Field notes on science & nature [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Michael R. Canfield

• Autore: Canfield Michael R.
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Disciplina: 570.72
• Soggetto topico: Biology - Fieldwork; Natural history - Fieldwork; Note-taking
• Altri autori: CanfieldMichael R
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword / Edward O. Wilson -- Introduction / Michael R. Canfield -- The pleasure of observing / George B. Schaller -- Untangling the bank / Bernd Heinrich -- One and a half cheers for list-keeping / Kenn Kaufman -- A reflection of the truth / Roger Kitching -- Linking researchers across generations / Anna K. Behrensmeyer -- The spoken and the unspoken / Karen L. Kramer -- In the eye of the beholder / Jonathan Kingdon -- Why sketch? / Jenny Keller -- The evolution and fate of botanical field books / James L. Reveal -- Note-taking for pencilophobes / Piotr Naskrecki -- Letters to the future / John D. Perrine and James L. Patton -- Why keep a field notebook? / Erick Greene.
• Sommario/riassunto: Pioneering a new niche in the study of plants and animals in their natural habitat, this book allows readers to peer over the shoulders and into the notebooks of a dozen eminent field workers, to study firsthand their observational methods, materials, and fleeting impressions.
• Titolo autorizzato: Field notes on science & nature
• ISBN: 0-674-07206-5; 0-674-06084-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781704603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II