Botany

High Park, at Blenheim in Oxfordshire UK, is a SSSI of great significance for its numerous ancient oaks and the organisms associated with these trees. This book gives a detailed, lavishly illustrated …

As we clear millions of hectares of forests globally, the challenge of restoring these precious ecosystems becomes ever more pressing. The stakes are high: a staggering 95% of Earth’s land could succ …

This work gives descriptions of the currently known species of the currently known species of flowering plants and ferns that occur in wet lands, including many significant as waterfowl …

Camp’s Botany by the Numbers provides a succinct, yet comprehensive walk through the plant kingdom in study outline form. Camp’s Biology by the Numbers guide series provide advanced high school stude …

This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and …

Algal blooms have the potential to wipe out fish farms virtually overnight. Contamination of seafoods with algal toxins can poison human consumers of fish and shellfish. During the past two decades, …

In this book, you’ll learn why plants have fruits, the difference between dry fruits and fleshy fruits, basic fruit anatomy, the parts of a seed, why plants make seeds, and how seeds are dispersed. I …

Cultivated turfgrass is an assemblage of mown, perennial grasses or prostrate-growing forb plants and a suite of microbes all competing with each other in a common environment. This book approaches …

An exploration of climate challenges and near possible solution to improve yield, this edited book entitled “Molecular Response and Genetic Engineering for Stress in Plants, Volume 1: Abiotic stress” …

The Heathery; or A Monograph of the Genus Erica: Vol 1' is a comprehensive and meticulously researched book written by H. C. Andrews. This botanical masterpiece focuses on the genus Erica, …