Research and Markets: Trees and Forests: A Colour Guide Will Be Useful To Professionals and Students in Plant Science, Plant Biology, Ecology and Conservation

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• Source: Research and Markets
• On 10:57 am EST, Friday November 6, 2009

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dd5f92/trees_and_forests) has announced the addition of the "Trees and Forests: A Colour Guide" report to their offering.

Trees are one of the dominant features of our existence on earth and play a fundamental role in the environment. This book aims to give the reader an overview and understanding of trees. Subject areas covered include ecology and conservation, tree anatomy and evolution, pathology, silviculture, propagation and surgery.

The different chapters cover trees from various world habitats, from northern boreal and montane coniferous forests to tropical and subtropical rainforests. The book is fully illustrated throughout with the highest quality colour photos. It will be useful to professionals and students in plant science, plant biology, ecology, conservation and to those working in forestry and arboriculture.

Key Topics Covered:

• SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION TO WOODY HABITAT
• Chapter 1 Survey of trees: their global significance, architecture, and early evolution Bryan G Bowes
• SECTION 2 WORLD DISTRIBUTION OF FORESTS
• Chapter 2 Northern boreal and montane coniferous forests
• Chapter 3 Temperate deciduous and temperate rain forests
• Chapter 4 Temperate mixed evergreen forests
• Chapter 5 Tropical and sub-tropical rain and dry forests
• SECTION 3 TREE MORPHOLOGY, ANATOMY, AND HISTOLOGY
• Chapter 6 Woody thickening in trees and shrubs Bryan G Bowes
• SECTION 4 TREE PATHOLOGY
• Chapter 7 The role of cell-wall polymers in disease resistance in woody plants Christopher T Brett
• Chapter 8 Microbial and viral pathogens, and plant parasites of plantation and forest trees Stephen Woodward
• Chapter 9 Insect pests of some important forest trees Claire Ozanne
• SECTION 5 FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, TREE SURGERY, PROPAGATION, AND CONSERVATION
• Chapter 10 General forest ecological processes Peter A Thomas
• Chapter 11 Silvicultural systems Peter Savill and Nick Brown
• Chapter 12 Tree pruning and surgery in arboriculture David Thorman
• Chapter 13 Tree propagation for forestry and arboriculture Brent McCown and Thomas Beuchel
• Chapter 14 Forest and woodland conservation Ghillean T Prance
• Index

Author:

Bryan G. Bowes formerly Senior Lecturer, Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, UK

Contributing Authors: Hugh Angus, Thomas Beuchel, Bryan Bowes, Chris Brett, Nick Brown, Aljos Farjon, Stephen Hopper, Brent McGown, Claire Ozanne, Sandro Pignatti, Erika Pignatti-Wilkus, Ghillean Prance, Peter Savill, Peter Thomas, David Thorman, Steve Woodward

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