New book on tropical seedlings

[pelser]

Dear Taxacom friends,

An announcement of a new book:

Bodegom, S., Pelser, P.B. & Kessler, P.J.A. 1999. Seedlings of secondary
forest tree species of East Kalimantan, Indonesia - Semai-semai pohon hutan
sekunder di Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia. Tropenbos-Kalimantan Series 1.

Published by The International MOFEC-Tropenbos-Kalimantan-Project.
1999 -- 376 p.p., 38 line drawings, 103 colour plates  --- ISBN
90-5113-037-6 -- Price: NLG 75.00

An important part of practising sustainable forest management is the
reforestation of forest areas which are damaged by fires or by other
destructive activities like logging or mining. A wide variety of trees is
used for this purpose. However, since individual plant species often have
specific environmental requirements, some species are obviously more
suitable for reforestation than others. Consequently, the planting of
seedlings of a certain species in a habitat which is not suitable for this
particular taxon decreases the success of reforestation remarkably. This
requires much emphasis on the correct identification of seedlings.
Identifying seedlings is often very difficult, as they may differ
conspicuously in their general morphology from the adult stages and many
distinguishing characters are often not yet present.

Our manual provides:
· Descriptions and identification keys for seedlings of 113 taxa of
secondary forest trees (representing 40 plant families)
· Drawings and colour photographs of almost all species
· An extensive glossary

These data are presented as a user-friendly bilingual field guide (English
/ Indonesian) and will enable (local) people without a thorough botanical
background to identify many of the secondary forest tree species of East
Kalimantan.

Best regards,

Pieter Pelser

P.B. Pelser
Nationaal Herbarium Nederland - Universiteit Leiden Branch
Nederlandse en Europese Flora
Einsteinweg 2
P.O. Box 9514
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31715273546 / 3500
Fax.: +31715273511
E-mail: Pelser at nhn.leidenuniv.nl