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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458250503321

Titolo

Aldo Leopold and the ecological conscience / / edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

1-280-48200-1

9786610482009

1-4237-6313-0

0-19-534883-4

1-60256-776-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 190 p. ) : ill., ports

Disciplina

333.7/2

Soggetti

Nature conservation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Moving mountains : Aldo Leopold and A Sand County Almanac / Curt D. Meine -- Aldo Leopold : blending conversations about public and private lands / Richard L. Knight -- Aldo Leopold's wilderness, Sand County, and my garden / John Seidensticker -- Then and now / James A. Estes -- Great possessions : Leopold's good oak / Mary Anne Bishop -- From the balance of nature to the flux of nature : the land ethic in a time of change / J. Baird Callicott -- Aldo Leopold was a conservation biologist / Reed Noss -- Professor Leopold, what is education for? / Winifred B. Kessler and Annie L. Booth -- Aldo Leopold and the value of nature / Stephen R. Kellert -- Leopold's land ethic : a vision for today / Jamie Rappaport Clark -- Aldo Leopold : conservationist and hunter / L. David Mech -- The A-B dichotomy and the future / Edwin P. Pister -- What would Aldo have done? : a personal story / Jack Ward Thomas.

Sommario/riassunto

In this work ecologists, wildlife biologists, and other conservationists explore the ecological legacy of Aldo Leopold and his contributions to the environmental movement, the philosophy of science, and natural resource management.