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A 2017 Choice Magazine "Outstanding Academic Title" Conifers are known to everyone as a conspicuous kind of evergreen trees or shrubs that feature prominently in gardens and parks as well as in many managed forests in the cool to cold temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Numerous books have been written about them and continue to appear, mostly with a bias towards these uses in Europe and North America. This second edition, revised and updated, of A Handbook of the World's Conifers is departing from this traditional approach in that it includes all the world's 615 species of conifers, of which some 200 occur in the tropics. It gives as much information about these and the Southern Hemisphere conifers as about the better known species, drawing on research into the taxonomy, biology, ecology, distribution and uses by the author over nearly 35 years. The result is a truly encyclopedic work, a true handbook of all the world's conifers, richly illustrated by the author with his line drawings and photographs taken from the natural habitats of the species. A 2017 Choice Magazine 'Outstanding Academic Title' Conifers are known to everyone as a conspicuous kind of evergreen trees or shrubs that feature prominently in gardens and parks as well as in many managed forests in the cool to cold temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Numerous books have been written about them and continue to appear, mostly with a bias towards these uses in Europe and North America. This second edition, revised and updated, of A Handbook of the World's Conifers is departing from this traditional approach in that it includes all the world's 615 species of conifers, of which some 200 occur in the tropics. It gives as much information about these and the Southern Hemisphere conifers as about the better known species, drawing on research into the taxonomy, biology, ecology, distribution and uses by the author over nearly 35 years. The result is a truly encyclopedic work, a true handbook of all the world's conifers, richly illustrated by the author with his line drawings and photographs taken from the natural habitats of the species.
Conifers --- Coniferae --- Coniferales --- Softwood trees --- Softwoods (Trees) --- Gymnosperms --- Evergreens
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Conifers. --- Coniferae --- Coniferales --- Softwood trees --- Softwoods (Trees) --- Gymnosperms --- Evergreens
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The conifer tree can lead to a wide variety of products and services. Overall, the evaluation, management and planning of the multiplicity of these forest systems requires effective and specific methods and tools in a sustainable frame of the systems and of their products and services. This book reflects the current research on conifer stands and forests. The authors, specialists in different areas, addressed several issues in forest science, focusing on the species' characteristics, silviculture and climate change; growth analysis; reconstruction of stand dynamics of mixed stands; establishment, regeneration and succession; litter-fall, nutrient cycle and silviculture; distribution and zonation; and ecosystem services provided by monocultures and mixed stands.
Conifers. --- Coniferae --- Coniferales --- Softwood trees --- Softwoods (Trees) --- Gymnosperms --- Evergreens --- Life Sciences --- Forestry Science --- Environmental Sciences
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Conifers --- Coniferae --- Coniferales --- Softwood trees --- Softwoods (Trees) --- Gymnosperms --- Evergreens --- Geographical distribution.
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A 2014 Choice Magazine 'Outstanding Academic Title' An Atlas of the World's Conifers is the first ever atlas of all known conifer species. It is based on locality information of circa 37,000 collected herbarium specimens held in scientific institutions. As well as providing natural distribution maps for each species, Farjon and Filer give the reader comprehensive insight into the biogeography, diversity and conservation status of conifers on all continents, dispelling the widely held view that they are primarily a northern boreal plant group. Conifer diversity is analysed and presented with a taxonomic and geographic perspective. Distribution patterns are interpreted using the latest information on continental drift, dispersal and phylogeny. The entire dataset supporting the Atlas can be consulted and verified online. These data can also be used for further research and are an invaluable resource for anyone working on conifer systematics, biogeography or conservation. An Atlas of the World’s Conifers indicates the known distribution of all conifers including an analysis of their biogeography, diversity and conservation status. Also available from Brill is Aljos Farjon’s A Handbook of the World's Conifers , published in 2010 (ISBN 978 90 04 17718 5) which is a 2017 Choice Magazine 'Outstanding Academic Title'.
Conifers --- Coniferae --- Coniferales --- Softwood trees --- Softwoods (Trees) --- Gymnosperms --- Evergreens --- Geographical distribution.
