Plant Galls of the California Region
Title | Plant Galls of the California Region PDF eBook |
Author | Ron Russo |
Publisher | |
Pages | 203 |
Release | 1979-01-01 |
Genre | Gall midges |
ISBN | 9780910286718 |
Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States
Title | Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States PDF eBook |
Author | Ron Russo |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Gall midges |
ISBN | 9780520248854 |
"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
Plant Galls of the Western United States
Title | Plant Galls of the Western United States PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald A. Russo |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2021-04-20 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0691205760 |
"California Wildlife Foundation. California Oaks Fund."
Oaks in the Urban Landscape
Title | Oaks in the Urban Landscape PDF eBook |
Author | Laurence Raleigh Costello |
Publisher | UCANR Publications |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1601076800 |
This publication offers a comprehensive look at the management of oaks in urban areas. As development moves into oak woodland areas, more and more oaks are becoming "urban" oaks. Oaks are highly valued in urban areas for their aesthetic, environmental, economic and cultural benefits. However, significant impacts to the health and structural stability of oaks have resulted from urban encroachment. Changes in environment, incompatible cultural practices, and pest problems can all lead to the early demise of our stately oaks. Using this book you'll learn how to effectively manage and protect oaks in urban areas - existing oaks as well as the planting of new oaks. Three key areas are addressed: selection, care, and preservation. You'll learn how cultural practices, pest management, risk management, preservation during development, and genetic diversity can all play a role in preserving urban oaks. Arborists, urban foresters, landscape architects, planners and designers, golf course superintendents, academics, and Master Gardeners alike will find this to be an invaluable reference guide.
Oak Woodland Invertebrates: The Little Things Count
Title | Oak Woodland Invertebrates: The Little Things Count PDF eBook |
Author | R Little |
Publisher | UCANR Publications |
Pages | 20 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Coast live oak |
ISBN | 9781601073808 |
Ecology of Plant Galls
Title | Ecology of Plant Galls PDF eBook |
Author | M.S. Mani |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 454 |
Release | 2013-12-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9401762309 |
Plant Galls
Title | Plant Galls PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Redfern |
Publisher | |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
A much-needed new study on plant galls growths on plants formed of plant tissue that are caused by other organisms. Most naturalists have come across oak apples, robin s pincushions, marble galls and witches brooms, a few of the more familiar examples of the strange growths that are plant galls. They are beautiful, often bizarre and colourful, and amazingly diverse in structure and in the organisms which cause them. They have been known since ancient times and have attracted superstitions and folk customs. Both the ancient Greeks and the Chinese used them in herbal medicine, and until well into the nineteenth century, they had a variety of commercial uses: important for dyeing cloth, tanning leather and for making ink. Knowledge of gall types increased during the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century as more species were described and their structure became more clearly understood, and yet even today, little is known about the mechanisms that cause gall formation as well as the life cycles of the organisms that initiate gall growth. Since most galls do not cause any economic damage to crop plants, research funding has traditionally been sparse in this area. However, the insect cycles and gall structures are amazing examples of the complexity of nature. Margaret Redfern explores these fascinating complexities in this latest New Naturalist volume, providing much-needed insight into the variety of galls of different types caused by a wide range of organisms including fungi, insects and mites. She discusses the ecology of galls more generally and focuses on communities of organisms within galls, the evolution and distribution of galls, as well as human and historical perspectives."