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Autore |
Canfield Michael R. |
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Titolo |
Field notes on science & nature [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Michael R. Canfield |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-674-07206-5 |
0-674-06084-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Biology - Fieldwork |
Natural history - Fieldwork |
Note-taking |
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Formato |
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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword / Edward O. Wilson -- Introduction / Michael R. Canfield -- The pleasure of observing / George B. Schaller -- Untangling the bank / Bernd Heinrich -- One and a half cheers for list-keeping / Kenn Kaufman -- A reflection of the truth / Roger Kitching -- Linking researchers across generations / Anna K. Behrensmeyer -- The spoken and the unspoken / Karen L. Kramer -- In the eye of the beholder / Jonathan Kingdon -- Why sketch? / Jenny Keller -- The evolution and fate of botanical field books / James L. Reveal -- Note-taking for pencilophobes / Piotr Naskrecki -- Letters to the future / John D. Perrine and James L. Patton -- Why keep a field notebook? / Erick Greene. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Pioneering a new niche in the study of plants and animals in their natural habitat, this book allows readers to peer over the shoulders and into the notebooks of a dozen eminent field workers, to study firsthand their observational methods, materials, and fleeting impressions. |
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