Ecologists, land managers and policymakers continue to search for the most effective ways to manage biological invasions. An emerging lesson is that proactive management can limit negative impacts, reduce risks and save money. This book explores how to detect and respond to alien plant incursions, summarising the most current literature, providing practical recommendations and reviewing the conditions and processes necessary to achieve prevention, eradication and containment. Chapter topics include assessing invasiveness and the impact of alien plants, how to improve surveillance efforts, how to make timely management decisions, and how legislation and strategic planning can support management. Each chapter includes text boxes written by international experts that discuss topical issues such as spatial predictive modelling, costing invasions, biosecurity, biofuels, and dealing with conflict species.
Wild Plants, Mushrooms and NutsFunctional Food Properties and ApplicationsAttitudes to food have naturally and inevitably altered in line with changing social conditions and the development of society
Ethnobotany of India: Volume 3: North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the third of a five-volume set of Ethnobotany of India. Bringing together in one place the important information on
History, literature, and botany meet in this delightful tour of how humans have relied on plants to nourish, shelter, heal, clothe, and even entertain us. Did you know that During World War II, the US
The beautiful Southest is rich in wild edibles. In Southwest Foraging wild foods expert John Slattery helps you find an abundance of wild plants right outside your door. With this savvy guide you
Discusses attributes of poisonous plants like associated symptoms, species survival, and defense mechanisms with examples of plants like poison ivy and the devil's trumpet.
Plants can’t run, but some of them can hide, thanks to camouflage, an important plant defense. Readers learn why some plants must hide in order to survive, which fits into a larger discussion of plant
Unlike people and animals, plants can’t move, or can they? This title explores the mystery of plants that move, which is an important plant defense. Readers learn about the plant species that creep, c
When you look at a plant, how can you tell if it’s really the plant you think it is, or if it’s just playing pretend? Some plants practice mimicry, which is a defense mechanism that keeps them from be
Fans of From Seed to Plant, a perennial seller by Gail Gibbons, will want this lushly illustrated picture book.A gust of wind lifes a maple seed, sending it spinning like a shiny green helicopter thro
Although plants comprise more than 90% of all visible life, and land plants and algae collectively make up the most morphologically, physiologically, and ecologically diverse group of organisms on ear
Although plants comprise more than 90% of all visible life, and land plants and algae collectively make up the most morphologically, physiologically, and ecologically diverse group of organisms on ear
This book covers all aspects of drought and flooding stress in plants; their causes and consequences, the mitigation of water stress, and modern tools and techniques to alleviate the water stress on c
This book offers an up-to-date account of important crops grown worldwide. It provides detailed discussion on the history of plant exploration, migration, domestication and distribution, and crop improvement. The text starts with the origin and diversification of cultivated plants, followed by discussion on tropical, subtropical and temperate crops that are sources of food, beverages, spices and medicines, as well as plant insecticides, timber plants and essential oil-yielding plants. The genetic and evolutionary aspects of different plants and their health benefits are highlighted. The book covers topics dealing with biodiversity conservation, petro-crops, ethnobotanical studies, and important sub-tropical and temperate plants that have commercial importance. The significance of major plant species under each category is described in detail. Illustrated with numerous well-labelled line diagrams and pictures, this book will be useful for students of botany, food and nutrition, forestry
In Mountain States Foraging, herbalist Briana Rose Wiles helps new and experiences foragers find the most flavorful wild plants the region has to offer. This savvy, accessible, full-color guide shows
This updated and expanded guide thoroughly documents every aspect of seaweed life, from species identification and seaweed biology to the essential--and often surprising--roles seaweed plays in the ma
