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UNINA9910455769703321 |
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Whittaker Jason |
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Cyberspace Handbook [[electronic resource]] |
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Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2003 |
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1-280-01981-6 |
0-203-48602-1 |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Computers and civilization |
Internet |
Online information sources |
Webcasting |
Online information services |
Law, General & Comparative |
Telecommunications |
Electrical & Computer Engineering |
Law, Politics & Government |
Engineering & Applied Sciences |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction and contexts; Cyberspace, digital media and the Internet; Mapping cyberspace; ICT, telecommunications and cyberspace; Using cyberspace; Using the Internet; Cyberspace technologies; Webcasting and digital broadcasting; Games and entertainment; Reading/writing cyberspace; Sources, resources and research; Online news and journalism; Internet forms and e-zines; Writing for the Web; Web design; Regulations, institutions and ethics; Regulation and cybercrime; Cyberspace and the public sphere |
Ethics in cyberspaceGlossary; Web resources; Bibliography; Index |
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The Cyberspace Handbook is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of new media, information technologies and the internet. It gives an overview of the economic, political, social and cultural contexts of cyberspace, and provides practical advice on using new technologies for research, communication and publication. The Cyberspace Handbook includes:*a glossary of over eighty key terms*a list of over ninety web resources for news and entertainment, new media and web development, education and reference, and internet and web information* specialist chapter |
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UNINA9910777036503321 |
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Autore |
Kruuk Hans |
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Otters [[electronic resource] ] : Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2006 |
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1-280-90383-X |
0-19-151372-5 |
1-4294-7018-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Otters |
Vertebrates |
Zoology |
Health & Biological Sciences |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Contents; 1 Otter ecology and its background; 2 Pen pictures. Thirteen otters of the world: some natural history; 3 Evolutionary relationships, questions and methods of otter ecology; 4 Habitats; 5 Groups and loners: social organization; 6 Scent marking and interactions: social behaviour; 7 Diet; 8 Resources: about fish and other prey; 9 Otters fishing: hunting behaviour and strategies; 10 Thermo-insulation: a limiting factor; 11 Populations, recruitment and competition; 12 Survival and mortality; 13 Syntheses: challenges to otter survival; 14 |
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Otters, people and conservation; References |
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Otters are highly charismatic and popular animals of very considerable concern to conservationists worldwide. There is a real need for an affordable, well illustrated and appealing text that also contains substantial factual information. This book will build on the reputation of Kruuk's landmark monograph of the European Otter (Wild Otters) published by OUP in 1995. Furthermore, its broader scope to include all otter species should lead to a deeper synthesis that will greatly. expand the book's overall relevance and potential readership. - ;Otters are highly charismatic and popular animals of |
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