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  • The Entertainment Industry
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    The entertainment industry

    Entertainment studies are an important emerging subject in tourism, and this introductory textbook provides a detailed overview of the entertainment industry discipline in order to prepare students for roles such as promoters, festival managers and technical support workers. Covering key aspects ...

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  • External Parasites of Small Ruminants
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    External parasites of small ruminants

    Sheep and goats are farmed throughout the world for meat, fibre, milk and leather. These small ruminants are very susceptible to external parasites, which has significant implications for their health and welfare as well as the quality and value of the end products for which they are farmed. This...

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  • Irrigation Systems
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    Irrigation systems

    Of all the confrontations man has engineered with nature, irrigation systems have had the most widespread and far-reaching impact on the natural environment. Over a quarter of a billion hectares of the planet are irrigated and entire countries depend on irrigation for their survival and existence...

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  • Organic Farming
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    Organic farming

    Beginning as a small protest to the industrialization of agriculture in the 1920s, organic farming has become a significant force in agricultural policy, marketing, and research. No longer dismissed as unscientific and counterproductive, organic techniques are now taken seriously by farmers, cons...

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  • Food Tourism
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    Food tourism

    The fastest growth in tourism is the culinary sector. Covering farmers markets, taste tours, agri-entertainment, glamping, restaurants, farm shops and more, food tourism has become both an important part of holidaying and a purpose in itself. With growth occurring in most developed countries and ...

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  • Contemporary Tourist Behaviour
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    Contemporary tourist behaviour

    This fully updated edition responds to themes emerging over the decade since publication of the first edition and transmits the content into the 2020s. The themes include technological change, ethical consumption, and the tourist response to health risk, political instability and other uncertaint...

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  • Climate Change and Insect Pests
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    Climate change and insect pests

    Insects, being poikilothermic, are among the organisms that are most likely to respond to changes in climate, particularly increased temperatures. Range expansions into new areas, further north and to higher elevations, are already well documented, as are physiological and phenological responses....

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  • Nematodes as Model Organisms
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    Nematodes as model organisms

    Nematodes are small multicellular organisms that have been used as biological models since the 1960s. For example, Caenorhabditis elegans is a free-living nematode worm, about 1mm in length, that lives in temperate soil environments. It is made up of about 1000 cells, and has a short life cycle o...

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  • Genetics of the Horse
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    Genetics of the horse

    The theory and application of mammalian genetics have been evolving rapidly over the past two decades. This has given scientists fresh insight into the biological processes which affect the functions of the animal in question. This is the latest title in our successful series of genetics books. R...

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  • Central and Eastern European Agriculture in an Expanding European Union
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    Central and eastern european agriculture in an expanding european union

    The problems caused by the proposed enlargement of the EU to include the associated Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) are discussed. The two main agricultural issues raised by this are the relative competitiveness of CEEC agriculture and its potential to cause difficulties for the Com...

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  • Managing Microorganisms
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    Managing microorganisms

    A significant portion of basic and applied life science research requires microorganisms as study specimens. Managing Microorganisms aims to be the standard reference for anyone who works with microorganisms, primarily bacteria and fungi. It is applicable to researchers who maintain their own col...

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  • Tourism Ecolabelling
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    Tourism ecolabelling

    There is currently immense interest in measuring the sustainability of tourism in general, and of ecotourism in particular. Hitherto, it has been difficult for consumers to know whether claims of tourism destinations and products being "ecologically sustainable" are based on hard evidence. The to...

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  • Diagnosing Hemp and Cannabis Crop Diseases
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    Diagnosing hemp and cannabis crop diseases

    Hemp and cannabis, both belonging to Cannabis sativa, have emerged as some of the most valuable crops because of their multiple functionalities - industrial, medicinal, and recreational uses. Like all other crops, they are at risk of diseases and pests. In certain cases, an entire hemp field can ...

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  • Keys to adults of the water beetles of Britain and Ireland (Part 1)
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    Keys to adults of the water beetles of britain and ireland (part 1)

    Illustrated keys are provided for the families,genera, species and other taxa of British and IrishHydradephaga. The Hydradephaga comprise theGyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Paelobiidae (alsoknown as Hygrobiidae) and the Dytiscidae. Colourplates are provided of all the species. Notes includechar...

