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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 reviews@chicagobotanic.org

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