Agriculture & farming
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Agriculture & farming
Paperback. Rangeland ecosystems support half of the world's livestock while also providing habitats for some of the most charismatic of wildlife species. This book examines the pressures on rangeland ecosystems worldwide from human land use, over-hunting, and subsistence and commercial farming of livestock and crops. Editor(s): Du Toit, Johan T.; Kock, Richard; Deutsch, James. Series: Conservation Science and Practice. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNKH; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405177856
- ISBN
- 9781405177856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.92
€ 88.92
Hardback. This important book provides a comprehensive review of our current knowledge of the world's leguminous plants and their symbiotic bacteria. Written by Professor Janet Sprent, a world authority in the area. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405181754
- ISBN
- 9781405181754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 232.38
€ 232.38
Hardback. The Atlantic salmon is one of the most prized and exploited species worldwide, being at the centre of a massive sports fishing industry and increasingly as the major farmed species in many countries worldwide. Atlantic Salmon Ecology is a landmark publication, both scientifically important and visually attractive. Editor(s): Aas, Oystein; Klemetsen, Anders; Einum, Sigurd; Skurdal, Jostein. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVS; PSVW1; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 171 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405197694
- ISBN
- 9781405197694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.55
€ 202.55
Hardback. Based on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414508
- ISBN
- 9781421414508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.45
€ 49.99
€ 41.45
Hardback. Wine Flavour Chemistry brings together a vast wealth of information describing components of wine, their underlying chemistry and their possible role in the taste, smell and overall perception. It includes both table wines and fortified wines, such as Sherry, Port and the newly added Madeira, as well as other special wines. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TDCT2; TVSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 180 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1104.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444330427
- ISBN
- 9781444330427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.07
€ 210.07
Hardback. Three new chapters covering fish personality, lateralisation, and fish cognition and fish welfare, have been added to this fully revised and expanded second edition. Series: Fish and Aquatic Resources. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVP; PSVW1; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 170 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444332216
- ISBN
- 9781444332216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.84
€ 202.84
Hardback. Fish Pathology provides in-depth coverage across all major aspects of fish pathology. Much new infomation is included in this new edition, including enhanced coverage of any diseases that have become commercially significant since publication of the previous edition. Num Pages: 590 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: MZK; PSVL; PSVW1; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 254 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444332827
- ISBN
- 9781444332827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.13
€ 229.13
Hardback. Through international case studies, this book evaluates how various policy challenges are having an impact on specific agricultural policy regimes, and what future lessons might be learnt from key policy experiments around neoliberalism and multifunctionality. Editor(s): Almas, Reider; Campbell, Hugh. Series Editor(s): Marsden, Terry. Series: Research in Rural Sociology & Development. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RPG; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780523484
- ISBN
- 9781780523484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.59
€ 122.59
Hardback. A much needed examination of contemporary approaches to animal healing in South Africa, and the role of local knowledge. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23, 18 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white line drawings, 18 black and white, 5. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010834
- ISBN
- 9781847010834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.82
€ 59.82
Paperback. Examines how the lives of pastoralists in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia are deeply affected by the creation of mutually exclusive ethnic territories and proposes ways to reverse this trend. Editor(s): Schlee, Gunther. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 191 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFGK; JHMC; RGCP; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011299
- ISBN
- 9781847011299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.86
€ 25.99
€ 22.86
Hardcover. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: PS; TVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783527323586
- ISBN
- 9783527323586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.55
€ 57.55
Hardcover. Editor(s): Reeg, Tatjana; Bemmann, Albrecht; Konold, Werner; Murach, Dieter; Spiecker, Heinrich. Num Pages: 379 pages. BIC Classification: AS; RB; RN; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 175 x 23. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783527324170
- ISBN
- 9783527324170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.59
€ 63.59
Paperback. Editor(s): Leitgeb, Ernst; Reiter, Rainer; Englisch, Michael; Luscher, Peter; Feger, Karl-Heinz; Schad, Peter. Num Pages: 412 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CB; PN; RN; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783527327133
- ISBN
- 9783527327133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.47
€ 75.47
Hardcover. Editor(s): Eijsackers, H.; Quispel, A. Num Pages: 212 pages, 113. BIC Classification: TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Munksgaard International Publishers Denmark
- Edition
- 39th Edition
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788716102270
- ISBN
- 9788716102270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.87
€ 82.87
Paperback. What is a weed," opined Emerson, "but a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered?" While that may be a worthy notion in theory, these plants of undiscovered virtue cause endless hours of toil for backyard gardeners. Encyclopedic in scope, this book intends to cover North American weeds at every stage of growth. Num Pages: 656 pages, 1254 colour plates, 26 halftones, 125 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; PST; TVP; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226076447
- ISBN
- 9780226076447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.19
€ 34.99
€ 27.19
Hardback. The world's arid and semiarid lands are plagued by serious environmental problems and are deteriorating in their ability to sustain conventional crops. The authors discuss the plight of deteriorating arid lands and, more importantly, offer practical solutions for improved land and water usage and the use of alternative new crops for food, chemicals, and energy production. Num Pages: 253 pages, illus. BIC Classification: GTF; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231066129
- ISBN
- 9780231066129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.61€ 69.88
€ 90.61
€ 69.88
Paperback. Small farmers are often viewed as engaging in wasteful practices that wreak ecological havoc. This text aims to set the record straight, using case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific, the book offers an analysis of agricultural diversity and explores its history. Series: Issues, Cases, and Methods in Biodiversity Conservation. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RNC; RNF; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102339
- ISBN
- 9780231102339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.63€ 44.58
€ 56.63
€ 44.58
Hardback. Addresses concerns that we are losing the diversity of crop plants that provide food for most of the world. This book discusses how economic development, loss of heirloom varieties and wild ancestors, and modern agricultural techniques have endangered the genetic diversity needed to keep agricultural crops vital and capable of adaptation. Editor(s): Motley, Timothy J.; Zerega, Professor Nyree; Cross, Hugh. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, charts, maps. BIC Classification: PSAJ; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231133166
- ISBN
- 9780231133166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.14€ 72.76
€ 95.14
€ 72.76
Hardback. Argues for a more harmonious and rational approach to our relationship with insects, one that does not harm our environment. Beginning with the early techniques of colonial farmers and ending with the modern use of chemical insecticides, this book shows how America's war on insects mirrors its continual struggle with nature and technology. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TBX; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231139427
- ISBN
- 9780231139427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.02
€ 37.99
€ 28.02
Paperback. From the Americas to Australasia, from northern Europe to southern Africa, the tomato tickles the world's taste buds. This book traces the early cultivation of the tomato, its infiltration of American cooking practices, the early manufacture of preserved tomatoes and ketchup, and the great tomato mania of the 1820s and 1830s. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TVK; WBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780252070099
- ISBN
- 9780252070099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51