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  • Biological Control in IPM Systems in Africa
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    Biological control in ipm systems in africa

    Biological control has made a major contribution to integrated pest management (IPM) in Africa, but its documentation has been scattered and often under-reported. This book provides a review of the most important studies, including not only successes, but also on-going challenges. The focus is on...

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  • Cut Flowers of the World
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    Cut flowers of the world

    This full-colour photographic guide describes and illustrates over 350 different species of widely used cut flowers and foliage plants. Cut Flowers of the World is a user-friendly but scientifically accurate, quick reference guide to the most important commercial cut flowers, foliage greens and p...

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  • Quest to Conserve Rare Breeds, The
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    Quest to conserve rare breeds, the

    Since the middle of the twentieth century the world has witnessed a succession of political and social disruptions. Globalisation, technological advancement, climate change, human migration, war and conflict - all have caused major worldwide upheavals.In this light, it's unsurprising that conserv...

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  • Tourism and Sustainability
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    Tourism and sustainability

    Tourism is at the forefront of the debate on development versus sustainability. The challenge facing the industry is how to translate principles into practice and to attain a balance between the objectives of tourism development and the long-term conservation of physical, ecological and sociocult...

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  • A Handbook for the Sheep Clinician
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    A handbook for the sheep clinician

    An established favourite with veterinary and agricultural students and a valuable addition to the library of any veterinarian or sheep farmer, this handbook covers the basics of sheep medicine and production. Geared at being an easily accessed reference, it clearly conveys fundamental information...

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  • Global Health Research in an Unequal World
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    Global health research in an unequal world

    This book is a collection of fictionalised case studies of everyday ethical dilemmas and challenges, encountered in the process of conducting global health research in places where the effects of global, political and economic inequality are particularly evident. It is a training tool to fill the...

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  • Tortoise Husbandry and Welfare
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    Tortoise husbandry and welfare

    Keeping captive tortoises healthy and well is a significant challenge. Because they are ectotherms, these reptiles are totally dependent upon external sources to maintain body temperature and therefore metabolic function. Their physical environment is vital for them to remain healthy, and as owne...

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  • Plant Biodiversity
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    Plant biodiversity

    Results of regular monitoring of the species diversity and structure of plant communities is used by conservation biologists to help understand impacts of perturbations caused by humans and other environmental factors on ecosystems worldwide. Changes in plant communities can, for example, be a re...

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  • Medicinal Plant Biotechnology
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    Medicinal plant biotechnology

    There have been rapid advances in the field of plant biotechnology in recent years, increasing the potential for medical application. Covering the latest advances in the use of plants to produce medicinal drugs and vaccines, this volume examines topics including plant tissue culture, secondary me...

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  • Energy and Protein Requirements of Ruminants
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    Energy and protein requirements of ruminants

    This book is an officially authorised advisory manual that implements the recommendations on the energy and protein requirements of cattle, sheep and goats made by the AFRC Technical Committee on Responses to Nutrients (TCORN) since its establishment in 1982. TCORN has produced a series of number...

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  • Biology of Hevea Rubber
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    Biology of hevea rubber

    Rubber is an economically important material that occurs naturally and can be produced synthetically. Many advances have been made in the understanding of the cultivation and biology of the rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, and this book covers the essential elements of rubber breeding and physiol...

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  • Microbial Biotechnology
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    Microbial biotechnology

    Human actions across the past few centuries have led to a depletion of the world's natural energy sources, as well as large scale environmental degradation. In the context of these current global issues, this book covers the latest research on the application and use of microbes in topical areas ...

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  • Rural Tourism and Recreation
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    Rural tourism and recreation

    The decline in agricultural and other forms of rural employment in developed countries has created a need for a diversified range of rural businesses. Tourism and recreation are recognized as prime contributors to this process. This book reviews both the theory and practice of rural tourism and r...

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  • Disappearing Destinations
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    Disappearing destinations

    Providing a thorough examination of the threats posed to destinations by tourism, this comprehensive text discusses how popular and fragile destinations such as the Great Barrier Reef could become severely damaged and forced to close to tourists if current tourism trends continue. The consequence...

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  • Plant Adaptation and Crop Improvement
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    Plant adaptation and crop improvement

    This book discusses various plant adpatations and techniques for crop improvement.

