This book describes Ireland's lichens. Part I describes with accurate line drawings the essential features of lichen anatomy. This is followed with guidelines on how to equip oneself for a comfortable and rewarding outing, maintaining a field notebook, collecting specimens and d…
Presents the classification of approximately 300 species of cycads, and includes contributions from leading researchers from Australia, China, Italy, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and the USA. The book provides guidelines for the designation of species, species boundaries and s…
. The first is subject of this thesis and refers to the persistence of potato genetic resources. In areas where everyday practices of farmers maintain diversity on-farm. The second concerns the more. Recent phenomenon of Research & amp; Development (R & amp;D) interventions wh…
In-situ conservation Two types of in-situ conservation of crop genetic resources can be distinguished: farmer-driven and externally driven. The first is subject of this thesis and refers to the persistence of potato genetic resources in areas where everyday practices of farm…
"This updated edition provides a broad, balanced review of the scientific knowledge of strawberries and their cultivation and reflects changes in methods of culture, taxonomy and genomic information and new diseases and pest control methods. Full colour throughout"--
by Shields, Chris, Feare, Chris, Craig, Adrian, Croucher, Barry, Kamol Komolphalin
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This authoritative guide treats all the world's starlings and mynas (114 species) in detail, with the 32 colour plates depicting all species and a variety of races where relevant. Social behaviour and food and feeding are given particular prominence, being crucial to an understa…
The field of plant taxonomy has transformed rapidly over the past fifteen years, especially with regard to improvements in cladistic analysis and the use of new molecular data. The second edition of this popular resource reflects these far-reaching and dramatic developments with…
This section of the Handbook of Zoology is intended as a comprehensive and exhaustive account of the biology of the taxa Gastrotricha, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, Gnathostomulida, Micrognathozoa, Rotifera, Seisonida and Acanthocephala, covering a…
This book systematically reviews the biology of all living primates, including humans. It describes their bio-geographical information and provides data pertaining to their body size, fur coloration external distinguishing features, habitat and basic life strategies. Now in its …
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…
