Books about Coniferous from Amazon.com

"What are the lives of trees, of conifers, like?. . .
How do seedlings establish and develop into saplings?
How do some seedlings stay alive for decades, marking time in the deep shade of the forest?
How do the distinctive forms of saplings of the different species arise?. . .
When, how, and where do cones come from?
What is the sex life of a conifer?
Where does pollen come from?
What does pollen do?"
- From the Introduction

A comparative account of the coniferous trees indigenous to Northeastern North America

Extensively illustrated with full-colour photographs, diagrams, and drawings by the author, Graham R. Powell's Lives of Conifers examines the complex and fascinating life cycles of the 12 coniferous trees that grow naturally in northeastern North America on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border.

Tracing their development from seeds and seedlings, to saplings, through the pole stage to maturity, old age, and death, the book is designed to pro-vide a comparison of each species at each stage of life, thus aiding in the recognition and identification of species at all stages of their existence. It includes descriptions of developmental processes and how they differ among the species.

The species covered in the book are: the balsam fir, eastern hemlock, tamarack larch, eastern white pine, jack pine, pitch pine, red pine, black spruce, red spruce, white spruce, eastern juniper, and eastern thuja.

The book is based almost entirely on what is visible to the careful observer in the forest, and includes only the parts of trees that can be seen above ground. Lives of Conifers will appeal to forest scientists, forestry students, foresters, forest technologists, botanists, horticulturists, arborists, naturalists, and general readers interested in knowing more about their natural surroundings..
Price: $31.50 [Notify me when price goes down.]

Emphasizing management and conservation, this book provides a synthesis of the literature on the role of forest mammals in community structure and function in the coniferous forests of western North America. In addition to coverage of some of the charismatic megafauna such as grizzly bears, gray wolves, mountain lions, elk and moose, it also includes small terrestrial mammals, arboreal rodents, bats, medium-sized carnivores, and ungulates. The unique blend of theoretical and practical concepts makes this volume equally suitable for managers, educators, and research biologists..
Price: $48.84 [Notify me when price goes down.]

This digital document is a journal article from Forest Ecology and Management, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The record-breaking heat-wave in summer 2003 was expected to have a strong impact on tree growth, especially where trees occur at their ecological limits. We studied radial growth response of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) exposed to dry inner Alpine climate (Tyrol, Austria) to extreme hot and dry conditions in 2003. Tree ring chronologies from two stands comprising different social status, i.e. dominant, co-dominant and suppressed trees, on a south- and north-facing slope, which represent xeric and dry-mesic site conditions, respectively, were analysed. Growth-climate relationships were explored using response function analysis and Pearson correlation coefficients. Major findings of our study were: (i) radial growth in 2003 was strongest reduced in suppressed P. sylvestris growing on a xeric site and in dominant Picea abies growing on the dry-mesic site, (ii) median reductions in annual increments reached 35% compared to previous years (1998-2002) and were caused by early stop of cambial activity as indicated by pronounced decrease in latewood width and (iii) April through June precipitation was the environmental factor most strongly associated with growth of both species. Ring width of P. sylvestris and Picea abies was additionally limited by hot late spring and hot late spring/summer months, respectively. The minor impact of the 2003 summer heat-wave on growth of drought exposed forest trees might find its explanation in strong dependency of radial stem growth on precipitation during late spring and preconditioning of tree vigor in previous years. Results demonstrate that impact of climate extremes on radial tree growth can vary within site and canopy position and strongly depend on species-specific response to climate factors. .
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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees in Russia face a number of questions Which countries are supplying sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees to Russia? How important is Russia compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees vary from one country of origin to another in Russia? On the supply side, Russia also exports sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees. Which countries receive the most exports from Russia? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees in Russia. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees for those countries serving Russia via exports, or supplying from Russia via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models..
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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on sawn, chipped, sliced, or peeled non-coniferous wood over 6 millimeters thick in Netherlands face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying sawn, chipped, sliced, or peeled non-coniferous wood over 6 millimeters thick to Netherlands? How important is Netherlands compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of sawn, chipped, sliced, or peeled non-coniferous wood over 6 millimeters thick vary from one country of origin to another in Netherlands? On the supply side, Netherlands also exports sawn, chipped, sliced, or peeled non-coniferous wood over 6 millimeters thick. Which countries receive the most exports from Netherlands? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers? This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for sawn, chipped, sliced, or peeled non-coniferous wood over 6 millimeters thick in Netherlands. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for sawn, chipped, sliced, or peeled non-coniferous wood over 6 millimeters thick for those countries serving Netherlands via exports, or supplying from Netherlands via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Netherlands fits into the world market for imported and exported sawn, chipped, sliced, or peeled non-coniferous wood over 6 millimeters thick. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Netherlands in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the share that Netherlands is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Netherlands compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes..
Price: $190.00 [Notify me when price goes down.]

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees in New Zealand face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees to New Zealand? How important is New Zealand compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees vary from one country of origin to another in New Zealand? On the supply side, New Zealand also exports sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees. Which countries receive the most exports from New Zealand? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees in New Zealand. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees for those countries serving New Zealand via exports, or supplying from New Zealand via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models..
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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on sawn, chipped, sliced, or peeled non-coniferous wood over 6 millimeters thick in Taiwan face a number of questions Which countries are supplying sawn, chipped, sliced, or peeled non-coniferous wood over 6 millimeters thick to Taiwan? How important is Taiwan compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of sawn, chipped, sliced, or peeled non-coniferous wood over 6 millimeters thick vary from one country of origin to another in Taiwan? On the supply side, Taiwan also exports sawn, chipped, sliced, or peeled non-coniferous wood over 6 millimeters thick. Which countries receive the most exports from Taiwan? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers? This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for sawn, chipped, sliced, or peeled non-coniferous wood over 6 millimeters thick in Taiwan. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for sawn, chipped, sliced, or peeled non-coniferous wood over 6 millimeters thick for those countries serving Taiwan via exports, or supplying from Taiwan via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Taiwan fits into the world market for imported and exported sawn, chipped, sliced, or peeled non-coniferous wood over 6 millimeters thick. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Taiwan in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the share that Taiwan is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Taiwan compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes..
Price: $122.00 [Notify me when price goes down.]

On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees in Bulgaria face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees to Bulgaria? How important is Bulgaria compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees vary from one country of origin to another in Bulgaria? On the supply side, Bulgaria also exports sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees. Which countries receive the most exports from Bulgaria? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees in Bulgaria. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. Icon Group has developed a proprietary methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for sawlogs and veneer logs of coniferous trees for those countries serving Bulgaria via exports, or supplying from Bulgaria via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models..
Price: $325.00 [Notify me when price goes down.]