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Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 9, Number 1
(January 2007)

 

Stephanie Barrientos and Catherine Dolan (editors). Ethical sourcing in the global food system. Sterling, Va.: Earthscan, 2006.

William C. Burger. Flowers: How they changed the world. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2006.

John Burroughs. Signs & seasons. Edited with critical commentary by Jeff Walker. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 2006.

Steven Cohen. Understanding environmental policy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.

Mark S. Coyne and James A. Thompson. Fundamental soil science. Clifton Park, N.Y.: Thomson/Delmar Learning, 2006.

Christopher Crowder and Michaeljon Ashworth. Topiary: Design and technique. Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire [England]: Crowood Press (distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing, North Pomfret, Vt.), 2006.

Marcus Hall. Earth repair: A Transatlantic History of Environmental Restoration. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006.

Alan Hamilton and Patrick Hamilton. Plant conservation: An ecosystem approach. Sterling, Va.: Earthscan, 2006.

Tom J. de Jong and Peter Klinkhamer. Evolutionary ecology of plant reproductive strategies. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

John J. Magnuson, Timothy K Kratz, and Barbara J. Bensen (editors). Long–term dynamics of lakes in the landscape: Long–term ecological research on north temperate lakes. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Pamela McGeorge. Peonies. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly, 2006.

Catherine Rich and Travis Longcore (editors). Ecological consequences of artificial night lighting.Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2006.

Lincoln Taiz and Eduardo Zeiger. Plant physiology. Fourth edition. Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer Associates, 2006.

Ralph W. Tiner. In search of swampland: A wetland sourcebook and field guide. Second edition. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2006.

Arnold G. van der Valk. The biology of freshwater wetlands. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

 

Current Books is an Internet–only journal reviewing new books about gardening, horticulture and botany. Reviews cover a wide range of new literature in print and are written primarily by the staff and volunteers of the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Please send your comments and suggestions to

Edward J. Valauskas
Editor, Current Books on Gardening & Botany
Lenhardt Library of the Chicago Botanic Garden