An important prerequisite for successful conservation is a good understanding of what we seek to conserve. Nowhere is this more the case than in the fight to protect plant biodiversity, which is threatened by human activity in many regions worldwide. This book is written in the belief that tools tha
Plant Identification: Creating User-Friendly Field Guides for Biodiversity Management (People and Plants Conservation)
β Scribed by Anna Lawrence, William Hawthorne
- Publisher
- Earthscan Publications Ltd.
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 293
- Category
- Library
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