<p><span>This breakthrough handbook for botanical garden and arboretum curators (and curators in training) has now been expanded and updated fifteen years after the last edition was published. </span></p><p></p><p><span>The new edition includes up-to-date information and methods for the preservation
Curatorial Practices for Botanical Gardens
โ Scribed by Timothy C. Hohn
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Year
- 2022
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 414
- Edition
- 2
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
PART I THE CURATORIAL PROGRAM
CHAPTER ONE IntroductionMuseums, Public Gardens, and Collections
CHAPTER TWO Governing CollectionsPolicies, Plans, and Manuals
CHAPTER THREE Building Collections
CHAPTER FOUR Documenting Collections
CHAPTER FIVE Preserving Collections
CHAPTER SIX Collections and Public Programs
PART II COLLECTIONS RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER SEVEN Research in Museums and Botanical Gardens
CHAPTER EIGHT Research and Curatorial Practice
CHAPTER NINE Conservation
CHAPTER TEN Ex Situ Conservation
CHAPTER ELEVEN Species Recovery Programs and Ecological Restoration
CHAPTER TWELVE New Plant Introduction Programs and Part II Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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