Freshwater and Marine Plants of Rhode Island
by Robert G Sheath and Marilyn M Harlin
Written for floral professionals and floral enthusiasts, this book elevates the "eco" conversation by disrupting established assumptions about what is beauty and sharing earth-friendly alternatives to otherwise tried and true industry mechanics. Tobey Nelson invites readers to adopt her "better than" philosophy, based on floral design done with care and intention, while offering encouraging steps toward preserving the splendor and health of the planet. Ecoblooms features an extensive gallery of...
It is impossible to imagine a world without wood. From true relics of the cross to the invention of toothpicks to the famed Stradivarius violin and medieval catapults, wood has played an essential role in nearly every aspect of human existence. But this is no dull dissertation on the scientific properties of wood; instead, Spike Carlsen has traveled thousands of miles and interviewed hundreds of wood users and enthusiasts to carve out a comprehensive and dynamic history of wood's global impact a...
Why do slugs prefer your lettuces to eating weeds which are just as tasty? Why do container plants wilt even though they have plenty of water? Linda Chalker-Scott tackles these and other questions gardeners ask and explains the plant physiology that is behind these everyday gardening challenges.
Kein Baum Ist Egal - Notizbuch Fur Klimaschutzer
by Fridays for Future Notizbucher
Common Edible & Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast
by C Leonard Fergus and Charles Fergus
BROCKHAUSEN Livre de coloriage vol. 5 - Inspiration (Livre A Colorier, #5)
by Dortje Golldack
Seed Storage Compounds (Proceedings of the Phytochemical Society of Europe, #35)
A definitive up-to-date account of the major seed storage products This volume brings together experts on the three groups of seed storage compounds: proteins, lipids, and starch. It provides a much-needed summary of the current state of knowledge of the biosynthesis and cell biology of the compounds. It also discusses their interactions, and the mechanisms by which the plant may regulate the partitioning of carbon into lipid or starch. The book provides a synopsis of the exciting new developm...
Wild Flowers of the Devon Coast (Tor Mark paperbacks)
by Trevor Beer and Endymion Beer
Insect Resistance Management
Neither pest management nor resistance management can occur with only an understanding of pest biology. For years, entomologists have understood, with their use of economic thresholds, that at least a minimal use of economics was necessary for proper integrated pest management. IRM is even more complicated and dependent on understanding and using socioeconomic factors. The new edition of Insect Resistance Management addresses these issues and much more. Many new ideas, facts and case studies...
Flora and fauna that have historically been given a bum rap are examined in these fascinating anecdotes about life on a small island. the book's ecological importance is reinforced in the foreword by David Suzuki, Canada's pre-eminent science broadcaster, geneticist and environmentalist.
The Vintage Journal California Poppies (Pocket Sized - Found Image Press Journals)
This far-reaching study redraws the intellectual map of the Enlightenment and boldly reassesses the legacy of that highly influential period for us today. Peter Hanns Reill argues that in the middle of the eighteenth century, a major shift occurred in the way Enlightenment thinkers conceived of nature that caused many of them to reject the prevailing doctrine of mechanism and turn to a vitalistic model to account for phenomena in natural history, the life sciences, and chemistry. As he traces th...
The Vintage Journal Wildflowers in California (Pocket Sized - Found Image Press Journals)