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Praise for the first edition-"This book is guaranteed to enrich the reader's next forest visit."-Library Journal"Pielou's book brings forest ecology to naturalists, bird lovers, hikers, cyclists, canoeists, skiers, mountaineers, and back-country campers."-Seattle Post-Intelligencer"It is E. C. Pielou's contention that evergreen forests... are taken for granted and rarely well understood. To remedy this, the distinguished biogeographer has written a book focusing on the northern evergreen forests. This is a book that many naturalists, both novice and experienced, will read with pleasure and interest."-Canadian Field-Naturalist"Pielou makes a strong, irrefutable, case for the preservation of old-growth forests and wilderness. Anyone who appreciates the outdoors should have this book and take its message to heart."-Forest Planning CanadaGlobal warming and human-driven impacts from logging, natural gas drilling, mining of oil sands, and the development of hydropower increasingly threaten North America's northern forests. These forests are far from being a uniform environment; close inspection reveals that the conifers that thrive there-pines, larches, spruces, hemlocks, firs, Douglas-firs, arborvitaes, false-cypresses, junipers, and yews-support a varied and complex ecosystem. In The World of Northern Evergreens, the noted ecologist E. C. Pielou introduces the biology of the northern forests and provides a unique invitation to naturalists, ecologists, foresters, and everyone living in northern North America who wants to learn about this unique and threatened northern world and the species that make it their home.Through identification keys, descriptions, and life histories of the conifer tree species, the author emphasizes how different these plants are both biologically and evolutionarily from the hardwoods we also call "trees." Following this introduction to the essential conifers, the author's perceptive insights expand to include the interactions of conifers with other plants, fungi, mammals, birds, and amphibians.The second edition, enriched by new illustrations by the author of woodland features and creatures, updates the text to include new topics including mycorrhizal fungi, soil, woodlice, bats, and invasive insects such as the hemlock woolly adelgid. Emphasis is given to the very real human-driven impacts that threaten the species that live in and depend on the vital and complex forest ecosystem. Pielou provides us with a rich understanding of the northern forests in this work praised for its nontechnical presentation, scientific objectivity, and original illustrations.
Forest ecology --- Evergreens --- Conifers --- Forest ecosystems --- Forests and forestry --- Ecology --- Plants --- Coniferae --- Coniferales --- Softwood trees --- Softwoods (Trees) --- Gymnosperms
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Ferns --- Conifers --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Fungi & Algae --- Coniferae --- Coniferales --- Softwood trees --- Softwoods (Trees) --- Fern --- Filicineae --- Filicophyta --- Filicopsida --- Polypodiophyta --- Pterophyta --- Gymnosperms --- Evergreens --- Pteridophyta
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Conifers. --- Evergreens. --- Conifers --- Forest ecology. --- Forest conservation. --- Conservation of forests --- Forest preservation --- Forests and forestry --- Preservation of forests --- Nature conservation --- Deforestation --- Coniferae --- Coniferales --- Softwood trees --- Softwoods (Trees) --- Gymnosperms --- Evergreens --- Forest ecosystems --- Ecology --- Plants --- Ecology. --- Conservation. --- Conservation --- Control
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Pinales --- Zone tempérée --- Temperate zones --- Identification --- identification --- Variété --- Varieties --- Nomenclature --- nomenclature --- Arbre forestier --- forest trees --- Plante ornementale ligneuse --- Ornamental woody plants --- Conifers --- -Ornamental conifers --- Ornamental conifers --- -#WPLT:syst --- Coniferae --- Coniferales --- Softwood trees --- Softwoods (Trees) --- Gymnosperms --- Evergreens --- Conifers. --- Ornamental conifers. --- Varieties. --- identification. --- nomenclature. --- #WPLT:syst --- Conifer manuel
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Pinales --- Évolution --- evolution --- Taxonomie --- taxonomy --- Identification --- identification --- world --- GYM Gymnospermae --- Coniferae = Conifers --- Araucariaceae --- Cupressaceae --- Pinaceae --- Podocarpaceae --- Sciadopityaceae --- Taxaceae --- descriptions --- international --- classification --- morphology --- palaeobotany --- new combinations --- distribution maps --- 588.1 --- coniferen (lt) --- groenbeheer (lt) --- evolution. --- identification. --- Conifers --- Coniferae --- Coniferales --- Softwood trees --- Softwoods (Trees) --- Gymnosperms --- Evergreens
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