The essential Aldo Leopold : quotations and commentaries / / edited by Curt Meine & Richard L. Knight

• Pubblicazione: Madison, WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7/2
• Soggetto topico: Naturalists - United States
• Altri autori: MeineCurt KnightRichard L
• Note generali: Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-356).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-356).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Foreword / David Ehrenfeld -- Introduction -- Editors' Note -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Conservation Science and Practice -- 1. Forest Ecology and Management: Axe-in-Hand / Susan L. Flader -- 2. Range Ecology and Management: Open Thinking on the Range / Jack Ward Thomas -- 3. Outdoor Recreation: Leopold and the "Still Unlovely Mind" / Richard L. Knight -- 4. Wildlife Ecology and Management: Building the Foundations of Wildlife Conservation / Stanley E. Temple -- 5. Soil and Water Conservation: Traveling in the Right Direction / Paul W. Johnson -- 6. Agriculture: Preparing for a Sustainable Agriculture / Wes Jackson -- 7. Wilderness: A Place of Humility / Terry Tempest Williams -- 8. Ecological Restoration: The Continuing Challenge of Restoration / Joy B. Zedler -- 9. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology: Standing on Solid Shoulders / Gary K. Meffe -- Part II: Conservation Policy -- 10. Private Land: Aldo Leopold on Private Land / Eric T. Freyfogle -- 11. Public Land: Aldo Leopold on Public Land / Charles Wilkinson -- 12. Advocacy: Throwing Your Weight Around / Edwin P. Pister -- 13. Economics: Do Economists Know About Lupines? / Donald Snow -- 14. Environmental Policy: Leopold as Practical Moralist and Pragmatic Policy Analyst / Bryan G. Norton -- Part III: Conservation and Culture -- 15. Hunting and Fishing: Hunting for Common Ground / Richard Nelson -- 16. Environmental History: Leopold and the Changing Landscape of History / Donald Worster -- 17. Education: What Is Education For? / David W. Orr -- 18. Arts and Sciences: Between Imagination and Observation / Gary Paul Nabhan -- 19. Land Esthetics: Through Successive Stages of the Beautiful / Joni L. Kinsey -- 20. Land Ethics: Into Terra Incognita / J. Baird Callicott -- 21. Leopold's Voice: The Reach of Words / Curt Meine -- Notes -- Quotation Sources -- Contributors.
• Titolo autorizzato: The essential Aldo Leopold
• ISBN: 1-282-55536-7; 9786612555367; 0-299-16553-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818779103321
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