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In a world increasingly challenged by the need to integrate and understand highly specialized knowledge in a multidisciplinary way, this book is innovative and perhaps unique in addressing this challenge. It focuses on ideas, strategies, techniques and practices...
Editeur : Academic Press
Parution : 2017-04-14
Format(s) : PDF, epub sans DRM
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This book comprehensively describes the major ecosystem services in dryland environments that are provided by typical land use, including forestland, grassland and farmland, using the Loess Plateau, Northwest China as an example. It offers extensive information on land...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-04-08
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Smart Technologies for Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture: Upscaling in Developing Countries defines integrated climate smart agricultural technologies (ICSAT) as a suite of interconnected techniques and practices that enhance quantity and quality of agricultural...
Editeur : Academic Press
Parution : 2017-04-07
Format(s) : PDF, epub sans DRM
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This book provides an understanding of the role of human activities in accelerating change in global carbon cycling summarizes current knowledge of the contemporary carbon budget. Starting from the geological history, this volume follows a multidisciplinary approach to...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-03-28
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Soil Health and Intensification of Agroecosystems examines the climate, environmental, and human effects on agroecosystems and how the existing paradigms must be revised in order to establish sustainable production. The increased demand for food and fuel exerts...
Editeur : Academic Press
Parution : 2017-03-15
Format(s) : PDF, epub sans DRM
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Soil Mapping and Process Modeling for Sustainable Land Use Management is the first reference to address the use of soil mapping and modeling for sustainability from both a theoretical and practical perspective. The use of more powerful statistical techniques are...
Editeur : Elsevier Science
Parution : 2017-03-13
Format(s) : PDF, epub sans DRM
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In this book we present ten chapters describing the synthesis and application of nanomaterials for health, food, agriculture and bioremediation. Nanomaterials, with unique properties are now being used to improve food and agricultural production. Research on...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-03-01
Collection :
Sustainable Agriculture Reviews
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This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive report on the soils of Wisconsin, a state that offers a rich tapestry of soils. It discusses the relevant soil forming factors and soil processes in detail and subsequently reviews the main soil regions and dominant...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-02-25
Collection :
World Soils Book Series
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This book analyses the relation between different discourses and actors through an ethnographic approach, showing not only how fishermen in Slovenia respond to international political economy, how they struggle to survive but also how they generate small changes....
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-02-21
Collection :
MARE Publication Series
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Quantifying and Managing Soil Functions in Earth's Critical Zone: Combining Experimentation and Mathematical Modelling, Volume 142, the latest in the Advances in Agronomy series continues its reputation as a leading reference and first-rate source for the latest...
Editeur : Academic Press
Parution : 2017-02-18
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Oil Seed Crops: Yield and Adaptations under Environmental Stress is a state-of-the-art reference that investigates the effect of environmental stress on oil seed crops and outlines effective ways to reduce stress and improve crop yield. With attention to physiological,...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2017-02-15
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This is the only book to offer an up-to-date overview of air pollution in East Asia and the effects of air pollutants such as ozone, acid deposition and aerosols on Asian crops and trees. It is unique in that it discusses the fundamentals of environmental plant science...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-02-13
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Since the Scots pine species is most important in Eurasia, it was considered necessary to involve authors from as many countries as was possible including Eastern Europe and U.S.S.R. During the 18th IUFRO World Congress in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, in September 1986,...
Editeur : Elsevier Science
Parution : 2017-01-31
Format(s) : PDF sans DRM
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These papers cover mechanical properties and processes; thermal properties, processes and design; frost action in soils; and design and case histories.
Editeur : Elsevier Science
Parution : 2017-01-31
Format(s) : PDF sans DRM
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This textbook explains the various aspects of sustainable agricultures to undergraduate and graduate students. The book first quantifies the components of the crop energy balance, i.e. the partitioning of net radiation, and their effect on the thermal environment...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-01-25
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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“Accomplishes what few other books have—helping growers use mycorrhizae to improve the immune systems of plants. This natural union between plants and fungi is the foundation of our food web.” —Paul Stamets, author of Mycelium Running: How...
Editeur : Timber Press
Parution : 2017-01-11
Format(s) : ePub
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Dominance and Aggression in Humans and Other Animals: The Great Game of Life examines human nature and the influence of evolution, genetics, chemistry, nurture, and the sociopolitical environment as a way of understanding how and why humans behave in aggressive and...
Editeur : Academic Press
Parution : 2017-01-05
Format(s) : epub sans DRM
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Advances in Agronomy, Volume 141 carries on the stellar reputation of this leading reference and first-rate source for the latest research in agronomy. Each volume contains an eclectic group of reviews by leading scientists throughout the world. As always, the subjects...
Editeur : Academic Press
Parution : 2017-01-04
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Olive Mill Waste: Recent Advances for Sustainable Management addresses today's most relevant topics in olive oil industry sustainable management. Emphasizing recent advisable practices, the book explores the potential of reutilizing OMW to power the mill itself, the...
Editeur : Academic Press
Parution : 2016-12-28
Format(s) : epub sans DRM
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The Coconut: Phylogeny, Origins, and Spread comprehensively covers the botany, phylogeny, origins, and spread of the coconut palm.The coconut is used primarily for its oil, fiber, and as an article of food, including its tender-nut water. Until the 1950s, coconut oil...
Editeur : Academic Press
Parution : 2016-12-27
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