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  • Agricultural Soil Science

    Sustainable Management of Agricultural Soils

    Edited by Yves Coquet, Joel Michelin ...
    Series series ISTE Invoiced
    Soils are a vital resource in agricultural production.This book aims to provide an overview of several topics concerning agricultural soil management. Without claiming to be exhaustive, it nevertheless provides a useful basis for understanding how agricultural soils function, and how to manage these functions within agroecosystems. Our approach to soils is multidisciplinary, ranging from natural ... Read more

    $188.99 CAD

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  • Forests, Carbon Cycle and Climate Change

    by Denis Loustau ...
    Series series Update Sciences & technologies
    The results presented in this book summarize the main findings of the CARBOFOR project, which brought together 52 scientists from 14 research units to investigate the effects of future climate on the carbon cycle, the productivity and vulnerability of French forests. This book explains the current forest carbon cycle in temperate and Mediterranean climates, including the dynamics of soil carbon ... Read more

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  • Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services

    Edited by Diana H. Wall, Richard D. Bardgett, Valerie Behan-Pelletier, Jeffrey E. Herrick, T. Hefin Jones, Johan Six, Donald R. Strong, Wim H. van der Putten, Karl Ritz ...
    This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a basis for the maintenance of soil health and sustainability. The book covers these advances from a unique perspective of examining the ecosystem services produced by soil biota across different scales - from biotic ... Read more

    $86.29 CAD

  • Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry

    Edited by Francesco Ferrini, Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Alessio Fini ...
    Series series Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
    More than half the world's population now lives in cities. Creating sustainable, healthy and aesthetic urban environments is therefore a major policy goal and research agenda. This comprehensive handbook provides a global overview of the state of the art and science of urban forestry.It describes the multiple roles and benefits of urban green areas in general and the specific role of trees, ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Instant Insights: Vertical farming in horticulture

    by Prof Dickson Despommier, Dr Elisa Appolloni, Dr Francesco Orsini, Dr Giorgio Gianquinto, Emeritus Professor Toyoki Kozai, Dr Yumiko Amagai, Dr Eri Hayashi, Dr James E. Faust, Dr Damianos Neocleous, Dr Giuseppina Pennisi, Dr Alessandro Pistillo, Professor Dimitrios Savvas ...
    Series Book 3 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
    This specially curated collection features five reviews of current and key research on vertical farming in horticulture.The first chapter describes and evaluates technologies and methods for growing edible plants indoors and presents a survey of selected commercial vertical farms currently operating that employ them.The second chapter explores the benefits of plant factories with artificial ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

  • Ramiran 98. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Management Strategies for Organic Waste in Agriculture

    Vol. 1: Proceedings of the oral presentations

    by José Martinez, Marie-Noëlle Maudet ...
    This edition is a collection in two volumes of the presentations at the 8th international conference of an FAO network on recycling agricultural, municipal and industrial waste that was held in Rennes, France, from 26th to 29th May 1998. The theme of the conference was management strategies for organic waste used in agriculture and it was organised in five parts: management strategies for organic ... Read more

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  • Boreal Forests in the Face of Climate Change

    Sustainable Management

    Edited by Miguel Montoro Girona, Hubert Morin, Sylvie Gauthier, Yves Bergeron ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book explores a new conceptual framework for the sustainable management of the boreal forest in the face of climate change. The boreal forest is the second-largest terrestrial biome on Earth and covers a 14 million km2 belt, representing about 25% of the Earth’s forest area. Two-thirds of this forest biome is managed and supplies 37% of global wood production. These forests also ... Read more

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  • Integrated Groundwater Management

    Concepts, Approaches and Challenges

    Edited by Anthony J Jakeman, Olivier Barreteau, Randall J Hunt, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo, Andrew Ross ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The aim of this book is to document for the first time the dimensions and requirements of effective integrated groundwater management (IGM). Groundwater management is a formidable challenge, one that remains one of humanity’s foremost priorities. It has become a largely non-renewable resource that is overexploited in many parts of the world. In the 21st century, the issue moves from how to simply ... Read more

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  • Soil Erosion and Carbon Dynamics

    Edited by Eric J. Roose, Rattan Lal, Christian Feller, Bernard Barthes, B.A. Stewart ...
    Series series Advances in Soil Science
    The most complete, nonpartisan source of information on this hot agronomic topic available today, this book brings together a diverse group of papers and data to resolve the debate between sedimentologists and soil scientists and agronomists over whether the effects of soil erosion on carbon and atmospheric CO2 is beneficial or destructive. Divided into four sections, it offers data on how soil ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Recycled Concrete and Demolition Waste

    Edited by Yining Ding, F. Pacheco-Torgal ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
    The civil engineering sector accounts for a significant percentage of global material and energy consumption and is a major contributor of waste material. The ability to recycle and reuse concrete and demolition waste is critical to reducing environmental impacts in meeting national, regional and global environmental targets. Handbook of recycled concrete and demolition waste summarises key recent ... Read more

    $255.99 CAD

  • Plant Functional Diversity

    Organism traits, community structure, and ecosystem properties

    by Eric Garnier, Marie-Laure Navas, Karl Grigulis ...
    Biological diversity, the variety of living organisms on Earth, is traditionally viewed as the diversity of taxa, and species in particular. However, other facets of diversity also need to be considered for a comprehensive understanding of evolutionary and ecological processes. This novel book demonstrates the advantages of adopting a functional approach to diversity in order to improve our ... Read more

    $64.79 CAD

  • The forestry & wood sector and climate change mitigation

    From carbon sequestration in forests to the development of the bioeconomy

    by Alice Roux, Antoine Colin, Jean-François Dhôte, Bertrand Schmitt ...
    Series series Matière à débattre et décider
    Forests and forestry in temperate regions face what may appear to be contradictory goals: to increase atmospheric carbon capture through sequestration in biomass and soils, while providing a growing share of the resources needed to produce essential material goods and energy for human societies as well as gradually renewing forests to enable them to adapt to future climate conditions. INRAE and ... Read more

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