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  • Integrated Plant Nutrient Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
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    Integrated plant nutrient management in sub-saharan africa

    Soil degradation and nutrient depletion have become serious threats to agricultural productivity in Africa. Soils cannot supply the quantities of nutrients required and yield levels decline rapidly once cropping commences. This book addresses these issues and includes papers from an international...

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  • Managing Plant Genetic Diversity
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    Managing plant genetic diversity

    This book contains edited and revised papers from a conference on 'Science and Technology for Managing Plant Genetic Diversity in the 21st Century' held in Malaysia in June 2000, organised by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI). It includes keynote papers and some 40 addit...

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  • World Leisure Participation
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    World leisure participation

    The social, cultural and economic significance of leisure is increasing around the world. Watching television, reading, socializing with friends and family, playing sport, attending entertainment, arts and sporting events, and visiting the coast, the countryside, historic sites, museums, gallerie...

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  • Capacity Building for Sustainable Development
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    Capacity building for sustainable development

    Capacity building is a topic of intense focus in many industrialized countries. This book explores the theoretical underpinnings of capacity building to sustain the natural, cultural and human resources of communities. It reviews the extensive literature on capacity-building strategies and polici...

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  • Invasive Plant Ecology in Natural and Agricultural Systems
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    Invasive plant ecology in natural and agricultural systems

    Bringing together reasons for why and where weeds occur and the ecological importance of weed management, this updated edition (previously entitled "Weed Ecology") provides an in-depth study of plant ecology with greater coverage of invasive plant biology and more concise statistics. In a new, la...

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  • Gac Fruit
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    Gac fruit

    Gac fruit, Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng, is rich in nutrients such as carotenoids (particularly ß-carotene and lycopene), fatty acids, vitamin E, polyphenol compounds and flavonoids. This book provides the latest research on this fruit, from cultivation through to novel processing technologie...

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  • Air Pollution and the Forests of Developing and Rapidly Industrialising Countries
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    Air pollution and the forests of developing and rapidly industrialising countries

    This book examines the importance of air pollution for the forests of rapidly industrialising countries and regions. Its geographical coverage includes South and Central America, Africa, and Asia, including Siberia, China and Korea. The problems presented by air pollution are placed within the mo...

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  • Public Concerns, Environmental Standards and Agricultural Trade
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    Public concerns, environmental standards and agricultural trade

    There is currently great concern among the public in general, and consumers in particular, about the quality of the environment in relation to agriculture. Such concerns focus on issues such as pollution from agriculture, the quality of landscapes, animal welfare and food safety. As a result, man...

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  • Animal Nutrition with Transgenic Plants
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    Animal nutrition with transgenic plants

    * Gathers together more than 150 feeding studies with food-producing animals and covers both first and second generation transgenic plants* The first central resource of this information for researchers, students and policy makers* Includes contributions from a wide range of specialists in the field

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  • Antimicrobial Stewardship for Nursing Practice
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    Antimicrobial stewardship for nursing practice

    Drug-resistant infections are one of the greatest threats to human health, and with resistance on the rise, appropriate antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is more important than ever. This book, written by nurses for nurses, provides a clear and concise approach to good practice in this vital area.E...

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  • Forage Seed Production, Volume 1
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    Forage seed production, volume 1

    The grasses and legumes grown in pastures and rangelands form the basis of the worldwide animal production industry. Some species also have a significant role in the sport and leisure industry, for playing surfaces such as golf courses and football fields. It is therefore vitally important to ens...

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  • Biorational Tree Fruit Pest Management
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    Biorational tree fruit pest management

    As the human impact upon the environment becomes more apparent and severe, the need to develop agricultural techniques that cause minimal damage to the environment has increased. This is particularly the case in the area of pest management, where integrated pest management (IPM) strategies have b...

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    Australian moths

    The insect Order Lepidoptera is one of the four megadiverse groups of insects globally. The vast majority of the Order are moths and the unique Australian fauna has long been of interest to scientists and other enthusiasts. Australian Moths: a Natural History presents a synthesis of much of the r...

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  • Diversity Competence
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    Diversity competence

    In today's world many people live, learn and work in international and multicultural environments. Intercultural communication has become an important topic in many fields of work and study. Given the complexities of globalization, knowledge of cultures and cultural differences is rarely sufficie...

