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Paperback. Rangeland ecosystems support half of the world's livestock while also providing habitats for some of the most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines the pressures on rangeland ecosystems worldwide from human land use, over-hunting, and subsistence and commercial farming of livestock and crops. Editor(s): Du Toit, Johan T.; Kock, Richard; Deutsch, James. Series: Conservation Science and Practice. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNKH; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405177856
- ISBN
- 9781405177856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.56
€ 93.56
Hardback. This important book provides a comprehensive review of our current knowledge of the world's leguminous plants and their symbiotic bacteria. Written by Professor Janet Sprent, a world authority in the area. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405181754
- ISBN
- 9781405181754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.91
€ 243.91
Hardback. The Atlantic salmon is one of the most prized and exploited species worldwide, being at the centre of a massive sports fishing industry and increasingly as the major farmed species in many countries worldwide. Atlantic Salmon Ecology is a landmark publication, both scientifically important and visually attractive. Editor(s): Aas, Oystein; Klemetsen, Anders; Einum, Sigurd; Skurdal, Jostein. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVS; PSVW1; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 171 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405197694
- ISBN
- 9781405197694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.33
€ 213.33
Hardback. Based on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414508
- ISBN
- 9781421414508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.54
€ 51.99
€ 43.54
Hardback. Wine Flavour Chemistry brings together a vast wealth of information describing components of wine, their underlying chemistry and their possible role in the taste, smell and overall perception. It includes both table wines and fortified wines, such as Sherry, Port and the newly added Madeira, as well as other special wines. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TDCT2; TVSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 180 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1104.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444330427
- ISBN
- 9781444330427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.24
€ 208.24
Hardback. Three new chapters covering fish personality, lateralisation, and fish cognition and fish welfare, have been added to this fully revised and expanded second edition. Series: Fish and Aquatic Resources. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVP; PSVW1; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 170 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444332216
- ISBN
- 9781444332216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.98
€ 213.98
Hardback. Fish Pathology provides in-depth coverage across all major aspects of fish pathology. Much new infomation is included in this new edition, including enhanced coverage of any diseases that have become commercially significant since publication of the previous edition. Num Pages: 590 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: MZK; PSVL; PSVW1; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 254 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444332827
- ISBN
- 9781444332827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.37
€ 241.37
Hardback. Through international case studies, this book evaluates how various policy challenges are having an impact on specific agricultural policy regimes, and what future lessons might be learnt from key policy experiments around neoliberalism and multifunctionality. Editor(s): Almas, Reider; Campbell, Hugh. Series Editor(s): Marsden, Terry. Series: Research in Rural Sociology & Development. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RPG; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780523484
- ISBN
- 9781780523484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.04
€ 129.04
Hardback. A much needed examination of contemporary approaches to animal healing in South Africa, and the role of local knowledge. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23, 18 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white line drawings, 18 black and white, 5. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010834
- ISBN
- 9781847010834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.88
€ 62.88
Paperback. Examines how the lives of pastoralists in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia are deeply affected by the creation of mutually exclusive ethnic territories and proposes ways to reverse this trend. Editor(s): Schlee, Gunther. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 191 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFGK; JHMC; RGCP; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011299
- ISBN
- 9781847011299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Hardcover. Editor(s): Eijsackers, H.; Quispel, A. Num Pages: 212 pages, 113. BIC Classification: TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Munksgaard International Publishers Denmark
- Edition
- 39th Edition
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788716102270
- ISBN
- 9788716102270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.18
€ 87.18
Paperback. What is a weed," opined Emerson, "but a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered?" While that may be a worthy notion in theory, these plants of undiscovered virtue cause endless hours of toil for backyard gardeners. Encyclopedic in scope, this book intends to cover North American weeds at every stage of growth. Num Pages: 656 pages, 1254 colour plates, 26 halftones, 125 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; PST; TVP; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226076447
- ISBN
- 9780226076447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Hardback. The world's arid and semiarid lands are plagued by serious environmental problems and are deteriorating in their ability to sustain conventional crops. The authors discuss the plight of deteriorating arid lands and, more importantly, offer practical solutions for improved land and water usage and the use of alternative new crops for food, chemicals, and energy production. Num Pages: 253 pages, illus. BIC Classification: GTF; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231066129
- ISBN
- 9780231066129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.06€ 73.24
€ 95.06
€ 73.24
Paperback. Small farmers are often viewed as engaging in wasteful practices that wreak ecological havoc. This text aims to set the record straight, using case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific, the book offers an analysis of agricultural diversity and explores its history. Series: Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RNC; RNF; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102339
- ISBN
- 9780231102339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 46.96
€ 59.41
€ 46.96
Hardback. Addresses concerns that we are losing the diversity of crop plants that provide food for most of the world. This book discusses how economic development, loss of heirloom varieties and wild ancestors, and modern agricultural techniques have endangered the genetic diversity needed to keep agricultural crops vital and capable of adaptation. Editor(s): Motley, Timothy J.; Zerega, Professor Nyree; Cross, Hugh. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, charts, maps. BIC Classification: PSAJ; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231133166
- ISBN
- 9780231133166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.81€ 76.74
€ 99.81
€ 76.74
Hardback. Argues for a more harmonious and rational approach to our relationship with insects, one that does not harm our environment. Beginning with the early techniques of colonial farmers and ending with the modern use of chemical insecticides, this book shows how America's war on insects mirrors its continual struggle with nature and technology. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TBX; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231139427
- ISBN
- 9780231139427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Characterizes each plant and gives information on its natural habitat, its water, soil, light, temperature, and pruning requirements, and its possible uses in landscape design. This book supplies a list of public gardens that showcase native plants. Num Pages: 310 pages, 350 color, 1 map, 4 figures. BIC Classification: TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292751477
- ISBN
- 9780292751477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. A fascinating historical study of the decline of salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 25 photos, 8 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; KNAF; RNF; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780295981147
- ISBN
- 9780295981147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. Series Editor(s): Sivaramakrishnan, K. Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 maps, 1 recorded music items, 12 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white tables,. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC; TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995472
- ISBN
- 9780295995472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Hardback. A complete guide to designing, constructing, and maintaining eye-catching interior landscapes. Num Pages: 288 pages, 130 color, 30 line drawings. BIC Classification: AMR; AMV; TVS; WJK; WMPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 280 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780393730821
- ISBN
- 9780393730821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.55
€ 52.99
€ 44.55
Paperback. The science that underpins organic agriculture and its impact upon the management of agricultural systems has been rarely addressed. Translator(s): Atkinson, Professor David. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: TVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470023938
- ISBN
- 9780470023938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.60
€ 56.60
hardcover. Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research. Topics covered include the horticulture of fruits, vegetables, nut crops, and ornamentals. Series: Horticultural Reviews. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780470505205
- ISBN
- 9780470505205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 333.11
€ 333.11
Hardcover. Sea urchins and sea cucumbers are highly sought after delicacies growing in popularity globally. The demand for these species is rapidly outpacing natural stocks, and researchers and seafood industry personnel are now looking towards aquaculture as a means of providing a sustainable supply of these organism. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 175 x 22. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780470960387
- ISBN
- 9780470960387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.56
€ 251.56
Hardcover. Fish nutrition can be the deciding factor between a robust and healthy farmed fish population and low aquaculture production. In an age where chemicals and antibiotics are under greater scrutiny than ever, a strong understanding of the role of nutrients and feed additives is essential in the aquaculture industry. Series: United States Aquaculture Society Series. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TVT; WNCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 255 x 24. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780470962886
- ISBN
- 9780470962886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 224.80
€ 224.80