Selection, Management, and Utilization of Biosphere Reserves
Selection, Management, and Utilization of Biosphere Reserves

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Published: 1979

Total Pages: 324

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This publication is directed to the analysis of the selection, management, and utilization of Biosphere Reserves as viewed by scientists from the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Soviet papers focus on types of research and monitoring programs that should be developed on Biosphere Reserves, with emphasis on their use in pollutant monitoring. The nature of the U.S. Biosphere Reserves and their current and potential value for research, education,and biological preservation is considered in the U.S. papers. An additional paper provides an international perspective on U.S. and Soviet collaboration in the field of Biosphere Reserves. Characteristics of Soviet Biosphere Reserves are described in an appendix.

Geographic Variation in Forest Trees
Geographic Variation in Forest Trees

Author: Maria Morgenstern

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 077484177X

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Geographic Variation in Forest Trees is the first book to examine this subject from a world-wide perspective. The author discusses population genetic theory and genetic systems of native North American tree species as they interact with environments in the major climatic regions in the world. He then demonstrates how this knowledge is used to guide seed zoning and seed transfer in silviculture, basing much of his discussion on models developed in Scandinavia and North America. In the final chapter, the author addresses the issue of genetic conservation -- a subject of great concern in the face of accelerated forest destruction, industrial pollution, and climatic change. This comprehensive, well-researched book makes a significant contribution to the knowledge of one of our most important renewable natural resources.

Conservation of Germplasm Resources
Conservation of Germplasm Resources

Author: Assembly of Life Sciences (U.S.). Committee on Germplasm Resources

Publisher: National Academies

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 132

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Natural ecosystems and biological diversity; Preservation of natural ecosystems; Preservation of natural ecosystems; Preservation of economically important plants and animals; Preservation of economically important microorganisms; Collections for research, teaching, and public education; Cryobiological preservation; Data management findings and recommendations.

Plant Genetic Resources
Plant Genetic Resources

Author: Christopher W. Yeatman

Publisher: Westview Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 184

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Aandacht voor de historie betreffende de ontwikkeling van wilde planten tot gewassen in Amerika; een genenbank in Noord-Amerika; beleidslijnen met betrekking tot een weldoordachte genetische conservering, met name voor planten met een directe economische betekenis; problemen en mogelijkheden ten aanzien van de bewaring en het gebruik van onvervangbare genetische "rijkdom" in de land- en bosbouw