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  • Conserving Plant Genetic Diversity in Protected Areas
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    Conserving plant genetic diversity in protected areas

    Conservation in protected areas has focused on preserving biodiversity of ecosystems and species, whereas conserving the genetic diversity contained within species has historically often been ignored. However, maintaining genetic diversity is fundamental to food security and the provision of raw ...

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  • Animal Science Reviews 2011
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    Animal science reviews 2011

    Animal Science Reviews 2011 provides scientists and students in animal science with timely analysis on key topics in current research. Originally published online in CAB Reviews, this volume makes available in printed form the reviews in animal science published during 2011.

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  • Poisonous Plants and Related Toxins
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    Poisonous plants and related toxins

    This book presents refereed and edited papers from the 6th International Symposium on Poisonous Plants, held in Scotland in August 2001. It covers a range of topics from plant biochemistry to toxic effects in animals (particularly grazing farmed animals) and humans. The contents include the evolu...

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  • Natural Gums and Resins
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    Natural gums and resins

    Tree resins such as mastic, gum arabic, frankincense and myrrh have been used for centuries all over the world. This book presents different fields of application for natural gums and resins in medicine, nutrition and cosmetics, taking some selected medicinal plant species as examples. It provide...

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  • Blueberries
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    Blueberries

    This new and updated edition of a highly successful practical book covers major topics of interest to blueberry breeders and researchers including: breeding, varieties, botany, physiology, nutrition, growth regulation, cultivation methods and practices, photosynthesis, plant interaction with the ...

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  • Crisis Management in Tourism
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    Crisis management in tourism

    The history of modern tourism records many localized and some international crises characterized by extreme and sudden reduction in demand for specific destination areas or types of tourism product. Managerial responses to such events include both problem solving and market recovery steps, but th...

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  • Encyclopedia of Herbs and Spices: 2 volume pack, The
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    Encyclopedia of herbs and spices: 2 volume pack, the

    The Encyclopedia of Herbs and Spices provides comprehensive coverage of the taxonomy, botany, chemistry, functional properties, medicinal uses, culinary uses and safety issues relating to over 250 species of herbs and spices. These herbs and spices constitute an important agricultural commodity; ...

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    Biological invasions in the tropics

    Invasive species are one of the major threats to natural ecosystems and the services they provide. This book focuses on invasives (particularly insect species) currently implicated in impacting ecosystems and native communities in the tropics. Biological invasions require a multidisciplinary appr...

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  • Modelling Nutrient Utilization in Farm Animals
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    Modelling nutrient utilization in farm animals

    This book describes current research in modelling nutrient use in farm animals, from cellular to ecosystem level. The chapters are developed from papers presented at a satellite meeting of the 9th International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology, held in South Africa in October 1999. - Excellent pa...

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  • Botanical Medicine in Clinical Practice
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    Botanical medicine in clinical practice

    The potential benefits of plants and plant extracts in the treatment and possible prevention of many leading health concerns are becoming more widely recognised within the medicinal community. This major comprehensive reference work contains contributions from more than 80 clinical and academic e...

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  • Tourism and Visual Culture, Volume 1
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    Tourism and visual culture, volume 1

    Tourism is an essentially visual experience: we leave our homes so as to travel to see places, thus adding to our personal knowledge about, and experience of, the world. The study of tourism as a complex social phenomenon, beyond simply business, is increasing in importance, and by providing an e...

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  • Farm Business Management
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    Farm business management

    The underlying economic factors that affect primary production are frequently studied and written about - soil quality, animal health, climate, machinery - but this is the first book to explore the role of the decision psychology of the manager running the farm business, the person responsible fo...

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    Managing artists in the music industries

    At the core of the music industries is the artist. There are thousands of aspiring performers yet only a handful can be truly successful. What propels one artist where others fail? Talent? Originality? Ambition? Or pro-active, well-informed career management?Professional management of the artist'...

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  • Science Communication Skills for Journalists
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    Science communication skills for journalists

    With 16 chapters covering science communication skills, the editor and author of this book, Dr Charles Wendo, has used his detailed knowledge of the field to consult leading editors and journalists across Africa. Providing examples, learning activities, graded and ungraded quizzes to facilitate l...

