1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798429503321

Autore

Sithole Tendayi

Titolo

Steve Biko : decolonial meditations of Black consciousness / / Tendayi Sithole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-1819-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Critical Africana Studies : African, African American, and Caribbean Interdisciplinary and Intersectional Studies

Disciplina

968.062092

Soggetti

Black people - Race identity - South Africa

Apartheid - South Africa

South Africa Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Biko; Chapter Two: The Existential Scandal of Antiblack Racism; Chapter Three: The Mask of Bad Faith; Chapter Four: The Colonial State; Chapter Five: The Racist State, the Law, and Its Outlawed; Chapter Six: Biko and the Problematique of Death; Coda; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Moving away from the domain of idolization and veneration, Tendayi Sithole situates Steve Biko within the existential repertoire of blackness as a site of subjectivity and not the object of study. Through an exploration of Biko's meditations, Sithole introduces Biko to readers as a decolonial philosopher, someone more than just a biographical subject.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299786003321

Autore

Buckland S. T

Titolo

Distance sampling: methods and applications / / by S. T. Buckland, E.A. Rexstad, T.A. Marques, C.S. Oedekoven

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-19219-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Collana

Methods in Statistical Ecology, , 2199-319X

Disciplina

519.52

Soggetti

Statistics

Biotic communities

Animal ecology

Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences

Community & Population Ecology

Animal Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The basic methods -- Designing surveys -- Designing distance sampling experiments -- Field methods and data checking -- Modelling detection functions -- Design-based estimation of animal density and abundance -- Model-based distance sampling: two-stage models -- Model-based distance sampling: full likelihood methods -- Variations on a theme -- Taxon-specific issues -- Exchanging assumptions for data -- Summary.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, the authors cover the basic methods and advances within distance sampling that are most valuable to practitioners and in ecology more broadly. This is the fourth book dedicated to distance sampling. In the decade since the last book published, there have been a number of new developments. The intervening years have also shown which advances are of most use. This self-contained book covers topics from the previous publications, while also including recent developments in method, software and application. Distance sampling refers to a suite of methods, including line and point transect sampling, in which animal density or abundance is estimated from a



sample of distances to detected individuals. The book illustrates these methods through case studies; data sets and computer code are supplied to readers through the book’s accompanying website.  Some of the case studies use the software Distance, while others use R code. The book is in three parts.  The first part addresses basic methods, the design of surveys, distance sampling experiments, field methods and data issues.  The second part develops a range of modelling approaches for distance sampling data.  The third part describes variations in the basic method; discusses special issues that arise when sampling different taxa (songbirds, seabirds, cetaceans, primates, ungulates, butterflies, and plants); considers advances to deal with failures of the key assumptions; and provides a check-list for those conducting surveys.  .