Natural Resource Science

Provides the description, history and names of plants used internationally by botanists.

Lists the common and scientific names of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens

Covers lichens, mushrooms, slime moulds, water moulds and yeasts. The dictionary claims to provide an entry point into the total sum of knowledge on mycology.

Comprehensive collection of words and concepts that have one or more aspect within the field of natural resource management.

Provides a broad overview of BC's range of terrestrial and freshwater biological diversity as well as human-induced threats affecting biodiversity.

This book addresses the latest nomenclature and classification of bacterial, fungal, viral, and phytoplasma pathogents and the systematic position of each crop pathogen.

Ten years in preparation, this is the most comprehensive book on the trees of Canada and the northern United States ever published. Aids in tree identification by organizing tree species into 12 groups, based primarily on leaf shape and arrangement. Includes sections on the meaning of tree names, maps of forest regions of Canada, plant hardiness zones in Canada, an index of English and Latin Names, and an index of French common names.

Details over 1000 species of trees. Identifies the popular and Latin names for trees. Gives a description of the bark, tree shape, species hardiness and best growing zones. Beautiful colour illustrations.

Considered the authority on North American species. Gives detailed information on habitat, life history, growth and yield, special uses, genetics and provides a list of works cited for each species.

Categorizes and lists pests by: defoliators, sucking insects, woody tissue feders, branch/stem rust, broom rust, dwarf mistletoe, needlecasts, blights and rusts, root diseases, abiotic injuries and animal damage.

Entries in this 4 volume set range over biophysical and socio-economic aspects of forestry, forests, forest products, forest conservation, forest management and forest services.

Provides the definitive description of the major terms within this discipline.

Provides updated information on different methods and treatments in silviculture and gives practical applications for each method.

Presents the current state of soil taxonomy in Canada. Each chapter is devoted to each of the nine soil orders and the great groups and subgroups within each order. Every chapter defines soil, soil horizons, and other basic terms, and explain how to key out the classification of soil.

Developed to support the Forest Practices Code (act and regulations), this item provides an overview of post-harvest, post-treatment inspection procedures, and how soil conservation surveys should be carried out.

Describes the implementation of British Columbia's Long-term Soil Productivity (LTSP) project.

Covers soil physics, soil chemistry, soil biology and biochemistry, soil fertility and nutrition, pedology and soil mineralology.

Discusses soil formation, properties of mineral soils, soil water characteristics and behaviour, soil colloids, organisms of soil, soil erosion and its control, and soil taxonomy.

Looks at ecosystems as a functional whole, with chapters that touch on: biogeochemistry, solar radiation, temperature, wind, soil, fire, human population, and forest management.

Now in its 7th printing! Discover more than 200 birds species in Birds of Southwestern BC. This guide covers the Lower Mainland, including Greater Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Fraser Canyon, Manning Park and Whistler; the mid-coast as far north as Bella Coola; Vancouver Island; the Gulf Islands; and the Sunshine Coast. Aimed at beginning and intermediate birders who wish to identify the birds they regularly spot in their area, the book will also appeal to more experienced local and visiting birders who want to learn more about the behaviour, habitat and seasonal occurrence of local birds. Packed with useful information, this handy, portable guide tells you how to identify local birds, find out where they live and what they eat, how to attract birds to your yard and how to select a pair of binoculars. Birds of Southwestern British Columbia features colour coding by species a checklist to record your sightings 400+ full-colour photos a compact, easy-to-carry size insights from three expert birders

More than 250 bird species are included in this handy guide to the birds of Interior BC and the Rockies. The region covered runs from the east slopes of the Coast Mountains to the Rockies, including the Okanagan, Thompson, Kootenays, Cariboo-Chilcotin; Jasper, Banff and Waterton national parks; and Highway 16 west from Jasper to Smithers. Birds of Interior BC and the Rockies is aimed at beginner and intermediate birders who wish to identify the birds they regularly spot in this area. However, the book will also appeal to more experienced local and visiting birders who want to learn more about the behaviour, habitat and seasonal occurrence of local birds. Packed with useful information, this handy, portable guide tells you how to identify local birds, find out where they live and what they eat, how to attract birds to your yard and how to select a pair of binoculars. Birds of Interior BC and the Rockies features colour coding by species a checklist to record your sightings 400+ full-colour photos a compact, easy-to-carry size insights from expert birders

This work provides information on: identification features, habitat, geographical variation, food, breeding, and habitats, conservation efforts, and the latest taxonomy based on DNA analysis.

Covers the morphology, anatomy, physiology and systematics of grasses, their population, community and ecosystem ecology, their global distribution, and the effects of disturbance and grassland management.

"This book brings together information on the contrasting characteristics, condition, present use and problems of the world's main natural grasslands."

Discusses one of Canada's most endangered ecosystems.

Includes fundamental topics, such as range plant physiology, range plant ecology, stocking-rate considerations, and grazing system selection and the most recent research.

This guide is intended for field use and to supplement the Ministry of Forests and Range training courses in rangeland monitoring, rangeland, assessments, designing remedial measures, rangeland soils, and grass identification.