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Author : Ronald A. Russo
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691205762
"California Wildlife Foundation. California Oaks Fund."
Author : Ronald A. Russo
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691213408
A photographic guide to 536 species of plant galls found west of the Rockies Beautiful and bizarre, plant galls are growths of various shapes, sizes, and colors produced in response to invading organisms. Describing 536 species of galls and their causative agents, Plant Galls of the Western United States explores this unique realm with stunning photos and fascinating information about the life cycles of the organisms involved. Often species-specific, plant galls can be shaped like stars, baskets, clubs, wigs, bowls, and cups, with colors and combinations that stagger the imagination. This richly illustrated field guide examines how galls develop, and their uses, seasonal appearance and growth rate, predators, and defense mechanisms. The “architects” of galls—bacteria, fungi, mites, moths, beetles, flies, midges, and wasps—are explored in depth, and descriptions are paired with illustrations of these gall-inducing organisms and their typical galls. Gall accounts are divided into those that occur on trees, shrubs, and miscellaneous hosts, including native and ornamental plants. The guide contains a useful glossary and a bibliography. Features 536 gall species—including 120 new to science and 232 that have never appeared in a field guide before Examines for the first time more than 90 species from southwestern oak trees Contains more than 150 species from most of the deserts of the western states
Author : Ron Russo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Gall midges
ISBN : 0520248856
"This exciting book belongs on every naturalist's bookshelf. The excellent color photos and clear text will endear it to the amateur while the accurate identifications will please the professional. This book is an ideal gift for anyone who enjoys spending time outdoors."--Katherine Schick, Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley "This identification guide, with its summaries of the science and lore of galls and their causative organisms, engagingly draws one into another barely explored world, one presently known only to a few. With the publication of this book, many more can now appreciate these fascinating plant growths."--Raymond J. Gagne, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA "This comprehensive, descriptive, and beautifully illustrated guide to plant galls of the West will appeal to both professional and amateur."--Diane M. Erwin, Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley "A great book for entomologists, plant pathologists, and would-be naturalists who are curious about the amazing insect-plant relationships illustrated by plant galls."--Charles Dailey, Sierra College
Author : Ron Russo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Gall midges
ISBN : 091028671X
Author : Michael Chinery
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781400850792
This book has been produced with the aim of stimulating the general naturalist to take a closer look at the bumps and lumps that make up the fascinating world of plant galls. Induced by a variety of insects and other organisms and ranging from tiny pimples to bizarre and often very attractive and exquisitely sculptured growths, plant galls are mystery to many people, but they offer a fascinating field of study for both botanists and zoologists. Galls can be found on a very wide range of both woody and herbaceous plants, with over 50 different kinds occurring on Britain's oak trees alone, and there is still much to be learned about even the commonest examples. An introduction to the nature of plant galls and their formation Brief descriptions of some of the organisms that cause or induce galls Superb photographs of just over 200 of the commonest or most conspicuous of Britain's 1,000 or so plant galls, arranged according to their host plants to aid field identification Descriptions of these galls and the life histories of the organisms that cause them
Author : M. S. Mani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Galls (Botany)
ISBN : UCAL:B4116148
Author : Margaret Redfern,Peter Shirley,Sue Hockland,Keith Murray Harris,B. M. Spooner
Publisher : Anchor Books
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Galls (Botany)
ISBN : 1851532846
Author : United States. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UVA:X030376776
Author : Alfred Judson Henry,Catherine Emma Pennington,Ferdinand Wead Haasis,Florence Elizabeth Ward,Frank Irons,Frederick Charles Lincoln,Freeman Weiss,Harold Addison Spilman,Herman M. Conway,John Robbins Mohler,Mary Aloysius Agnew,Raymond Frank Taylor,Ruth O'Brien,A. E. Wright,Rudolph Snyder,Samuel Prentiss Baldwin,Willard Jay Parvis,Lucien Benson Ernest,Ruby Kathryn Worner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1408 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : Agricultural colleges
ISBN : CUB:U183021554307
This glossary, issued in 1924, and revised, provides terms used in fire control.
Author : Arnold Darlington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0802222536
Author : Enid Mayfield
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781486303540
The Illustrated Plant Glossary is a comprehensive glossary of over 4000 terms related to plant sciences, featuring many superb colour illustrations to aid understanding. The topics covered in this glossary include anatomy, angiosperms, bryophytes, chemistry, cytology, family specific terms, ferns and fern allies, flowers, fruit, genetics, gymnosperms, habit and growth, habitat and ecology, indumentum, inflorescence, leaves, reproduction, roots, seeds, systematics and more. The Illustrated Plant Glossary is a must-have reference for plant scientists, plant science teachers and students, libraries, horticulturalists, ecologists, gardeners and naturalists.
Author : Jerry A. Powell,Paul A. Opler
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520943773
Insects boast incredible diversity, and this book treats an important component of the western insect biota that has not been summarized before—moths and their plant relationships. There are about 8,000 named species of moths in our region, and although most are unnoticed by the public, many attract attention when their larvae create economic damage: eating holes in woolens, infesting stored foods, boring into apples, damaging crops and garden plants, or defoliating forests. In contrast to previous North American moth books, this volume discusses and illustrates about 25% of the species in every family, including the tiny species, making this the most comprehensive volume in its field. With this approach it provides access to microlepidoptera study for biologists as well as amateur collectors. About 2,500 species are described and illustrated, including virtually all moths of economic importance, summarizing their morphology, taxonomy, adult behavior, larval biology, and life cycles.
Author : Bharati Bhattacharyya
Publisher : Alpha Science Int'l Ltd.
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : 1842652516
Modern angiosperm taxonomy or systematics provides a strong foundation for the progress of biological sciences as it incorporates studies on biosystematics, chemical and serological evidences, numerical taxonomy, cytogenetical and ecological evidences and many others. This book accounts for information on classical and fundamental aspects of taxonomy as well as its recent developments. Special attention has been paid to the chapters on origin of Angiosperms, Theory of Evolution and Evolutionary trends in Angiosperm Flowers. The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Important herbaria, Techniques for the preparation, storage and study of herbarium specimens, Botanical gardens, and Taxonomic literature are discussed in detail and includes the study of some selected families belonging to 21 orders. For each family, general features and evidence from anatomical, embryological, chromosome numbers and phytochemical data have been added and evolutionary trends discussed. Attention has also been drawn to economic importance and geographical distribution of these families. Illustrations for some members of these families have also been added.
Author : Maarten J. M. Christenhusz,Michael F. Fay,Mark W. Chase
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226536705
Plants of the World is the first book to systematically explore every vascular plant family on earth—more than four hundred and fifty of them—organized in a modern phylogenetic order. Detailed entries for each family include descriptions, distribution, evolutionary relationships, and fascinating information on economic uses of plants and etymology of their names. All entries are also copiously illustrated in full color with more than 2,500 stunning photographs. A collaboration among three celebrated botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Plants of the World is authoritative, comprehensive, and beautiful. Covering everything from ferns to angiosperms, it will be an essential resource for practicing botanists, horticulturists, and nascent green thumbs alike.
Author : Gurcharan Singh
Publisher : Science Publishers
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 1578083516
"The book strikes a balance between classical fundamental information and the recent developments in plant systematics. Special attention has been devoted to the information on botanical nomenclature, identification and phylogeny of angiosperms with numerous relevant examples and detailed explanation of the important nomenclatural problems. An attempt has been made to present a continuity between orthodox and contemporary identification methods by working on a common example. The methods of identification using computers have been further explored to help better online identification. The chapter on cladistic methods has been totally revised, and molecular systematics discussed in considerable detail."--Jacket.
