Terrestrial Plant Ecology (3rd Edition)
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    Terrestrial Plant Ecology (3rd Edition)
    Michael G. Barbour , Jack H. Burk , Wanna D. Pitts , Frank S. Gilliam , and Mark W. Schwartz
    Manufacturer: Benjamin Cummings
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    North American Terrestrial Vegetation
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      North American Terrestrial Vegetation

      Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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      ASIN: 0521559863

      Book Description

      This new edition is a major contribution to botanical and ecological literature. It provides comprehensive coverage of the major vegetation types of North America, from the arctic tundra of Alaska to the tropical forests of Central America. Each chapter describes the composition, architecture, environment, and conservation status of each ecosystem. In addition, information is included on the abiotic environment, paleoecology, productivity, nutrient cycling, autecological behavior of dominant species, environmental issues, management problems, the role of natural disturbance, and critical areas for future research. This new edition has additional chapters on freshwater wetlands, coastal marine wetlands, temperate Mexico, the Caribbean, and the Hawaiian Islands. Every chapter has been thoroughly updated and now includes information on habitat loss and restoration-preservation programs. This is an outstanding new edition of a well-received text and it is essential reading for students and researchers in plant science, ecology, and conservation.
      Vegetation & the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle: The First 400 Million Years
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        Vegetation & the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle: The First 400 Million Years
        David Beerling , and F. Ian Woodward
        Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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        ASIN: 0521801966

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        Plants have colonized and modified the world's surface for the past 400 million years. In this book the authors demonstrate that an understanding of the role of vegetation in the terrestrial carbon cycle during this time can be gained by linking the key mechanistic elements of present day vegetation processes to models of the global climate during different geological eras. The resulting interactive simulations of climate and vegetation processes tie in with observable geological data supporting the validity of the authors' approach.
        Terrestrial Vegetation of California, 3rd Edition
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          Manufacturer: University of California Press
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          ASIN: 0520249550

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          This thoroughly revised, entirely rewritten edition of what is the essential reference on California's diverse and ever-changing vegetation now brings readers the most authoritative, state-of-the-art view of California's plant ecosystems available. Integrating decades of research, leading community ecologists and field botanists describe and classify California's vegetation types, identify environmental factors that determine the distribution of vegetation types, analyze the role of disturbance regimes in vegetation dynamics, chronicle change due to human activities, identify conservation issues, describe restoration strategies, and prioritize directions for new research. Several new chapters address statewide issues such as the historic appearance and impact of introduced and invasive plants, the soils of California, and more.
          Terrestrial Global Productivity (A Volume in the Physiological Ecology Series) (Physiological Ecology)
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            Terrestrial Global Productivity (A Volume in the Physiological Ecology Series) (Physiological Ecology)

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            As the global climate changes, there are concomitant changes in global biological productivity. This book is devoted to the assessment of terrestrial Net Primary Productivity ("the total amount of energy acquired by green plants during photosynthesis, minus the energy lost through respiration"--APDS&T, pp. 1457). The book is comprised of three major sections. The first section is a review of the processes that operate globally to influence productivity--these are the initial conditions of any model of primary productivity. The second section is comprised of chapters that assess the contribution of particular ecosystems to global productivity. The final major section contains chapters of a synthetic nature that describe attempts to model global productivity. This book should appeal to both ecologists and environmental scientists.
            Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time: Evolutionary Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants and Animals
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            Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time: Evolutionary Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants and Animals
            Anna K. Behrensmeyer , John D. Damuth , William A. DiMichele , and Richard Potts
            Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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            ASIN: 0226041557

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            Breathtaking in scope, this is the first survey of the entire
            ecological history of life on land—from the earliest traces
            of terrestrial organisms over 400 million years ago to the
            beginning of human agriculture. By providing myriad insights
            into the unique ecological information contained in the
            fossil record, it establishes a new and ambitious basis for
            the study of evolutionary paleoecology of land ecosystems.

            A joint undertaking of the Evolution of Terrestrial
            Ecosystems Consortium at the National Museum of Natural
            History, Smithsonian Institution, and twenty-six additional
            researchers, this book begins with four chapters that lay out
            the theoretical background and methodology of the science of
            evolutionary paleoecology. Included are a comprehensive
            review of the taphonomy and paleoenvironmental settings of
            fossil deposits as well as guidelines for developing
            ecological characterizations of extinct organisms and the
            communities in which they lived. The remaining three
            chapters treat the history of terrestrial ecosystems through
            geological time, emphasizing how ecological interactions have
            changed, the rate and tempo of ecosystem change, the role of
            exogenous "forcing factors" in generating ecological change,
            and the effect of ecological factors on the evolution of
            biological diversity.

