Screen LibraryBiodiversity and Conservation of Woody Plants /
This book provides complete, comprehensive, and broad subject-based reviews for students, teachers, researchers, policymakers, conservationists, and NGOs interested in the biodiversity and conservation of woody plants. Forests cover approximately 31 percent of the world s total landmass; 93 percent...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Sustainable Development and Biodiversity,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66426-2 |
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This book provides complete, comprehensive, and broad subject-based reviews for students, teachers, researchers, policymakers, conservationists, and NGOs interested in the biodiversity and conservation of woody plants. Forests cover approximately 31 percent of the world s total landmass; 93 percent is natural forest and only 7 percent consists of planted trees. Forest decline is progressing at an alarming rate worldwide. In addition to human activities (logging, deforestation, and exploiting forest lands for agriculture and industrial use), a number of other factors including pests and disea |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XII, 511 pages): illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783319664262 |
| Index Number: | QH541 |
| CLC: | Q16 |
| Contents: | Part 1: Genetic Diversity -- Chapter 1. In vitro conservation of woody plants (Elena Corridoira) -- Chapter 2. conservation of woody plant diversity in Kenya (Kimberly E. Medley) -- Chapter 3. Biotechnology and conservation of germplasm (Mar a Teresa Gonz lez-Arnao) -- Chapter 4. Native woody plant diversity under Eucalyptus plantation in Ethiopia (Shiferaw Alem) -- Chapter 5. Use of molecular markers in conservation management of tropical trees (Suchitra Changtragoon) -- Chapter 6. Neem biodiversity and conservation September end (A.V.C. Silva) -- Chapter 7. oil palm genetic diversity and c |