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Table of 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.

Contributors:

Caneva, Giulia

Nugari, M. P.

Salvadori, O.

Getty Conservation Institute

Languages:

English
Italian

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Translated from (original): Italian

Main Work:

Biologia vegetale per i beni culturali (English)

Subjects:

Botany

Biodegradation

Cultural property — Conservation and restoration

Cultural property — Protection

Cultural property

Conservation and restoration

General Notes:

"Originally published in Italy as La biologia vegetale per i beni culturali, vol. I: Biodeterioramento e conservazione"--T.p. verso.
Translated from the Italian.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-394) and index.

Physical Description:

408 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

QK45.2 .B5613 2008

ISBNs:

9780892369393 (pbk.)
0892369396 (pbk.)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2008015043

OCLC Numbers:

226037049