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Author: Alan Esler
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781869403294
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocusing on urban plant species, this beautiful collection of drawings and discussions of botany presents fresh information about 322 plant species and covers landscapes that range from native urban bush to commonplace gardens. More than 300 original botanical line drawings are included.
Author: Tim Porteous
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 204
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: A. E. Esler
Publisher: Balogh Scientific Books
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 144
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Auckland's mild, moist climate frees many plants from the environmental constraints of their places of origin. Dates of introduction, rates of spread, success, and status of the alien plants are described in this series of articles reprinted from New Zealand Journal of Botany."--Back cover.
Author: Andrew Crowe
Publisher:
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780143019220
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA practical field guide to New Zealand's native edible plants. Over 190 trees, shrubs, herbs, ferns, mushrooms, lichens and seaweeds are described in detail in this useful and attractive book, with information on which part is edible and when, how plants have been utilised, particularly by Maori, their nutritional value, and where they can be found. In a separate section, Andrew Crowe also describes important poisonous plants that are native to New Zealand or are likely to be confused with the edible plants. Illustrated with line drawings and colour photographs, this informative book will be of interest to trampers, botanists and all who appreciate New Zealand's native flora.
Author: Patrick Girard
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2024-05-14
Total Pages: 133
ISBN-13: 0228021774
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIs logic a good tool for making decisions? Can it make us better listeners and help us find coherence in views that we disagree with? Is Sherlock Holmes actually good at logic? Patrick Girard addresses these and other questions by presenting logic as the guardian of coherence. Logic, Girard argues, finds coherence in the patterns of reasoning across science, religion, and everyday decision making. It helps communities engage safely by replacing contentious debates with shared, constructive reasoning – logic provides neutral ground for the healthy pursuit of common goals and interests. Logic in the Wild employs common sense language, eschewing technical jargon, symbols, and equations. Girard’s attention focuses on logic’s power to find what unites the complex and the simple, the abstract and the concrete, the theoretical and the practical. In treating logic not as a passive subject to learn but as an active discipline to engage with, Logic in the Wild teaches us to identify patterns in our own reasoning, which inevitably helps us better confront questions central to everyday life.
Author: Peter Hadden
Publisher: Wairau Press (an imprint of Random House)
Published: 2014-09-01
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 1927158273
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, the natural history of New Zealand's North Island, from Lake Taupo up, is described, including geology, soils, climate, flora and fauna. Chapters on different habitats are included, including forests, shrublands, wetlands and the coast.
Author: George Malcolm Thomson
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 638
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andrew Crowe
Publisher: Godwit Pub.
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 226
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis revised and updated edition describes in detail over 160 native edible plants. Trees, shrubs, herbs, ferns, mushrooms, lichens and seaweeds are covered, with information on their utilization, in particular by Maoris, their nutritional value, where they can be found and when.
Author: John Tenison Salmon
Publisher: Raupo
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bruce W. Hayward
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Published: 2019-11-07
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 1776710495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fully illustrated field guide for New Zealanders and visitors Auckland to take with them out among the 53 volcanoes that shape this city.Volcanoes of Auckland is a handy field guide to the fiery natural world that so deeply shapes New Zealand's largest city &– from Rangitoto to One Tree Hill, Lake Pupuke to Orakei Basin. For tens of thousands of years, volcanoes have profoundly shaped the area's geology and geography. And for hundreds of years, volcanoes have played a key part in the lives of indigenous Maori and Europeans &– as sites for pa, kumara gardens or twentieth-century military fortifications, as sources of stone and water, and now as parks and reserves for all to enjoy.In a new cloth flexibind format designed for the backpack (and including three newly recognised craters), the field guide features:&•an accessible introduction to the science of eruptions, including dating and the next eruption&•a history of Maori and Pakeha uses of the volcanoes&•an illustrated guide to each of Auckland's 53 volcanoes, including where to go and what to do&•aerial photography, maps and historic photographs &– over 400 illustrations, 80% of them new.This field guide will help readers engage afresh with the history, geography and geology of Auckland's unique volcanic landscape.How many volcanoes are there? When did they erupt and how do we know? Will there be another eruption in Auckland and, if so, where and when? Will we have sufficient warning to evacuate in time? What is a lava cave, a volcanic bomb or a tuff ring? Why were Auckland's volcanoes such an attraction to early Maori? Why is it that Auckland's freshest water comes out of our volcanoes? This book answers these and many more questions.Volcanoes of Auckland is the essential guide for locals and tourists, school children and scientists, as they climb up Mt Eden or North Head and take in the volcanic landscape that so shapes life in New Zealand's largest city.
