Man and Nature - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1230317155 ISBN 13: 9781230317151

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. THE WOODS. THE HABITABLE EARTH ORIGINALLY WOODED--THE FOREST DOES NOT FURNISH FOOD FOR KAN--FIRST REMOVAL OF THE WOODS EFFECTS OF FIRE ON FOREST SOIL EFFECTS OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FOREST--ELECTRICAL INFLUENCE OF TREES--CHEMICAL INFLUENCE OF THE FOREST. INFLUENCE OF THE FOREST, CONSIDERED AS INOROANIO MATTER, ON TEMPERATURE: a, ABSORBINO AND EMITTING SURFACE; b, TREES AS CONDUCTORS OF HEAT; C, TREES IN SUMMER AND IN WINTER; d, D'kad PRODUCrS OF TREES; e, TREES AS A SHELTER TO GROUNDS TO THE LEEWARD OF THEM; /, TREES AS A PROTECTION AGAINST MALARIA--THE FOREST, AS INORGANIC MATTER, TENDS TO MITIGATE EXTREMES. TREES AS ORGANISMS: SPECIFIC TEMPERATURE--TOTAL INFLUENCE OF TIIK FOREST ON TEMPERATURE. INFLUENCE OF FORESTS ON THE HUMIDITY OF THE AIR AND THE EARTH: a, AS INORGANIC MATTER; b, AS ORGANIC WOOD MOSSES AND FUNGI FLOW OF SAP ABSORPTION AND EMALATION OF MOISTURE BY TREES--BALANCE OF CONFLICTING INFLUENCES--INFLUENCE OF THE FOREST ON TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION--INFLUENCE OF THE FOREST ON THE HUMIDITY OF THE SOIL ITS INFLUENCE ON THE FLOW OF SPRINGS--GENERAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WOODS--LITERATURE AND CONDITION OF THE FOREST IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES--THE INFLUENCE OF THK FOREST ON INUNDATIONS --DESTRUCTIVE ACTION OF TORRENTS--THE PO AND ITS DEPOSITS--MOUNTAIN SLIDES--PROTECTION AOAINST TnE FALL OF ROCKS AND AVALANCHES BY TREES--PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FOREST--AMERICAN FOREST TREES--SPECIAL CAUSES OF THE DESTRUCTION OF EUROPEAN WOODS ROYAL FORESTS AND GAME LAWS--SMALL FOREST PLANTS, VITALITY OF SEEDS--UTILITY OF THE FOREST THE FORE8T8 OF EUROPE--FORESTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA THE ECONOMY OF THE FOREST--EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN TREES COMPARED--SYLVICULTURE INSTABILITY OF AMERICAN...

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• Erscheinungsdatum: 1696
• ISBN 10: 1230317155
• ISBN 13: 9781230317151
• Einband: Tapa blanda