This book presents edited and revised versions of 31 papers selected from those presented at a major conference on 'History and forest resources', held in Florence, Italy, in 1998. It also includes an introduction by the first editor. The book is a companion volume to 'Methods and approaches in...

This book presents edited and revised versions of 23 papers selected from those presented at a major conference on History and forest resources, held in Florence, Italy, in 1998. It also includes an introduction by the first editor. The book is a companion volume to 'Forest history: international...

This book comprises a selection of edited and revised papers from the 6th International Workshop of Seeds held in Mexico in January 1999. Following the 2 opening presentations, the papers are listed under the following main headings: development and quality (11 papers); storage and vigour (8);...

Assessments made on the environmental effects of the CAP are reviewed and the contribution of agricultural policy to environmental quality in the EU is considered. The focus is on the role of agricultural policy in reducing harmful effects and/or creating benefits to the physical environment,...

This book has arisen from the conference entitled 'The shape of the coming agricultural biotechnology transformation: strategic investment and policy approaches from an economic perspective' convened by the international Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR), held in Rome, June...

This volume contains 26 chapters in sections on regulation of feed intake, rumen microbiology and fermentation, nutrient absorption and splanchnic metabolism, tissue maintenance and utilization of endogenous body reserves, tissue growth, reproduction, pregnancy and lactation, ruminant physiology...

This book consists of edited and revised versions of the 20 invited papers presented at an International Symposium on Grassland Ecophysiology and Grazing Ecology held at Curitiba, Parana, Brazil on 24-26 August 1999. The papers are on the sustainability of grazing systems (1); environmental...

This book, which is based on the main papers presented at the Royal Entomological Society's 20th Symposium held in September 1999, reviews the developments in the study of insect movements, particularly of flight. It contains 19 chapters discussing flight mechanisms (e.g. flight biomechanics,...

This proceedings of a symposium on the digestive physiology of pigs contains 107 papers. Topic covered are: gut development and function; the gastrointestinal immune system; nutrient absoption and utilization by the gut; digestive processes; econutrition and health maintenance and free...

These proceedings of the Third International Crop Science Congress contain 20 chapters which are divided into 5 parts. Part 1 provides an overview of the basic necessities of man and the constraints imposed by scarce natural resources and the actual genetic potential of the crop. Part 2 discusses...