            The six principal authors of this volume are all associated
            with the Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems program at the
            National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

            Customer Reviews:

            4 out of 5 stars It's as advertised -- and exhaustive and exhausting.......2000-06-29

            "Ecosystems" is 500+ pages, and could easily be expanded to ten times that. This is the first book I found to discuss all major life-bearing periods from an ecological standpoint.

            Minor nits: I wish at least a couple of periods had been treated in depth. The writing could be a bit crisper. And as a layman, I would have appreciated a glossary for some of the words that don't show up in my Webster's Unabridged.
            Invasive Terrestrial Plants (Invasive Species)
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              Suellen May
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              ASIN: 0791091287
              Biophysical Control of Microfibril Orientation in Plant Cell Walls: Aquatic and Terrestrial Plants Including Trees (Forestry Sciences)
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                Biophysical Control of Microfibril Orientation in Plant Cell Walls: Aquatic and Terrestrial Plants Including Trees (Forestry Sciences)
                J.D. Boyd
                Manufacturer: Springer
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                Carbon Dioxide and Terrestrial Ecosystems (Physiological Ecology)
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                  Manufacturer: Academic Press
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                  The importance of carbon dioxide extends from cellular to global levels of organization and potential ecological deterioration may be the result of increased CO2 in our atmosphere. Recently, the research emphasis shifted from studies of photosynthesis pathways and plant growth to ground-breaking studies of carbon dioxide balances in ecosystems, regions, and even the entire globe.
                  Carbon Dioxide and Terrestrial Ecosystems addresses these new areas of research. Economically important woody ecosystems are emphasized because they have substantial influence on global carbon dioxide balances. Herbaceous ecosystems (e.g., grasslands, prairies, wetlands) and crop ecosystems are also covered. The interactions among organisms, communities, and ecosystems are modeled, and the book closes with an important synthesis of this growing nexus of research.
                  Carbon Dioxide and Terrestrial Ecosystems is a compilation of detailed scientific studies that reveal how ecosystems generally, and particular plants specifically, respond to changed levels of carbon dioxide.

                  Key Features
                  * Contributions from an international team of experts
                  * Empirical examination of the actual effects of carbon dioxide
                  * Variety of terrestrial habitats investigated
                  * Specific plants and whole ecosystems offered as studies
                  Effects of Acid Precipitation on Terrestrial Ecosystems (Nato Conference Series : I, Ecology, V. 4)
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                    Thomas C. Hutchinson , and M. Havas
                    Manufacturer: Springer
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                    Coaching Youth Lacrosse
                    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                    • Fantastic reference
                    • The best book around on how to coach the game of lacrosse
                    • If you only need one book to teach kids lacrosse, this is it
                    • A comprehensive, instructive book for any lacrosse coach
                    Coaching Youth Lacrosse
                    American Sport Education Program
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                    ASIN: 0736037942

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                    Coaching Youth Lacrosse is an excellent introduction to youth coaching and teaching young lacrosse players valuable skills. It provides all the information you need to coach effectively and help 6- to 14-year-old athletes, both boys and girls, learn and enjoy the game.

                    This second edition features the games approach to coaching lacrosse, which makes practice more fun for the kids and teaching more effective for you, the coach. Also included are chapters on communicating with athletes and parents, planning and conducting practices, coaching during games and specific programs for both boys and girls lacrosse.

                    Developed by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP), the nation's No. 1 coaching education program, Coaching Youth Lacrosse provides volunteer coaches with both an explanation of their role and concrete instructions on fulfilling that role.

                    Customer Reviews:

                    5 out of 5 stars Fantastic reference.......2006-04-26

                    I am new to the game of lacrosse, but have volunteered to help coach my son's team of beginners (first & second graders). This book was a tremendous help in explaining the general rules, structuring practices, and drills.

                    The book references a coaching system called the 'Positive Coaches Alliance', which gives great pointers on approaching practices and general coaching philosophies. I have coached soccer for six years and still found some of the coaching methods to be very helpful. Not only for lacrosse, but for caoching in general. I will be applying these techniques to soccer (along with modifying some of the lacrosse drills).

                    I highly recommend this book as your first lacrosse resource.

                    5 out of 5 stars The best book around on how to coach the game of lacrosse.......1999-04-03

                    This is the best book that I've read on coaching lacrosse. It's reads very easy and makes it easy to teach. I'd recommend that all new and old coaches read this book at least once.

                    5 out of 5 stars If you only need one book to teach kids lacrosse, this is it.......1999-03-03

                    I was asked to coach girls High School Lacrosse, I never coached before,but played mens, this book was A-Z everything you need to coach girls or boys lacrosse.

