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Ecophysiology of Economic Plants in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands
G. E. Wickens
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Hardback. This text focuses on arid and semi-arid environments and their classification, and the physiological restraints and the adaptations of plants to the environment. It also discusses economic botany and the needs and methods of conserving economic plants. Series: Adaptations of Desert Organisms. Num Pages: 343 pages, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSTS; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1510.
Eeonomie plants range from those that are eommercially utilised by the industrial nations of the world to those that safeguard the survival of hunter-gatherer aboriginal eommunities. In a world of inereasing human and livestock populations, land and environment degradation, species loss and climatic change, it is becoming inerea- singly important to work for the sustainable management of the world's natural resourees. This is especially important for the arid and semi-arid regions where any abuse of the harsh environment is unforgiving. Plant resourees are especially important sinee they proteet the environment, provide habitats for both flora and fauna, and direetly or ... Read more
Eeonomie plants range from those that are eommercially utilised by the industrial nations of the world to those that safeguard the survival of hunter-gatherer aboriginal eommunities. In a world of inereasing human and livestock populations, land and environment degradation, species loss and climatic change, it is becoming inerea- singly important to work for the sustainable management of the world's natural resourees. This is especially important for the arid and semi-arid regions where any abuse of the harsh environment is unforgiving. Plant resourees are especially important sinee they proteet the environment, provide habitats for both flora and fauna, and direetly or ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
343
Condition
New
Series
Adaptations of Desert Organisms
Number of Pages
343
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540521716
SKU
V9783540521716
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