The European Garden Flora is the definitive manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental plants and has been designed to meet the highest scientific standards. The vocabulary has nevertheless been kept as uncomplicated as possible so that the work is fully accessible to the informed nurseryman, gardener and landscape architect, as well as to the professional botanist. Although based on Europe, the work is intended to serve as a reference on plants cultivated throughout the world. Comprehensive keys are provided at the level of family, genus and species and line diagrams are included to illustrate important diagnostic features of critical taxa. Reference is made to useful illustrations and taxonomic accounts, and a small amount of guidance on cultivation is provided for many genera.

The Maris Nostri Novus Atlas project was carried out by two archaeobotanists, Dr Diego Sabato and Dr Leonor Peña-Chocarro, researchers at the Archaeobiology Laboratory of the Institute of History which is part of the CSIC (Spanish National Research Counci

Interactions between plants and animals are incredibly diverse and complex and span terrestrial, atmospheric and aquatic environments. The last decade has seen the emergence of a vast quantity of data on the subject and there is now a perceived need among both teachers and undergraduate students for a new textbook that incorporates the numerous recent advances made in the field. The book is intended for use by advanced level undergraduate and beginning graduate students, taking related courses in wider ecology degree programmes.

Una obra concebida como la mejor herramienta científica, técnica y divulgativa y, por ello, de una gran utilidad para el amplio abanico de profesionales que realizan su actividad profesional o lúdica (viveristas, gestores de espacios protegidos, investigadores, deportistas, ecoturistas, …), en las múltiples actividades de gestión, formación, investigación y turismo sostenible que hoy se desarrolla en Andalucía.

As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices. From manipulation of plant gene structure to the use of plants for bioenergy, biotechnology interventions in plant and agricultural science have been rapidly developing over the past ten years with immense forward leaps on an annual basis. This book begins by laying the foundations for plant biotechnology by outlining the biological aspects including gene structure and expression, and the basic procedures in plant biotechnology of genomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics and proteomics. It then focuses on a discussion of the impacts of biotechnology on plant breeding technologies and germplasm sustainability. The role of biotechnology in the improvement of agricultural traits, production of industrial products and pharmaceuticals as well as biomaterials and biomass provide a historical perspective and a look to the future. Sections addressing intellectual property rights and sociological and food safety issues round out the holistic discussion of this important topic.

Esta es una de las obras magnas de la Botánica española, donde a lo largo de sus seis volúmenes se contienen las plantas de la Península de España que el autor pudo ver y recoger, desde el Ferrol hasta Orán, desde el Rosellón hasta Tuy y de los Pirineos a Extremadura. La obra se compuso bajo el sistema de Tournefourt y posee una gran cantidad de ilustraciones de las plantas y flores a las que se hace referencia.

La ciudad de Madrid y su interés por las plantas forma parte de su historia. Ya en el siglo XVIII, cuando abre sus paseos y vías de comunicación, promueve numerosos proyectos para que la capital y su periferia se engalane de bosques y arboledas. Ademas, d