                    5 out of 5 stars A comprehensive, instructive book for any lacrosse coach.......1998-07-11

                    The first and only lacrosse coaching book I've bought. Very helpful in teaching basic techniques and organizing practices. Offers many themed games and drills that provide variety and fun for youth practices. Also provides tactical drills and games for "A" teams. I highly recommend this book for any coach looking for some fresh ideas or any prospective coaches looking for an introduction to the sport.
                    Coaching Lacrosse For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies))
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                      Coaching Lacrosse For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies))
                      National Alliance for Youth Sports
                      Manufacturer: For Dummies
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                      ASIN: 0470226994

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                      Coaching Lacrosse For Dummies helps parents or other adults coach young players successfully, both by focusing on the fundamentals of play and basic strategies, as well as by making the team experience pleasant and educational for the young players. It teaches the fundamentals of lacrosse and contains the proper progressions to help players master and apply their skills on the court. This book features a number of the sport’s best drills, maximizing both the rate and quality of learning to help players and coaches get the most out of each practice session, as well as the rule and requirement differences between boys’ and girls’ leagues.

                      Fodor's Chile, 3rd Edition (Fodor's Gold Guides)
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                        Fodor's Chile, 3rd Edition (Fodor's Gold Guides)
                        Fodor's
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                        Binding: Paperback

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                        ASIN: 1400016460
                        Release Date: 2006-06-06

                        Mr Midshipman Easy (Classics of Naval Fiction)
                        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                        • BRAVO!!
                        • Worth a look
                        • Philosophical Nautical Romantic Farce
                        • If you like nautical adventures, this is a good bet.
                        • Very Entertaining! Even for a mother of 6!
                        Mr Midshipman Easy (Classics of Naval Fiction)
                        Captain Frederick Marryat
                        Manufacturer: McBooks Press
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                        ASIN: 0935526404

                        Book Description

                        A rollicking sea adventure, set in the time of the Napoleonic Wars, this book follows the escapades of a young midshipman who enters the King's service with some ideas that run badly afoul of the standards of naval discipline!

                        Customer Reviews:

                        5 out of 5 stars BRAVO!!.......2006-11-21

                        Bravo!
                        This book is an enjoyment to read. From cover to cover, it kept me laughing.
                        However, I would say that this book is more about a spoiled child growing up becoming a responsible young man, experiencing along the way some seriously funny exploits than being a pure nautical adventure novel.
                        It is easy to see why this title is a classic. I highly recommend it's reading if you enjoy a good laugh.

                        3 out of 5 stars Worth a look.......2006-03-08

                        Written over 150 years ago it's perhaps a testimony to the quality of the book that it's even readable today. The quality of the characters I think is excellent and reveals many of the issues and challenges of the time, wealth and poverty, Gentlemen "buying" commissions etc. The dialog on the rights of man get s a bit tedious, and it's hard to imagine anyone getting away with anything like "our Hero" did ( 8 thousand pounds a year or not!), but its easy to see the genealogy of all subsequent books (Hornblower et al). Overall for fans of Naval history and literature worthwhile

                        4 out of 5 stars Philosophical Nautical Romantic Farce.......2006-02-18

                        This book's an odd kettle of fish. It focuses on Jack Easy, starting at his birth, following him through school and into the Navy. He joins to press his socialist philosophy of the "equality of man". The book was first published in 1836, when Karl Marx was 18. Zeitgeist, perhaps?

                        In tone, the book's half nautical fiction along the lines of O'Brian, Forester, Pope, etc., and half 17th century romantic farce that sees a rival found out in women's clothing, diabolical happenings at a costume ball, the come-uppance of a conniving father-confessor, a hilarious three-way duel, and more. The situations will be all the funnier if you've read more "serious" nautical fiction before this.

                        Oddly, even though the author was himself a retired British naval post-captain (who served under Cochrane when he was himself a midshipman!), there is relatively little focus on the nautical details, and a whole lot of focus on the characters. Sure, there's a gale (and quite a good one), and some beam to beam broadside action, but mostly it's about the characters. In every situation, there's little tension as we know our hero will make good a Hornblower-like escape by some indirect means.

                        The author jumps in as the omniscient narrator from time to time. For instance, there's one chapter that's an odd repetition of an argument made in a previous book against overly harsh punishment in the service.

                        The wisdom's along the lines of "spare the rod, spoil the child" and the character "development" sees Mr. Easy move from channeling Marx to channeling Ayn Rand. As the earlier positions are argued as hard as the latter, it's actually hard to see the author's position here, which is quite interesting.

                        Overall, though, the book just doesn't hang together as a continuous, tense story about the sea, which is one of the main reasons to read nautical fiction. On the other hand, if you've run out of the better nautical fiction, this one's well worth a read. A more interesting genre piece from this era is Wilkie Collins's mystery "The Moonstone".

