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Maintenance and management of conservation plantings
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Year: 2010 Publisher: [Temple, Tex.] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, [Texas],

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Trees and shrubs tested in western North Dakota and South Dakota
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Year: 2010 Publisher: [Bismarck, N.D.] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Bismarck Plant Materials Center,

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Groups of plants valuable for wildlife utilization and erosion control
Year: 1936 Publisher: Washington, D.C U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

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Soil conservation and silviculture
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ISBN: 0444987924 9786611985127 1281985120 0080869912 9780080869919 9780444987921 9781281985125 Year: 1994 Publisher: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier,

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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

Combating desertification with plants
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ISBN: 1461513278 0306466325 1461354994 Year: 2001 Publisher: New York, New York State : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers,

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The conference "Combating Desertification with Plants" was held in Beer Sheva, Israel, from November 2-5, 1999, and was attended by 70 participants from 30 countries and/or international organisations. Desertification - the degradation of soils in drylands - is a phenomenon occurring in scores of countries around the globe. The number of people (in semiarid regions) affected by the steady decline in the productivity of their lands is in the hundred millions. The measures required to halt and reverse the process of desertification fall into many categories - policy, institutional, sociological-anthropological, and technical. Although technical "solutions" are not currently in vogue, the conference organizers felt that perhaps the pendulum had swung too far in the direction of "participatory approaches." Hence IPALAC - The International Program for Arid Land Crops - whose function is to serve as a catalyst for optimizing the contribution of plant germplasm to sustainable development in desertification-prone regions - felt the time was opportune for providing a platform for projects where the "plant-driven" approach to development finds expression. Some 45 papers were delivered at the conference, falling into the categories of this volume: Overview, Potential Germplasm for Arid Lands, Introduction, Domestication and Dissemination of Arid Land Plants, Land Rehabilitation, and Mechanisms of Plant Transfer. The conference was funded by UNESCO (Division of Ecological Sciences), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, and MASHAV, Israel's Center for International Development Cooperation.

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Plants for soil conservation --- Soil conservation --- Nature protection --- Plant ecology. Plant sociology --- Geology. Earth sciences --- Applied ecology. --- Nature conservation. --- Environmental management. --- Plant science. --- Botany. --- Forestry. --- Applied Ecology. --- Nature Conservation. --- Environmental Management. --- Plant Sciences. --- 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 --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Plants --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Ecology --- Environmental protection --- Nature conservation --- Conservation --- Floristic botany --- Soil conservation plants --- Conservation plants --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Control --- Prevention


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Demons in Eden : the paradox of plant diversity
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ISBN: 0226757773 1281966509 9786611966508 9780226757773 9780226757728 0226757722 9781281966506 6611966501 Year: 2008 Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press,

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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.

Vetiver grass : a thin green line against erosion
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ISBN: 0309042690 9780309042697 9786610212415 1280212411 0309598141 0585143021 9780585143026 Year: 1993 Publisher: Washington (D.C.): National academy press,

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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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