswald, P. H.
fromBSBI handbook
"Provides guidance on the identification of all species, subspecies and varieties of water-starwort that have been reliably recorded in the wild in Europe. The handbook is primarily intended as a field guide for use by botanists with some familiarity with identifying aquatic pla…
Aphids as crop pests
This book contains 33 chapters focusing on taxonomy, population dynamics, biological characteristics, feeding behaviour, crop damage, disease transmission, control, monitoring and forecasting of aphid pests of various crops. The efficacy of various methods (biological, chemical,…
Zoo and wild animal dentistry
"Zoo and Wild Animal Dentistry is the first book to offer a comprehensive reference to oral pathology and dental therapy in captive and wild exotic animals. Comprehensive in scope, the book is authored by noted experts on the topic who cover dental care for a broad range of spec…
This volume explores animal body size from a macroecological perspective, examining species, populations, and other large groups of animals in order to uncover the patterns and causal mechanisms of body size throughout time and across the globe. The chapters represent diverse sc…
The Invertebrates describes the range and diversity of invertebrates and the way they work. The first part of the book describes all the known phyla of invertebrates with living representatives, together with their component classes. Rather than outline all the anatomical featur…
Key guide to Australian trees
by Cronin, Leonard, Taranto, Jennifer A., Westmacott, Marion
Colour plates and tree descriptions - Leaf shapes - Flower parts and leaf arrangements_
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Almonds: botany, production and uses
This book, containing 20 chapters, deals with almond taxonomy, morphology, physiology, cultivation history, production, breeding (classical and molecular), cultivar development, genomics, pollen-style (in)compatibility, rootstock development, propagation, orchard management, env…