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A Landowner's Guide to Managing Your Woods: How to Maintain a Small Acreage for Long-Term Health, Biodiversity, and High-Quality Timber Production by Ann Larkin Hansen Publisher Comments Make the Most of Your WoodlandsWhether you own a few acres of woodland or many, A Landowner's Guide to Managing Your Woods will help you become an active and effective steward of your forest. Beginning with an explanation of the natural processes... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper 
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A Sanctuary of Trees: Beechnuts, Birdsongs, Baseball Bats, and Benedictions by Gene Logsdon Publisher Comments As author Gene Logsdon puts it, "We are all tree huggers." But not just for sentimental or even environmental reasons. Humans have always depended on trees for our food, shelter, livelihood, and safety. In many ways, despite the Grimm's fairy-tale... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Forest Ranger : Study in Administrative Behavior, Special Reprint Edition (06 Edition) by Herbert Kaufman Publisher Comments It is the rare book that remains in print for nearly fifty years, earning wide acclaim as a classic. "The Forest Ranger" has been essential reading for generations of professionals and scholars in forestry, public administration, and organizational... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Silviculture and Ecology of Western U.S. Forests by John Tappeiner Publisher Comments Once regarded solely as the cultivation of forest trees, silviculture is today shifting to a broader focus, one that reflec ts societies' changing forest values. In addition to timber management, the prac tice and science of silviculture are now... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Trade Paper
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Forest Economics by Daowei Zhang Publisher Comments "Forestry cannot be isolated from the forces that drive economic activity. While forestry involves using land, labour, and capital to produce goods and services from forests, economics helps in understanding how this can be done in ways that will best... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $40.58 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Woodlot Management Handbook: Making the Most of Your Wooded Property for Conservation, Income or Both by Stewart And Peter Mitchell Hilts Publisher Comments How to get the most out of a parcel of land by growing trees for timber, selling firewood and preserving land for future generations. A private woodlot may range from 5 to 500 acres, and they are extremely common. Hilts and Mitchell's book is a personal... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $20.07 New - Trade Paper
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Forestry Nursery Manual: Production of Barefoot Seedlings by Mary L. Duryea Publisher Comments The Forest Nursery Manual - a joint effort between the Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, and the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Division of State and Private Forestry - presents state-of-the art information about current bareroot-nursery... (read more) Your price: $179.25 New - Hardcover
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Somatic Cell Genetics of Woody Plants (Phaenomenologica) by M. R. Ahuja Review `The volume will be useful for investigators engaged in foretry research and is recommended as a good addition for libraries.' H. Hattemer and P. Srivastava, Plant Breeding, 1990 `The book will undoubtedly be an excellent source of information not only... (read more) Your price: $220.75 New - Hardcover
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Advances in Agroforestry #8: Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry Systems: Opportunities and Challenges by B. Mohan (edt) Kumar Publisher Comments Tree based production systems abound especially in the tropics.... (read more) Your price: $239.00 New - Hardcover
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Agroforestry for Sustainable Land-Use: Fundamental Research and Modelling with Emphasis on Temperate and Mediterranean Applications by Daniel Auclair Publisher Comments This volume comprises a selection of original contributions presented at a workshop held in Montpellier, France, in June 1997. The two main objectives of the workshop were, firstly, to bring together what is understood about the processes underlying... (read more) List Price $160.00 Your price: $154.00 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Agroforestry for Sustainable Land-Use: Fundamental Research & Modelling with Emphasis on Temperate & Mediterrean Applications: Selected Papers from a Workshop Held in Montpellier, France, 23-29 June 1 by Daniel Auclair Publisher Comments This volume comprises a selection of original contributions presented at a workshop held in Montpellier, France, in June 1997. The two main objectives of the workshop were, firstly, to bring together what is understood about the processes underlying... (read more) Your price: $210.25 New - Hardcover
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Frontiers of Sustainability: Environmentally Sound Agriculture, Forestry, Transportation, and Power Production by Roger C. Dower Publisher Comments The United States is the world's biggest consumer of natural resources and its biggest polluter. With the U.S. economy expected to grow by 25% in the next decade alone, the costs to Americans -- and to everyone else in the world -- will increase... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $33.69 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Plant Kairomones in Insect Ecology and Control by Robert Lee Metcalf Publisher Comments The nature of the coevolutionary process that produced the interactions between plant kairomones and insect sensory organs suggests that kairomones can be employed for insect control in a variety of baits and traps. This book discusses the major... (read more) List Price $187.00 Your price: $179.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Polity Resources #1: Timber by Peter Dauvergne Publisher Comments Timber is a vital resource that is all around us. It is the house that shelters us, the furniture we relax in, the books we read, the paper we print, the disposable diapers for our babies, and the boxes that contain our cereal, detergent, and new... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $47.25 New - Hardcover
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Wood Harvesting with Hand Tools: An Illustrated Training Manual by Ilo Publisher Comments In many developing countries wood harvesting with hand tools continues on a large scale. With the shift of emphasis towards trees grown by rural people rather than forestry enterprises, it will gain in importance in the years to come. This training... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Forest Genetics and Sustainability by Csaba Matyas Publisher Comments During the 4th International Consultation on Forest Genetics and Tree Building, held in 1998 in Beijing, China, leading scientists were invited to review past achievements, to redefine the role of forest genetics and breeding in contemporary forestry... (read more) Your price: $275.25 New - Hardcover
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Innovation in the Forest Sector: Territorial and Value Chain Approaches by Gerhard (edt) Weiss Synopsis Innovation is increasingly recognized as a key factor in environmental protection and balanced sustainable development within the forestry sector.This volume provides a comprehensive theoretical foundation for the analysis of innovation processes and... (read more) Your price: $160.00 New - Hardcover
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Forest Fires: Behavior and Ecological Effects by Edward A. (edt) Johnson Publisher Comments s of fire to educate how fire behaves and the impacts it has on ecosystem function. Leading international contributors have prepared a didactic text/reference that should appeal to both advanced students and practicing professionals.... (read more) Your price: $115.00 New - Hardcover
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Modelling Forest Development by Klaus Von Gadow Publisher Comments The key to successful timber management is a proper understanding of growth processes, and one of the objectives of modelling forest development is to provide the tools that enable foresters to compare alternative silvicultural treatments. In a managed... (read more) Your price: $104.25 New - Trade Paper
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Coastally Restricted Forests (Biological Resource Management Series) by Aimlee D. Laderman Publisher Comments A few conifers are found in nature only in narrow, discontinuous bands bordering continental margins. Despite their maritime location, these trees cannot thrive in saline waters and soils. What enables them to grow in challenging habitats? Why don't... (read more) Your price: $92.50 New - Hardcover
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