Finished my first year FdSc Arb

[RobArb]

and came out with an average of 76% over the six modules:thumbup:

 

woot woot, time for a summer break me thinks....

 

now, where did i put them books:lol:

[Dave D]

good for you rob, enjoy your rest.

[RobArb]

thanks dave, the rest is needed:biggrin:

[BigPinus]

Well done Rob, just finished my first year as well.

 

I'm just looking at what i'm going to do my individual project on for next year

 

Matt.

[janey]

A big congrats to you both

 

Has all the time you've spent on AT - often at stupid o'clock in the morning - helped or hindered the pass ?

 

[RobArb]

I can only say helped janey:thumbup:

 

you guys rock ha:lol:

 

well done too matt, as for projects I've started 3 different things already:biggrin:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

congrats fellas

[alliaria]

Well done, starting my first year in September.

[alliaria]

Hi Rob,

In the first year syllabus there is a lot of soils and plant biology, which books did you find most useful.

Cheers.

[RobArb]

Ashman, M.R. & Puri, G. (2002) Essential Soil Science. Blackwell Science is a definate get and for other bits of soils things i found these helpful

 

Brady, N.C. (2001) The Nature and Properties of Soils (13th Ed’.) Prentice Hall

Foth D.F. (1990) Fundamentals of Soil Science 8th Edition

Urban, J (2008) Up by Roots Healthy Trees and Soils in the Built Environment, International Society of Arboriculture

 

British Society of Soil Science - Home

Landis.org | Landis

Welcome to the Arboricultural Information Exchange.

Welcome to Soil-net.com!!

Pitchcare: Serving the Turfcare Industry

Pedosphere.com :: Global Soil Science Educators & Knowledge Managers

UK Irrigation Association

WRAP - Material change for a better environment - WRAP

Defra - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

 

and for the plants

 

Allaby, M. (2004) A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. 2nd Edition Oxford University Press (only 8.99 good for a quick reference)

Bowes, B.G. (1996) A Colour Atlas of Plant Structure. London: Manson

-Brilliant pictures of the plant anatomy, a good companion for the Plant Form and Function topic (really helpful)

Mauseth, J. D. (2003) Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology. 3rd Edition. Jones and Bartlett, London

 

Pallardy, S.G. (2008) Physiology of Woody Plants, 3rd Edition. San Diego, California: Academic Press is a must IMO

 

when it came to websites there seemed to be no decent ones (like the soils) but lots of little ones over the place, the journals (you can access them with an athens account are also very useful but its a case of searchuing them as and when is needed