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  • Forests in Sustainable Mountain Development
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    Forests in sustainable mountain development

    Written by leading international authors, this book presents a comprehensive review of forests in mountain regions, and their sustainable development. Based on a report prepared by the IUFRO Task Force in Sustainable Mountain Development, for the IUFRO Congress to be held in August 2000. The book...

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  • Parasites and Pets
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    Parasites and pets

    This book, primarily focussing on parasitic diseases of cats and dogs, is designed specifically for veterinary nurses and students and adopts an enquiry based approach essential for consolidating knowledge and a deep practical understanding of this important subject. The book goes beyond the conv...

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  • Controlled Atmosphere Storage of Fruit and Vegetables
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    Controlled atmosphere storage of fruit and vegetables

    The third edition of this successful title presents current research and commercial uses of controlled atmosphere storage and modified atmosphere packaging of fresh fruit and vegetables to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview. New and developed technologies for the transportation and s...

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  • Differential Diagnosis in Small Animal Cytology
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    Differential diagnosis in small animal cytology

    Illustrated with high-quality photomicrographs, Differential Diagnosis in Small Animal Cytology: The Skin and Subcutis is a comprehensive resource for identifying through cytology the most common cutaneous and subcutaneous diseases of dogs and cats.With key points describing the main clinical and...

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  • Agricultural Biotechnology and Intellectual Property
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    Agricultural biotechnology and intellectual property

    Scientists are becoming progressively more involved in developing methods for increasing agricultural productivity and designing plants with certain qualities. As such, genetic engineering has given plant breeders a means to exercise property rights over different varieties of plants. This has cr...

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  • Veterinary Ethics in Practice
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    Veterinary ethics in practice

    Veterinary Ethics in Practice gives non-specialist veterinary professionals an introduction to ethics. It helps readers to think about, and discuss, ethical dilemmas and viewpoints faced by practitioners in their daily practice. The book: · Is an important primer and introduction to basic ethical...

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  • Psocids as Global Pests of Stored Products
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    Psocids as global pests of stored products

    Psocids have become widespread pests of stored products during the last two decades, yet little was known about their biology and management until this change in their pest status. The aim of this book is to synthesize current information on biology and management of these stored-product insect p...

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  • Small Animal Neuroanatomic Lesion Localization Practice Book
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    Small animal neuroanatomic lesion localization practice book

    Neuroanatomic lesion localization (detecting where a neurologic problem arises) is key when presented with a dog or cat with signs of neurologic disease. The correct neuroanatomic lesion localization will drive veterinarians towards an appropriate list of differential diagnoses and help lead the ...

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  • Tourism and Gender-based Violence
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    Tourism and gender-based violence

    Gender based violence (GBV) in travel and tourism is embedded within wider social structures of gender inequalities and discrimination. This book focuses on the multiple and interconnected manifestations of violence that women and girls encounter in tourism consumption and production, such as phy...

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  • Beef Cattle Production Systems
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    Beef cattle production systems

    This textbook provides an integrated view of beef cattle production with a systems based approach, discussing the interrelationships of a broad range of aspects with the overall goal of optimising cattle production. This book provides the background to allow cattle producers to match their produc...

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  • Aquaculture
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    Aquaculture

    Providing a broad and readable overview of the subject, this updated fourth edition of Aquaculture: An Introductory Text covers issues associated with sustainable aquaculture development, culture systems, hatchery methods, nutrition and feeding of aquaculture species, reproductive strategies, har...

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  • Environmental Impacts of Pasture-based Farming
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    Environmental impacts of pasture-based farming

    Focusing on the different types of pastoral farming and their impact on the environment, Environmental Impacts of Pasture-based Farming takes a broad view of the subject, whose treatment in texts is often biased towards confined animal or grain based systems. The text is organised into two sectio...

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  • Therapeutic Strategies in Veterinary Oncology
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    Therapeutic strategies in veterinary oncology

    This book is a comprehensive resource for veterinary oncologists and trainees, covering therapeutic strategies used in the treatment of veterinary patients. In the setting of a rapidly changing field like oncology, this timely text focuses on mechanisms of action and biological rationale rather t...

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  • A Polar Dictionary
    A Polar Dictionary

    A polar dictionary

    This 'ice-breaking' book collects the English words of the Antarctic and the Arctic for the first time.These words relate to weather, ice and snow, auroras, clothes, food, housing, social structures, wildlife, plants, politics, as well as many other aspects of polar life. The terms are presented ...

