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Title Native species : identification, conservation, and restoration / Lluvia Marín and Dimos Kovač, editors
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2012]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Botanical research and practices
Botanical research and practices.
Contents NATIVE SPECIES: IDENTIFICATION, CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION; BOTANICAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICES; NATIVE SPECIES: IDENTIFICATION, CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. NATIVE SPECIES FOR RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY IN SOUTH AMERICA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; POTENTIAL IMPORTANCE OF BIODIVERSITY FOR ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION OF NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS; NATURAL VEGETATIONAL TYPES IN THE SEMIARID OF BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA; MYCORRHIZATION IN ENDANGERED PLANTS
DARK SEPTATE ENDOPHYTES IN ROOTS OF PLANTSNATIVE SOIL MICROBIOTA; POTENTIAL IMPORTANCE FOR CONSERVATION; CASE STUDIES ON THE BRAZILIAN DRY VEGETATION; CASE STUDIES ON THE ARGENTINIAN DRY PUNA; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. THE RISE, FALL AND RESTORATION OF A NATIVE BREED OF DOMESTIC CATTLE: THE DEVON RED RUBY OF SOUTHWEST ENGLAND; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; A NATIVE AND ADAPTED BREED: ORIGINS AND HISTORY; A GLOBAL PLAYER: GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD AND INFLUENCE; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
CHAPTER 3. NATIVE PLANTS OF NORTHEASTERN MEXICO: THEIR POTENTIAL IN THE RESTORATION OF DAMAGED ECOSYSTEMSABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; Environmental Services of Ecosystems; Degraded Ecosystems; Ecological Restoration; The Restoration Process; Agro-Silvopastoral Systems; Domestication of Trees; Attributes of Restored Ecosystems (Society for Ecological Restoration International Science and Policy Working Group, 2004); NATIVE PLANTS AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; Advantages of Native Plants; Diversity of Plant Communities in Northeastern Mexico; FORESTS
PineConiferous Forest; Pine-Oak Forest; Oak Forest; SCRUB LANDS; Submontane Scrub; Thorn Scrub and Mezquital; Desert Scrub; GRASSLANDS; Vegetation along Rivers and Streams; Causes of the Deterioration of Vegetation in Northeastern Mexico; CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISTURBED AREAS; FOREST PLANNING; Fire; Erosion and Soil Fertility; Low Temperatures; Rainfall Interception; Species with Potential Use for Scrubland Restoration; REFERENCES; ANNEX 1; CHAPTER 4. FLOWERING, FRUITING AND LEAF AND SEED VARIABILITY IN BERBERIS BUXIFOLIA, A NATIVE PATAGONIAN FRUIT SPECIES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION
FLOWERING, FRUITING AND VARIABILITY OF LEAVES AND SEEDS(I) Floral Morphology and Evolution of the Floral Phenological Phases; (II) Fruiting Efficiency; (III) Pattern of Fruit Growth and Evolution of some of the Chemical Attributes; (IV) Variability Found in the Leaves and Seeds Obtained from Plants Grown from Different Populations on Tierra del Fuego Island (Argentina); CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATIVE EARTHWORM SPECIES OF ASSAM STATE IN NORTHEAST REGION OF INDIA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Indian Earthworm Taxonomic Diversity; Indian Earthworm Resources
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Endemic plants -- Identification
Endemic animals -- Identification
Endemic plants -- Conservation
Endemic animals -- Conservation
NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biological Diversity.
Endemic animals
Endemic plants
Genre/Form Field guides
Form Electronic book
Author Marín, Lluvia
Kovač, Dimos
LC no. 2020686155
ISBN 9781614706762
161470676X