                        4 out of 5 stars If you like nautical adventures, this is a good bet........2005-02-01

                        This book is to nineteenth century England what Huckleberry Finn was to early twentieth century America. (a great coming-of-age story.) This book is full of the immortal truths of English boyhood. It's also a good naval yarn. Jack Easy is the prototype for young seamen in the post-Trafalgar era. The book is actually quite funny, too. Marryat's characters are very well-drawn, if a little rough around the edges. This is a very good story, and Captain Marryat was quite a story-teller. There is truth in this book, and a hard-edged plot.

                        4 out of 5 stars Very Entertaining! Even for a mother of 6!.......2002-01-11

                        Almost 5 stars.

                        Mr. Easy's father is a philosopher, with a very naive view of human nature. This comic figure is the major influence in Jack Easy's life until he is convinced Jack needs to be sent off to school. There begins Jack Easy's REAL schooling in life, followed by his entry into the British Navy. After all, isn't everyone equal on the sea, which belongs to no man?!

                        Marryat's major strength in this book is that he can make almost any situation comical. You may roll your eyes at some of his puns,(He must really have enjoyed them!)but you can't help but laugh!

                        Although lots of sea interested people have reviewed this book, I would heartily recommend it to anyone who enjoys a pleasant read and a good laugh. It's clean enough for children, interesting enough for dads, has adventure enough for boys, and stinging rebuke enough for moms. (My daughters also enjoyed it, especially the "duel".)

                        Only 4 stars because it's not as great literature as R.L. Stevenson's Kidnapped.
                        Mr Midshipman Easy
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                          Mr Midshipman Easy
                          Captain Frederick Marryat
                          Manufacturer: Richard Bentley
                          ProductGroup: Book
                          Binding: Leather Bound
                          ASIN: B000WIBCPC
                          MR MIDSHIPMAN EASY
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                            MR MIDSHIPMAN EASY
                            C. MARYAT
                            Manufacturer: CASSELL
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                            ASIN: B000S6MTEQ
                            Mr Midshipman Easy
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                              Mr Midshipman Easy
                              Captain Marryat
                              Manufacturer: RICHARD BENTLEY
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                              Binding: Hardcover
                              ASIN: B000Q9NFW0
                              MR MIDSHIPMAN EASY.
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                                MR MIDSHIPMAN EASY.
                                Captain. Marryat
                                Manufacturer: Heirloom Library
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                                Binding: Hardcover
                                ASIN: B000O86G92
                                MR MIDSHIPMAN EASY.
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                                  MR MIDSHIPMAN EASY.

                                  Manufacturer: Macmillan
                                  ProductGroup: Book
                                  Binding: Hardcover
                                  ASIN: B000HLLSLM
                                  Mr Midshipman Easy.
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                                    Mr Midshipman Easy.
                                    Captain Marryat
                                    Manufacturer: Dent / Everyman 1948.
                                    ProductGroup: Book
                                    Binding: Hardcover
                                    ASIN: B000Q9GPTK
                                    MR MIDSHIPMAN EASY. (SIGNED BY HUGHIE GREEN).
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                                      MR MIDSHIPMAN EASY. (SIGNED BY HUGHIE GREEN).

                                      Manufacturer: A
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                                      ASIN: B000HL7ZA0
                                      Mr Midshipman Easy. Introd Oliver Warner.
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                                        Mr Midshipman Easy. Introd Oliver Warner.
                                        Captain Marryat
                                        Manufacturer: Dent / Everyman 1970.
                                        ProductGroup: Book
                                        Binding: Hardcover
                                        ASIN: B000L574Q2
                                        MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY
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                                          MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY

                                          Manufacturer: A. L. Burt
                                          ProductGroup: Book
                                          Binding: Hardcover
                                          ASIN: B000IAEJ5Y

                                          Books:

                                          1. The Birdhouse Book: Building Houses, Feeders, and Baths
                                          2. THE COMPLETE PAPILLON (Book of the Breed)
                                          3. The Desperate People
                                          4. The Eternal Frontier: An Ecological History of North America and Its Peoples
                                          5. The Knee Of Listening: The Divine Ordeal of the Avataric Incarnation of Conscious Light (The Seventeen Companions of the True Dawn Horse, Book 4)
                                          6. The Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Mexico (W L Moody, Jr, Natural History Series)
                                          7. The Neighborhood Forager: A Guide for the Wild Food Gourmet
                                          8. The Octopus and the Orangutan: More True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity
                                          9. The Overloaded Ark
                                          10. The Perfection of the Morning : An Apprenticeship in Nature

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