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  • Agricultural Markets in a Transitioning Economy
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    Agricultural markets in a transitioning economy

    This book presents major challenges and opportunities facing agriculture sectors in the wake of the transition from a planned to market economy. Using Albania as a case study, it examines the shift from communism to free markets and the lasting effects of such change on agricultural production an...

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  • Biology of Seeds
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    Biology of seeds

    This book presents edited and revised papers from the seventh International Workshop on Seeds, held in Salamanca, Spain, in May 2002. The key topics addressed include seed development, germination and dormancy, as well as desiccation, seed ecology and seed biotechnology.

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  • Forests and Society
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    Forests and society

    This book provides a broad-ranging textbook on the relationships between forests and society. It discusses the ways in which society can interact with forest landscapes without adversely affecting their sustainability. Topics covered include attitudes to, and uses of forests, the creation of toda...

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  • Finding Resilience
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    Finding resilience

    Floods, fires, famines, epidemics and disasters of all kinds are on the increase, and as their frequency rises so does the call for greater resilience. But what does that mean? The word is used differently in psychology, ecology, economics and engineering and runs the risk of becoming meaningless...

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  • Agroforestry for Soil Management
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    Agroforestry for soil management

    Agroforestry refers to land use systems in which trees or shrubs are grown in association with agricultural crops, or pastures and livestock. From its inception, it has contained a strong element of soil management. Well-designed and managed agroforestry systems have the potential to control run-...

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  • Invasive Plant Species of the World
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    Invasive plant species of the world

    Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 2003, the status of many important invasive plants around the world has changed dramatically. Species have extended their ranges, new literature has been accumulated, and control methods have been improved. Research on some plant invaders...

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  • Contracting for Agricultural Extension
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    Contracting for agricultural extension

    In many countries of the world agricultural extension services are shifting from the public to the private sector. Services are thus being contracted out, to improve the financing and delivery of agricultural knowledge.The book presents a range of case studies from Australia, Bangladesh, Chile, C...

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  • Concepts for Understanding Fruit Trees
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    Concepts for understanding fruit trees

    Anyone who observes fruit trees may wonder how or why they behave in specific ways. Some trees grow upright while others have a spreading habit. Some produce many flowers and small immature fruit only to drop most of the fruit later on; others grow more strongly on their sunny side than their sha...

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  • Olympic Games
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    Olympic games

    This 2nd edition of a highly successful book (published in 2000) provides a comprehensive, critical analysis of the Olympic Games using a multi-disciplinary social science approach. This revised edition contains much new data relating to the Sydney 2000 Games and their aftermath; and preparations...

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  • Experimental Design and Analysis in Animal Sciences
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    Experimental design and analysis in animal sciences

    Many students and even researchers often make the mistake of using too few or too many animals in their experiments. This can lead to misleading results or waste of animal resources. Drawing on examples from animal experiments this book illustrates the general principles of experimentation and an...

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  • Vietnam Tourism
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    Vietnam tourism

    Vietnam has experienced rapid growth within its tourism industry during the past decades. This growth is part of Vietnam's opening economy allowing a wide range of forms of tourism. Vietnam Tourism: Policies and Practices provides a comprehensive review of tourism development in Vietnam. Part I o...

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  • Biosecurity for Livestock Diseases in Europe
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    Biosecurity for livestock diseases in europe

    Biosecurity practices can help prevent the introduction and spread of disease, promoting better animal health and welfare, human health, food safety, and the economic benefits of livestock production. Stemming from a joint initiative between the Biosecure project which brought together 17 partner...

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  • Parasitic Nematodes
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    Parasitic nematodes

    Parasitic Nematodes are amongst the most successful parasites on Earth. This fully-updated second edition constitutes a comprehensive volume that continues to discuss the molecular biology, biochemistry and immunology of nematode parasites of humans, domestic animals and plants. There is a strong...

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  • Crop Variety Improvement and its Effect on Productivity
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    Crop variety improvement and its effect on productivity

    This volume reports on the productivity impacts of varietal improvement research conducted at a number of international centres affiliated with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. Such centres have been at the forefront of a 40-year effort to breed new varieties of the ...

