03110nam 2200649 a 450 991082689810332120240516051325.01-283-09758-397866130975830-226-30718-210.7208/9780226307183(CKB)2560000000072815(EBL)686266(OCoLC)721194481(SSID)ssj0000522385(PQKBManifestationID)12165898(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522385(PQKBWorkID)10528820(PQKB)11398130(MiAaPQ)EBC686266(DE-B1597)523718(OCoLC)727739573(DE-B1597)9780226307183(Au-PeEL)EBL686266(CaPaEBR)ebr10468509(CaONFJC)MIL309758(EXLCZ)99256000000007281520110120d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe essential naturalist timeless readings in natural history /edited by Michael H. Graham, Joan Parker, and Paul K. Dayton1st ed.Chicago ;London University of Chicago Pressc20111 online resource (550 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-30570-8 0-226-30569-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.A foundation built by giants / Michael H. Graham -- Inspiration / Robert T. Paine -- Exploration / Gage H. Dayton, Paul K. Dayton, and Harry W. Greene -- Initiation / Nancy Knowlton -- Intuition / Shahid Naeem -- Unification / Peter R. Grant.Like nearly every area of scholarly inquiry today, the biological sciences are broken into increasingly narrow fields and subfields, its practitioners divided into ecologists, evolutionary biologists, taxonomists, paleontologists, and much more. But all these splintered pieces have their origins in the larger field of natural history-and in this era where climate change and relentless population growth are irrevocably altering the world around us, perhaps it's time to step back and take a new, fresh look at the larger picture. The Essential NaturalistNatural historynature, reading, essay collection, anthology, history, historical, natural, world, earth, scholarly, academic, research, biological, biology, science, scientific, sciences, field, subfield, ecology, ecologist, evolutionary, evolution, diachronic, analysis, critical, critique, professional, higher education, college, university, horned owl, tiger, species, salamander, galapagos, sea, otter, cow.Natural history.508Graham Michael H(Michael Hall)1241318Parker Joan1955-1640444Dayton Paul Kuykendall1941-1640445MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826898103321The essential naturalist3983999UNINA