A Guide to American Trade Catalogs, 1744-1900

A Guide to American Trade Catalogs, 1744-1900
Author: Lawrence B. Romaine
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1990-01-01
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780486264752

Invaluable listing of rare catalogs selling cars, beekeeper's equipment, clocks, firearms, livestock, clothes, toys, more. Cites catalog's location, size, more.

Biotic Communities

Biotic Communities
Author: David Earl Brown
Publisher:
Total Pages: 362
Release: 1994
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Biotic Communities catalogs and defines by biome, or biotic community, the region centered on Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua, and Baja California Norte, plus portions of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Texas, Coahuila, Sinaloa, and Baja California Sur. This ambitious guide is an essential companion for anyone working in natural resources management and ecological research, as well as nonspecialists looking for solid information about a particular southwestern locale. Biotic Communities is arranged by climatic formation with a short chapter for each biome describing climate, physiognomy, distribution, dominant and common plant species, and characteristic vertebrates. Subsequent chapters contain careful descriptions of zonal subdivisions.

Establishing Native Plant Communities

Establishing Native Plant Communities
Author: Elizabeth Ann Smreciu
Publisher: Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2003
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

This book was written to fulfil the need for a document to address the specifics of native revegetation that are not adequately covered by a guideline. It assists anyone in Alberta who has to plan native plant revegetation projects or carryout the revegetation. It provides specific information on native revegetation planning, information sources, final land-use considerations, salvaging or otherwise obtaining native plant materials, field operations (site preparation, seeding, planting, ensuring establishment success), management, monitoring, and assessment. Appendices include a glossary, a list of Websites & contacts for further information, a methodology for calculating seeding rates, and a table showing native plant species & their characteristics.