Download or read book Moss Flora of China written by Chien Gao and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Orchids of Costa Rica written by Juan Francisco Morales and published by Editorial INBio. This book was released on 2005 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Monograph of Cedrela Meliaceae written by T. D. Pennington and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Volumen II written by B. E. Hammel and published by . This book was released on 2003-09-26 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica is a concise, illustrated guide to all of the species of native, naturalized and commercially cultivated vascular plants of this Central American country, which lies between Nicaragua and Panama and is thus centered in isthmian Central America--a biogeographical funnel between South and North America, densely rich in species and geological history. The Manual is the first comprehensive Spanish-language account of the Costa Rican flora. Besides brief formal descriptions and informal notes about each of a total of 40 families, 190 genera, and 1136 species of seed plants, this identification manual contains keys to all the gymnosperm and monocot families treated in the series, as well as to the genera and species included within this volume.
Download or read book Moss Flora of Central America written by Bruce Allen and published by Missouri Botanical Garden Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Araliaceae Cactaceae written by Paul E. Berry and published by Missouri Botanical Garden Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located in the southeastern half of Venezuela, the Venezuelan Guayana is the core area of what has been called "The Lost World." It is home to nearly 10,000 species of vascular plants, including many endemic species and genera. The Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana is the first full scientific account of the plants of the region. This volume continues the alphabetical sequence of family treatments, from Araliaceae to Cactaceae. Includes keys, descriptions, and illustrations of more than half the species treated.
Download or read book Phytophagous mites of America Central an illustrated guide written by Ronald Ochoa and published by CATIE. This book was released on 1994 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gymnosperms of the United States and Canada written by Elray S. Nixon and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a key for the identification of the gymnosperms of the United States and Canada relying as much as possible on stem, leaf and cone characters. Because gymnosperms are usually evergreen, these characters are generally available throughout the year. Illustrations of species and plant characters are included to help with the identification process.
Download or read book A Guide to the Marine Isopod Crustacea of Pacific Costa Rica written by Richard C. Brusca and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Driven by Nature written by Peter H. Raven and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's safe to say that few people have lived lives as thoroughly devoted to plants as Peter H. Raven has. The longtime director--now president emeritus--of the Missouri Botanical Garden, author of numerous leading textbooks and several hundred scholarly articles, Raven has been a tireless champion of sustainability and biodiversity, earning him the plaudit of "Hero for the Planet" from Time. Driven by Nature is the first chronicle of this prominent scientist and conservationist's life. Moving from his idyllic childhood in the San Francisco of the 1940s to his four decades leading the Missouri Botanical Garden, Raven's autobiography take readers across multiple continents and decades. Driven by Nature follows the globetrotting botanist from China to the American Midwest as he works to foster concern for a changing planet, further the cause of biological education, and build the Missouri Botanical Garden into the world-renowned haven for plant life it is today. Raven brings his story into the twenty-first century with a timely epilogue that reinforces the crucial importance of scientific learning, active conservation, and committed activism in the face of a rapidly changing natural world. Featuring an introduction by the Pulitzer Prize-winning naturalist E. O. Wilson, this beautifully illustrated book should thrill nature lovers, plant enthusiasts, and environmentally-conscious readers looking to take action to preserve our planet's biodiversity.
Download or read book Monteverde written by Nalini M. Nadkarni and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-03-09 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve has captured the worldwide attention of biologists, conservationists, and ecologists and has been the setting for extensive investigation over the past 30 years. Roughly 40,000 ecotourists visit the Cloud Forest each year, and it is often considered the archetypal high-altitude rain forest.This volume brings together some of the most prominent researchers of the region to provide a broad introduction to the biology of the Monteverde, and cloud forests in general. Collecting and synthesizing vital information about the ecosystem and its biota, the book also examines the positive and negative effects of human activity on both the forest and the surrounding communities. Ecologists, tropical biologists, and natural historians will find this volume an indispensable resource, as will all those who are fascinated by the magnificent wonders of the tropical forests.