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  • Dogs, Zoonoses and Public Health
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    Dogs, zoonoses and public health

    Zoonotic diseases constitute a public health problem throughout the world. Addressing a little-studied area of veterinary and medical science, this book covers viral, bacterial, protozoan and helminth parasites transmitted between humans and dogs, discussing population management, control disease...

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  • Encyclopedia of Medical and Veterinary Entomology
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    Encyclopedia of medical and veterinary entomology

    Arthropod transmitted infections continue to be a front-line issue in all regions of the world. Understanding the insects that transmit diseases, the mechanisms of infection and the resulting diseases is vital to doctors, veterinarians, public health workers and disease control agencies. This maj...

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  • Fungicide Resistance in Crop Protection
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    Fungicide resistance in crop protection

    Pathogen resistance to fungicides has become a challenging problem in the managing of crop diseases and has threatened the performance of some highly potent commercial fungicides. Worldwide, resistance to more than 100 different active ingredients has been reported. This book compiles information...

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  • New Directions in Garden Tourism
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    New directions in garden tourism

    Following on from the success of Garden Tourism this latest offering New Directions in Garden Tourism provides an update on the statistics and growth of the global phenomenon of garden visitation. It delves in to new themes and contemporary trends, from art and culture, to psychographic profiling...

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    Letters on animal welfare from the road to eden

    Over the past 60 years, our understanding of the livestock animals under our care, and our subsequent treatment of them, has progressed from the days of Ruth Harrison's Animal Machines, a time when farmed chickens were excluded from legal protections created for birds. This book takes us through ...

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  • Plant Names
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    Plant names

    The book is a plain English guide to the use of plant names and the conventions for writing them as governed by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. It covers the naming of wild plants, plants modified by humans, why pl...

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  • Trees on the Farm
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    Trees on the farm

    Most published books on agroforestry have focused on biophysical aspects. There has been a lack of scientifically rigorous information about the socioeconomic features of agroforestry, and the adoption of agroforestry practices by farmers. This book fills that gap by assessing the adoption of sel...

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  • Nature of Crops, The
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    Nature of crops, the

    Have you ever wondered why we eat wheat, rice, potatoes and cassava? Why we routinely domesticate foodstuffs with the power to kill us, or why we chose almonds over acorns? Answering all these questions and more in a readable and friendly style, this book takes you on a journey through our histor...

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  • Climate Change and Global Health
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    Climate change and global health

    There is increasing understanding that climate change will have profound, mostly harmful effects on human health. In this authoritative book, international experts examine long-recognized areas of health concern for populations vulnerable to climate change, describing effects that are both direct...

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  • Innovation in Agri-food Clusters
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    Innovation in agri-food clusters

    Innovation has moved through a range of revolutionary epochs, but there is no clear picture of how, or even if, innovation can be managed. This book explores the models, methods and metrics of innovation analysis in the context of a single centre: the Global Oilseeds Complex centred in Saskatoon,...

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  • Coffee Wilt Disease
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    Coffee wilt disease

    Coffee Wilt Disease has cost African coffee farmers an estimated US$1 billion to date, resulting from reduced yields and the extra costs incurred in trying to manage the disease. This devastating fungal disease has destroyed millions of coffee trees in affected countries across Africa and will be...

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  • Peach
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    Peach

    The Peach provides a comprehensive up to date reference work, summarizing our knowledge of peaches and their production worldwide and includes an extensive colour plates section. Chapters written by international authorities address botany and taxonomy, breeding and genetics of cultivars and root...

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  • Strawberry
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    Strawberry

    Methods of strawberry cultivation have undergone extensive modification and this book provides an up-to-date, broad and balanced scientific review of current research and emerging challenges. Subjects covered range from plant propagation, architecture, genetic resources, breeding, abiotic stresse...

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  • Presenting Science Concisely
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    Presenting science concisely

    Imagine you are a scientist faced with presenting your research clearly and concisely. Where would you go for help? This book provides the answer. It shows how to use story structure to craft clear, credible presentations. In it you will find exercises to help you give both short and long present...

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  • Encyclopedia of Fruit and Nuts
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    Encyclopedia of fruit and nuts

    Ever wanted to know the genus name for a coconut?Intended for all your research needs, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive collection of information on temperate and tropical fruit and nut crops. Entries are grouped alphabetically by family and then by species, making it easy to find the informa...

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