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Plant biology for cultural heritage : biodeterioration and conservation

Title
Plant biology for cultural heritage : biodeterioration and conservation / edited by Giulia Caneva, Maria Pia Nugari, and Ornella Salvadori ; translated by Helen Glanville.
Publication
Los Angeles : Getty Conservation Institute, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Caneva, Giulia.
  • Nugari, M. P.
  • Salvadori, O.
  • Getty Conservation Institute.
Description
408 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm
Summary
"Combining scholarly research with practical applications, Plant Biology for Cultural Heritage provides an invaluable reference for conservators, conservation scientists, curators, archivists, biologists, students, and all those professionals who work to ensure the preservation of our cultural legacy."--BOOK JACKET.
Uniform Title
Biologia vegetale per i beni culturali. English.
Subject
  • Botany
  • Biodegradation
  • Cultural property > Conservation and restoration
  • Cultural property > Protection
Note
  • "Originally published in Italy as La biologia vegetale per i beni culturali, vol. I: Biodeterioramento e conservazione"--T.p. verso.
  • Translated from the Italian.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-394) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Processes of biodeterioration : general mechanisms / Daniela Pinna and Ornella Salvadori -- Ch. 2. Ecology of biodeterioration / Giulia Caneva and Simona Ceschin -- Ch. 3. Structural, functional, and ecological characteristics of the main biodeteriogens -- Ch. 4. Biodeterioration processes in relation to cultural heritage materials -- Ch. 5. Problems of biodeterioration in relation to particular types of environments -- Ch. 6. Biodeterioration problems in relation to geographical and climatic contexts / Giulia Caneva and Alessandra Pacini -- Ch. 7. Prevention of biodeterioration -- Ch. 8. Control of biodeterioration and bioremediation techniques -- Ch. 9. Techniques and methods of investigation.
ISBN
  • 9780892369393 (pbk.)
  • 0892369396 (pbk.)
LCCN
  • 2008015043
  • 99933685377
OCLC
  • ocn226037049
  • 226037049
  • SCSB-5469777
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries