Rassegna di studi penitenziari

• Record Nr.: UNISA990001051150203316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Roma
• Descrizione fisica: v ; 24 cm
• Disciplina: 364.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Nel 1979 si fonde con Quaderni di criminologia clinica formando: Rassegna penitenziaria e criminologica

The Peace-Athabasca Delta : portrait of a dynamic ecosystem / / Kevin P. Timoney

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789452403321
• Autore: Timoney Kevin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Alberta, Canada : , : The University of Alberta Press, , 2013; ©2013
• ISBN: 0-88864-802-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (608 p.)
• Disciplina: 577.8/20971231
• Soggetti: Biotic communities - Alberta - Peace-Athabasca Delta; Natural history - Alberta - Peace-Athabasca Delta; Petroleum industry and trade - Alberta; Peace-Athabasca Delta (Alta.)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction -- A. Delta as a Physical and Biological System -- 2. Delta's Physical Environment and Landforms -- 3. Natural History Flora and Vegetation -- 4. Natural History Fauna and Wildlife -- B. Processes ; of Change in the Delta -- 5. Climate and Climate Change Principles and Processes -- 6. Physical and Hydrological Processes of Change -- C. History of Environmental Changes in the Delta -- 7. Natural Record of Change in the Delta -- 8. Historic Record of Change in the Delta -- D. Human Activity in the Delta -- 9. Human History Prior to the 20th Century -- 10. Human History After 1900 -- 11. Human Effects Upon the Delta Region -- E. Future -- 12. Future -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Glossary -- Appendices -- A. Physical Delta -- A1. Is The Delta The "Largest" Inland Delta? -- A2. Bedrock Geology And Its Later Modification -- B. Ecological Importance Of The Delta -- B1. Ecological Goods And Services Supplied By The Delta -- B2. Description Of The Peace-Athabasca Delta From The Ramsar List Of Wetlands Of International Importance -- B3. Environmentally Significant Areas In The Peace-Athabasca Delta Region -- C. Biota of the Delta -- C1. Vascular Plants -- C2. Mosses, Liverworts, And Lichens -- C3. Diatoms -- C4. Aquatic Invertebrates -- C5. Fishes -- C6. Birds -- C7. Mammals -- C8. Peace-Athabasca Delta Muskrat Ecology -- D. Gazetteer And Map Of The Peace-Athabasca Delta.
• Sommario/riassunto: Timely ecology of the Peace-Athabasca Delta, the threatened home of wildlife and indigenous cultures.