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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Canadian Journal of Botany
Author: Flora of the Yukon Territory
Author: William J. CodyPublisher: NRC Research Press
ISBN: 9780660181103
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
This work covers geology and vegetation of the vascular plants of the Yukon Territory. It should be of interest to botanical scientists, students and travellers interested in biodiversity, and for rare and endangered species wildlife management.
Canadian Journal of Research
Author: Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples
Author: Harriet KuhnleinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000092321
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 745
Book Description
First published in 1991, Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples details the nutritional properties, botanical characteristics and ethnic uses of a wide variety of traditional plant foods used by the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. Comprehensive and detailed, this volume explores both the technical use of plants and their cultural connections. It will be of interest to scholars from a variety of backgrounds, including Indigenous Peoples with their specific cultural worldviews; nutritionists and other health professionals who work with Indigenous Peoples and other rural people; other biologists, ethnologists, and organizations that address understanding of the resources of the natural world; and academic audiences from a variety of disciplines.
Canadian Journal of Botany
Author: Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States
Author: Robert K. GodfreyPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820342432
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
This is the long-awaited second volume of Godfrey and Wooten's definitive survey of aquatic and wetland plants of the southeastern United States. It focuses on native and naturalized dicotyledons of the region and provides well-written, concise descriptions and keys for the identification of 1,084 species. A glossary of terms, list of references, separate indexes of common and scientific names, and nearly 400 well-executed drawings complete the volume. The first comprehensive survey of the aquatic and wetland plants of the Southeast, the Godfrey and Wooten volumes will prove invaluable to botanists, ecologists, college students, government agencies involved in land-use management, and nonspecialists interested in the plant life and ecology of the region.
Revue Agronomique Canadien
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
The Nature of Spectacle
Author: Jim IgoePublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816530440
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
"A thoughtful treatise on how popular representations of nature, through entertainment and tourism, shape how we imagine environmental problems and their solutions"--Provided by publisher.
From Tribute to Communal Sovereignty
Author: Andrew Roth-SeneffPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816531587
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"In this collective study, the settlement patterns of the last five centuries in Central Western Mexico, language distribution, ritual representation of territoriality, processes of collective identity, and/or the forms of participation and resistance during different phases of Mexican state formation all combine to raise the question of whether the village community constitutes a unique level of the Indo-Mexican experience."
Nectaries and Nectar
Author: Susan W. NicolsonPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 140205937X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Nectar is the most important reward offered by plants to pollinating animals. This book is a modern and interdisciplinary text on nectar and nectaries, prompted by the expansion of knowledge in ecological and molecular fields, and the strong recent interest in pollination biology. The topics covered vary widely: they include historical aspects, the structure and ultrastructure of nectaries and relationships to plant systematics, the dynamics of nectar secretion, nectar chemistry and the molecular biology of defence proteins, and more.
