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This book deals with the conservation and improvement of the forest soil. Much emphasis is placed on the use of vegetation in soil conservation afforestation. The first part of the book focuses on the issues of soil erosion and methods of erosion control, in particular the protection of agricultural and forest soils. The main types and manifestations of erosion, (mainly water and wind erosion), are specified and described. Different erosion factors are shown in detail, including the possibilities of qualitative and quantitative determination. Special attention is paid to the precipitation-to-r
Forests and forestry --- Soil conservation. --- Forests and forestry. --- Plants for soil conservation. --- Soil conservation plants --- Conservation plants --- Soil conservation --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation
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At the heart of evolution lies a bewildering paradox. Natural selection favors above all the individual that leaves the most offspring-a superorganism of sorts that Jonathan Silvertown here calls the "Darwinian demon." But if such a demon existed, this highly successful organism would populate the entire world with its own kind, beating out other species and eventually extinguishing biodiversity as we know it. Why then, if evolution favors this demon, is the world filled with so many different life forms? What keeps this Darwinian demon in check? If humankind is now the greatest threat to biodiversity on the planet, have we become the Darwinian demon? Demons in Eden considers these questions using the latest scientific discoveries from the plant world. Readers join Silvertown as he explores the astonishing diversity of plant life in regions as spectacular as the verdant climes of Japan, the lush grounds of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, the shallow wetlands and teeming freshwaters of Florida, the tropical rainforests of southeast Mexico, and the Canary Islands archipelago, whose evolutionary novelties-and exotic plant life-have earned it the sobriquet "the Galapagos of botany." Along the way, Silvertown looks closely at the evolution of plant diversity in these locales and explains why such variety persists in light of ecological patterns and evolutionary processes. In novel and useful ways, he also investigates the current state of plant diversity on the planet to show the ever-challenging threats posed by invasive species and humans. Bringing the secret life of plants into more colorful and vivid focus than ever before, Demons in Eden is an empathic and impassioned exploration of modern plant ecology that unlocks evolutionary mysteries of the natural world.
Plant diversity. --- Plant diversity --- Plant diversity conservation --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Botany - General --- Plant diversity conservation. --- Conservation of plant diversity --- Botanical diversity --- Diversity, Plant --- Floristic diversity --- Plant biodiversity --- Plant biological diversity --- Conservation --- Biodiversity conservation --- Plant conservation --- Biodiversity --- biodiversity, evolution, natural selection, darwin, science, ecology, environment, environmentalism, preservation, conservation, plants, species, invasive, archipelago, canary islands, mexico, tropical rainforests, florida, freshwater, wetlands, royal botanical gardens, japan, botany, ecosystem, nonfiction, biology, life sciences.
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Vetiver. --- Plants for soil conservation. --- Vetiveria zizanioides --- Lutte antiérosion --- erosion control --- Haie --- Hedges --- Zone tropicale --- Tropical zones --- world --- SCIENCE --- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry / Environmental) --- Vetiver --- Plants for soil conservation --- Agriculture - General --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Conservation of Natural Resources. --- Soil --- Developing Countries --- Developing Nations --- Least Developed Countries --- Less-Developed Nations --- Third-World Nations --- Under-Developed Nations --- Less-Developed Countries --- Third-World Countries --- Under-Developed Countries --- Countries, Developing --- Countries, Least Developed --- Countries, Less-Developed --- Countries, Third-World --- Countries, Under-Developed --- Country, Developing --- Country, Least Developed --- Country, Less-Developed --- Country, Third-World --- Country, Under-Developed --- Developed Countries, Least --- Developed Country, Least --- Developing Country --- Developing Nation --- Least Developed Country --- Less Developed Countries --- Less Developed Nations --- Less-Developed Country --- Less-Developed Nation --- Nation, Less-Developed --- Nation, Third-World --- Nation, Under-Developed --- Nations, Developing --- Nations, Less-Developed --- Nations, Third-World --- Nations, Under-Developed --- Third World Countries --- Third World Nations --- Third-World Country --- Third-World Nation --- Under Developed Countries --- Under Developed Nations --- Under-Developed Country --- Under-Developed Nation --- Compost --- Humus --- Soils --- Peat --- Carrying Capacity --- Deforestation --- Desertification --- Environmental Protection --- Natural Resources Conservation --- Protection, Environmental --- Sustainable Development --- Capacities, Carrying --- Capacity, Carrying --- Carrying Capacities --- Conservation, Natural Resources --- Development, Sustainable --- Natural Resources --- Soil conservation plants --- Conservation plants --- Soil conservation --- Andropogon hirtus --- Andropogon muricatus --- Andropogon zizamoides --- Cuscus (Plant) --- Khas-khas --- Khus --- Khus-khus --- Khuskhus --- Khuskhus grass --- Khuskhus vetiver --- Kuskus (Plant) --- Vetiver grass --- Vetiveria --- Plant and Crop Sciences. Crop Sciences --- Grasslands --- Tropical Grasslands --- Gramineae --- e-publication --- soil erosion --- Tropical Grasslands. --- Conservation of Natural Resources --- Soil. --- LMICs --- Low Income Countries --- Low and Middle Income Countries --- Lower-Middle-Income Country --- Middle Income Countries --- Countries, Middle Income --- Country, Low Income --- Country, Lower-Middle-Income --- Country, Middle Income --- Low Income Country --- Lower Middle Income Country --- Lower-Middle-Income Countries --- Middle Income Country
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