Download or read book Constructing the Criollo Archive written by Antony Higgins and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on a period neglected by scholars, Higgins reconstructs how during the colonial period criollos - individuals identified as being of Spanish descent born in America - elaborated a body of knowledge, an "archive," in order to establish their intellectual autonomy within the Spanish colonial administrative structures." "This book opens up an important area of research that will be of interest to scholars and students of Spanish American colonial literature and history."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book rboles de Costa Rica written by Nelson Zamora-Villalobos and published by Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. This book was released on 2017-06-08 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El volumen IV da continuidad a la serie Árboles de Costa Rica, iniciada hace 42 años y encargada de describir la flora arbórea de un país rico en biodiversidad. Esta guía de campo presenta 238 especies con hojas simples, comprendidas en 18 familias de plantas (Fabaceae-Malpighiaceae). Solo 39 de ellas son endémicas, lo cual significa que la obra incluye especies con amplia distribución, y por ello tendrá gran utilidad en la región centroamericana. El libro ofrece información sobre grupos de árboles (familias) conocidos por su importancia económica, muy diversos, taxonómicamente complejos y dominantes en nuestros bosques. La información por especie ha sido unificada para lograr el máximo paralelismo entre ellas y así facilitar la identificación comparativa. Las ilustraciones proveen caracteres diagnósticos relevantes que caracterizan a cada especie, y los mapas de distribución ayudan a fortalecer las decisiones al momento de hacer una identificación. Además, las fotografías ilustran la belleza e identidad de algunas de las especies. Este volumen resume el trabajo intenso de exploración y estudios taxonómicos hechos sobre nuestros bosques en los últimos 33 años, en los cuales los árboles han sido estudiados con énfasis. The volume IV is a continuation of the series Trees of Costa Rica, started 42 years ago to describe the tree flora of a rich biodiversity country. This field guide contains 238 simple leaves species of Costa Rican trees, comprise in 18 plants families, Fabaceae-Malpighiaceae. Only 39 of them are endemic, meaning this volume include species with a wide distribution range, and for that, it will have a great utility within Central America region. The book offers information of tree groups (families) that are well known by its economic importance, high diversity, taxonomically complex and for been dominant in our forests. The information by species it been standardized to reach the maximum parallelism between them, to facilitate the comparative identification. The drawings show relevant diagnostic features that characterized each species and the distribution maps help to take decisions at the moment of making any identification. The pictures illustrate the beauty and identity of some of the species included. This volume summarized the intensive work of exploration and taxonomic studies done in our forests in the last 33 years, in which, the trees are been studied with emphasis.
Download or read book Palms and People in the Amazon written by Nigel Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-26 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the degree to which landscapes have been enriched with palms by human activities and the importance of palms for the lives of people in the region today and historically. Palms are a prominent feature of many landscapes in Amazonia, and they are important culturally, economically, and for a variety of ecological roles they play. Humans have been reorganizing the biological furniture in the region since the first hunters and gatherers arrived over 20,000 years ago.
Download or read book Riches of the Forest written by Citlalli López Binnqüist and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: setting the scene; Fruits; Leaves; Seeds, Roots and shoots; Bark and wood; Exudates; Lessons learned: cultural and commercial benefits of forest products.
Download or read book Tropical Forestry Handbook written by Laslo Pancel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a cross-section of all outstanding experience in all fields of tropical forestry under a drastically changing environment induced by climate change. It sheds light on the existing know-how and presents it in a concise and efficient way for the scientist and professional in charge of planning, implementing and evaluating forest resources. The Tropical Forestry Handbook provides proven and/or promising alternative concepts which can be applied to solve organizational, administrative and technical challenges prevailing in the tropics. Presented are state of the art methods in all fields concerning tropical forestry. Emphasize is given to methods which are adapted to- and which safeguard - environmental conditions.
Download or read book Drosophilidae Diptera written by Irina Brake and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-01-21 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerns about global biodiversity are rising dramatically, yet we are lagging behind in the most basic prerequisite for its understanding and conservation: the inventory. Insect species may make up five or ten times the number of all other plant and animal species combined, and as such they represent one of the major challenges in biosystematic science. World Catalogue of Insects is an initiative aiming at compiling worldscale, authoritative catalogues of monophyletic insect taxa. Volumes in this series contain standard nomenclatoral information on all names pertaining to the taxon treated, including type locality and distribution to the extent this is relevant. Additional information is optional, e.g., location, status and condition of types; biology; bibliographical information; pest status; vector status; etc. This volume nine focuses on Drosophilidae (Diptera). (Series: World Catalogue of Insects)
