1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911093667703321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-770015-2

1-280-48200-1

9786610482009

1-4237-6313-0

0-19-534883-4

1-60256-776-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 190 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

333.7/2

Soggetti

Conservation biology

Nature conservation

Environment and Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911115474603321

Autore

Andrew Harkin

Titolo

Biology of Brain Disorders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2018

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (586 p.)

Collana

Frontiers Research Topics

Soggetti

Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Brain disorders, including neurological and neuropsychiatric conditions, represent a challenge for public health systems and society at large. The limited knowledge of their biology hampers the development of diagnostic tools and effective therapeutics. A clear understanding of the mechanisms that underlie the onset and progression of brain disorders is required in order to identify new avenues for therapeutic intervention.Overlapping genetic risk factors across different brain disorders suggest common linkages and pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie brain disorders. Methodological and technological advances are leading to new insights that go beyond traditional hypotheses. Taking account of underlying molecular, cellular and systems biology underlying brain function will play an important role in the classification of brain disorders in future.In this Research Topic, the latest advances in our understanding of biological mechanisms across different brain disorders are presented. The areas covered include developments in neurogenetics, epigenetics, plasticity, glial cell biology, neuroimmune interactions and new technologies associated with the study of brain function. Examples of how understanding of biological mechanisms are translating into research strategies that aim to advance diagnoses and treatment of brain



disorders are discussed.