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UNINA9910462904003321 |
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Beedy Edward C |
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Birds of the Sierra Nevada : their natural history, status, and distribution / / Edward C. Beedy and Edward R. Pandolfino ; illustrated by Keith Hansen ; foreword by Rich Stallcup |
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Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (445 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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StallcupRich |
HansenKeith |
PandolfinoEdward R |
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Birds - Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) |
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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Birds of the Sierra Nevada -- Front matter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- ECOLOGICAL ZONES AND BIRD HABITATS -- RECENT TRENDS IN SIERRA BIRD POPULATIONS AND RANGES -- UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT SIERRA BIRDS -- BIRD CONSERVATION IN THE SIERRA -- Family and Species Accounts -- WATERFOWL · Anatidae -- QUAIL · Odontophoridae -- FOWL-LIKE BIRDS · Phasianidae -- LOONS · Gaviidae -- GREBES · Podicipedidae -- CORMORANTS · Phalacrocoracidae -- PELICANS · Pelecanidae -- HERONS AND RELATIVES · Ardeidae -- IBIS · Threskiornithidae -- NEW WORLD VULTURES · Cathartidae -- OSPREY · Pandionidae -- HAWKS AND RELATIVES · Accipitridae -- FALCONS · Falconidae -- RAILS AND RELATIVES · Rallidae -- CRANES · Gruidae -- PLOVERS · Charadriidae -- STILTS AND AVOCETS · Recurvirostridae -- SANDPIPERS AND RELATIVES · Scolopacidae -- GULLS AND TERNS · Laridae -- PIGEONS AND DOVES · Columbidae -- CUCKOOS AND ROADRUNNERS · Cuculidae -- BARN OWL · Tytonidae -- TYPICAL OWLS · Strigidae -- NIGHTHAWKS AND RELATIVES · Caprimulgidae -- SWIFTS · Apodidae -- HUMMINGBIRDS · |
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Trochilidae -- KINGFISHERS · Alcedinidae -- WOODPECKERS · Picidae -- TYRANT FLYCATCHERS · Tyrannidae -- SHRIKES · Laniidae -- VIREOS · Vireonidae -- JAYS AND RELATIVES · Corvidae -- LARKS · Alaudidae -- SWALLOWS · Hirundinidae -- CHICKADEES AND TITMICE · Paridae -- VERDIN · Remizidae -- BUSHTIT · Aegithalidae -- NUTHATCHES · Sittidae -- CREEPERS · Certhiidae -- WRENS · Troglodytidae -- GNATCATCHERS · Polioptilidae -- DIPPERS · Cinclidae -- KINGLETS · Regulidae -- WRENTIT · Sylviidae -- THRUSHES AND RELATIVES · Turdidae -- MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS · Mimidae -- STARLINGS · Sturnidae -- PIPITS · Motacillidae -- WAXWINGS · Bombycillidae -- SILKY FLYCATCHERS · Ptilogonatidae -- WOOD-WARBLERS · Parulidae -- SPARROWS AND RELATIVES · Emberizidae -- GROSBEAKS AND RELATIVES · Cardinalidae -- BLACKBIRDS AND RELATIVES · Icteridae -- FINCHES AND RELATIVES · Fringillidae -- OLD WORLD SPARROWS · Passeridae -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of Common Names Index of Common Names -- Index of Scientific Names -- About the Authors and Artist |
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This beautifully illustrated and user-friendly book presents the most up-to-date information available about the natural histories of birds of the Sierra Nevada, the origins of their names, the habitats they prefer, how they communicate and interact with one another, their relative abundance, and where they occur within the region. Each species account features original illustrations by Keith Hansen. In addition to characterizing individual species, Birds of the Sierra Nevada also describes ecological zones and bird habitats, recent trends in populations and ranges, conservation efforts, and more than 160 rare species. It also includes a glossary of terms, detailed maps, and an extensive bibliography with over 500 citations. |
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UNINA9910787743003321 |
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Autore |
Barrow Christopher J |
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Alternative irrigation : the promise of runoff agriculture / / Christopher J. Barrow |
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Oxfordshire, England ; ; New Nork, New York : , : Earthscan, , 1999 |
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©1999 |
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0-203-50815-7 |
1-135-04835-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (191 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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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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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Original Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures, Boxes and Tables; List of Photographs; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Runoff Agriculture and Land Husbandry; Runoff Agriculture: Definition and Character; 2 Soil and Water Conservation (SWC); Soil and Water Conservation in Practice; Soil and Water Conservation Techniques; Soil and water conservation by agronomic techniques; Soil and water conservation by mechanical techniques; Soil and water conservation by vegetative techniques |
