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基本説明
Includes 550 high quality colour illustration and photographs.
Full Description
Trees are one of the dominant features of our existence on earth and play a fundamental role in the environment. This book gives the reader an overview and understanding of trees. Subject areas covered include ecology and conservation, tree anatomy and evolution, pathology, silviculture, propagation, and surgery. The different chapters cover trees from various world habitats, from northern boreal and montane coniferous forests to tropical and subtropical rainforests. The book is fully illustrated throughout with the highest quality color photos and is invaluable to professionals and students in plant science, plant biology, ecology, and conservation and to those working in forestry and arboriculture.
Contents
Introduction to Woody Habit Section. World Distribution of Forests: Northern boreal and montane coniferous forests. Temperate rain and deciduous forests. Temperate mixed evergreen forests. Tropical and sub-tropical rain and dry forests. Tree Morphology, Anatomy and Histology. Tree Pathology: Cell wall polymers and infection. The effect of fungal bacterial and viral pathogens on important plantation and forest trees. Insect or other infestations of important plantation and forest trees. Forest Ecology and Management, Tree Surgery, Propagation and Conservation: General forest ecological processes. Silvicultural systems and management. Tree pruning and surgery. Tree propagation for forestry and aboriculture. Forest and woodland conservation.
