The Home-Life of the Terns or Sea Swallows: Photographed and Described (Classic Reprint)
by W Bickerton
Microorganisms in Environmental Management
Microbes and their biosynthetic capabilities have been invaluable in finding solutions for several intractable problems mankind has encountered in maintaining the quality of the environment. They have, for example, been used to positive effect in human and animal health, genetic engineering, environmental protection, and municipal and industrial waste treatment. Microorganisms have enabled feasible and cost-effective responses which would have been impossible via straightforward chemical or phys...
Secondary Metabolites in Soil Ecology (Soil Biology, #14)
Microbiologists and soil scientists will find this study compelling reading. It focuses on the role of bacterial, fungal and plant secondary metabolites in soil ecosystems. Our understanding of the biological function of secondary metabolites is surprisingly limited, considering our knowledge of their structural diversity and pharmaceutical activity. This book reviews functional aspects of secondary metabolite production, with a focus on interactions among soil organisms.
L'Ananas Biologique En Afrique: Pratiques Actuelles de Production (Omn.Univ.Europ.)
by Collectif
2018 Pest Control for Professional Turfgrass Managers
2018 Pest Control for Professional Turfgrass Managers contains the latest information on pesticides used to control turfgrass pests. This volume covers a wide array of topics including commercial turf insects; chemical weed control; tolerance of established cool-season and warm-season turfgrasses to herbicides; controlling broadleaf weeds; turfgrass diseases; nematicides for turf; growth regulators; aquatic weed control; and integrated pest management. Updated annually, this is a valuable resour...
Optimisation de la Dynamique de l'Eau Dans Le Sol (Omn.Univ.Europ.)
by Mhamdi-B
Two Renaissance Book Collectors is an illustrated study of the lives and works of the Renaissance book collectors Jean Grolier and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza. Often described as the "Prince of Bibliophiles," the French sixteenth-century book collector Jean Grolier is the most famous of all patrons of bookbinding. This volume contains the first full account of his life since 1866, making a significant contribution to cultural history. Grolier is here contrasted with a younger contemporary, the Span...
Descriptive Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae) Volume; Volume 1
by Louis Peringuey
Widely considered one of Australia's three or four greatest writers, Christina Stead's reputation, within Australia and overseas, has grown steadily in the ten years since her death. It is largely built on one work, her memorable novel of family life, The Man Who Loved Children. This major new study sets that novel within the continuities and developments of Stead's writing over five decades. Jennifer Gribble sees Stead's lifelong fascination with story-telling as the key to a sophisticated and...
Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde, 1873 und 1874: Jahrgang XXVII und XXVIII (Classic Reprint)
by C L Kirschbaum