Labour Input and Costs of Soil and Water ConservationThe Role of Women in Soil and Water Conservation; 3 Runoff Harvesting and Storage; Runoff Harvesting Techniques; Roaded catchments; Enhanced catchments; Microcatchments; Macrocatchments; Liman systems; Terraced wadi systems; Warping; Hillside conduit systems; Fog and Mist Harvesting; Dew Harvesting; Subsurface Runoff Harvesting; Runoff Harvesting in Practice; Runoff Harvesting Costs; 4 Ephemeral and Variable Streamflow: Spate, Wetlands and Flood Agriculture; Spate Agriculture; Storage of Floodwater and Heavy Runoff |
Wetlands, Swamp and Flood AgricultureDambos; Fadamas; Bolis; Wet Field, Drained Field and Raised Field or Raised Bed Agriculture; River Flood Agriculture; Flood-Tolerant Rice and Floating Rice; Aquatic Crops; 5 Indigenous Runoff Agriculture: Challenges and Breakdown; |
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Why Does Breakdown Occur?; Where has Breakdown Occurred?; Latin America; North America; Israel (Negev Desert); Lebanon; Yemen; Spain; Madeira; Canary Islands; Cape Verde Islands; Aegean Islands; Other Mediterranean islands; India and Sri Lanka; The Philippines; Pakistan; Iran; Eastern Sudan; Tanzania; Niger; Morocco; Tunisia |
6 Expanding, Upgrading and Rehabilitating Runoff AgricultureRunoff Harvesting; Flood and Wetland Agriculture; Tank Storage; Non-Sedentary Agriculture; Promoting Runoff Agriculture and Soil and Water Conservation; What helps innovation or upgrading to succeed?; Problems upgrading to terracing; Grants, subsidies and incentives; Food-for-work or cash-for-work support for runoff agriculture and soil and water conservation; Tools-for-work or village facilities as incentives; Working with landusers; Supportive institutions and social organizations |
Supporting Runoff Agriculture and Soil and Water Conservation with Laws and RegulationsThe Role of Women in Runoff Agriculture and Soil and Water Conservation; Paying for Runoff Agriculture and Soil and Water Conservation; Appropriate Tools; Appropriate Levelling Methods; Management of Runoff Agriculture and Soil and Water Conservation; A Longer-Term View is Needed; 7 The Future for Runoff Agriculture; The Challenges Runoff Agriculture Must Face and the Demands and Needs It Should Address; Better Runoff Agriculture and Soil and Water Conservation Management |
Possible Advances in Techniques and Strategy |
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An introduction to runoff agriculture - a form of agricultural irrigation - this text describes how the use of surface and subsurface water, often overlooked and wasted, enables both small farmers and commercial agriculturists to improve yields and the security of harvest, even in harsh and remote environments. The text introduces the techniques and strategies, as well as the challenges and the potential of the crucial approach, which can contribute so much to reducing land degradation and improving conservation and sustainability. |
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UNINA9910789685003321 |
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Titolo |
St. Oswald of Worcester : life and influence / / edited by Nicholas Brooks and Catherine Cubitt |
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London ; ; New York : , : Leicester University Press, , 1996 |
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1-283-19690-5 |
9786613196903 |
0-567-34031-7 |
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1 online resource (xvii, 365 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Studies in the early history of Britain |
The makers of England ; ; 2 |
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BrooksNicholas |
CubittCatherine |
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Great Britain Church history 449-1066 |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; 1 St Oswald: monk, bishop and archbishop; 2 Oswald, Fleury and continental reform; 3 St Oswald's family and kin; 4 Byrhtferth and Oswald; 5 The community of Worcester, 961-c.1100; 6 St Oswald's tenants; 7 Oswaldslow: an 'immunity'?; 8 The city of Worcester in the tenth century; 9 The administrative landscape of the diocese of Worcester in the tenth century; 10 St Oswald and 10,000 West Midland peasants; 11 Book production and decoration at Worcester in the tenth and eleventh centuries |
12 Saint-making and relic collecting by Oswald and his communities; 13 St Oswald and St Wulfstan; 14 The liturgical manuscripts of Oswald's houses; 15 Some reflections on liturgical music at late Anglo-Saxon Worcester; Index; Index of charters; Index of manuscripts |
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St Oswald was the youngest of the three great monastic reformers of tenth-century England, whose work transformed English religious, intellectual and political life. Certainly a more attractive and perhaps a more effective figure than either St Dunstan or St Ethelwold, Oswald's impact upon his cathedrals at Worcester and York and upon his West |
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Midland and East Anglian monasteries was radical and lasting. In this volume, researchers throw light on St Oswald's background, career, influence and cult and on the society that he helped to shape. His cathedral at Worcester and his monastery at Ramsey |
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