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Biocultural Diversity and Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Reframing Human Ecology…
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Kassam, Karim-Aly

At the dawn of the third millennium, dramatic challenges face human civilization everywhere. Relations between human beings and their environment are in peril, with mounting threats to both biological diversity of life on earth and cultural diversity of human communities. The peoples of the Circumpolar Arctic are at the forefront of these challenges and lead the way in seeking meaningful respon…

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Ed. 1
ISBN/ISSN
9781552385661
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288
Series Title
Northern Lights
Call Number
581.6 BIO b
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Deciphering chemical language of plant communication
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James D. BlandeRobert Glinwood

This book provides an overview of the intricacies of plant communication via volatile chemicals. Plants produce an extraordinarily vast array of chemicals, which provide community members with detailed information about the producer's identity, physiology and phenology. Volatile organic chemicals, either as individual compounds or complex chemical blends, are a communication medium operating be…

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ISBN/ISSN
9783319334981
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viii, 326 pages)
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Call Number
580
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Drought stress in Maize (Zea mays L.) : effects, resistance mechanisms, globa…
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Muhammad Aslam

This book focuses on early germination, one of maize germplasm most important strategies for adapting to drought-induced stress. Some genotypes have the ability to adapt by either reducing water losses or by increasing water uptake. Drought tolerance is also an adaptive strategy that enables crop plants to maintain their normal physiological processes and deliver higher economical yield despite…

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ISBN/ISSN
9783319254425
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580
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Echinacea : herbal medicine with a wild history
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Kelly Kindscher

This work provides detailed overviews and offer new insights into the biology, life histories, cultivation, markets, legal protection, chemistry and medical use of Echinacea species. The extensively detailed maps in this text are the most accurate of any produced, based on verified herbarium records. The information on ethnobotanical uses of Echinacea species, and especially E. angustifolia, is…

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-
ISBN/ISSN
9783319181561
Collation
xix, 238 pages
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Call Number
580