The art of ecology : writings of G. Evelyn Hutchinson / / edited by David K. Skelly, David M. Post and Melinda D. Smith ; foreword by Thomas E. Lovejoy
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| Autore: |
Hutchinson G. Evelyn (George Evelyn), <1903-1991, >
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| Titolo: |
The art of ecology : writings of G. Evelyn Hutchinson / / edited by David K. Skelly, David M. Post and Melinda D. Smith ; foreword by Thomas E. Lovejoy
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| Pubblicazione: | New Haven ; ; London : , : Yale University Press, , [2010] |
| ©2010 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 577 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ecology |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | SkellyDavid K. |
| PostDavid M. | |
| SmithMelinda D. | |
| Note generali: | "Appendix. Publications of G. Evelyn Hutchinson": pages [325]-339. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The beauty of the world: Evelyn Hutchinson's vision of science / Sharon E. Kingsland -- Aria da Capo and Quodlibet -- New England moral to adorn the tale (excerpt) -- From English schoolboy to America's foremost ecologist / Nancy G. Slack -- A swimming grasshopper -- Emmanuel: being taught (excerpt) -- Emmanuel: learning (excerpts) -- Astonishing microcosms / David M. Post and David W. Schindler -- Limnological studies at high altitudes in Ladak -- Chemical stratification and lake morphology -- Limnological studies in Connecticut: IV. The mechanisms of intermediary metabolism in stratified lakes -- The history of a lake -- A direct demonstration of the phosphorus cycle in a small lake / with V. T. Bowen -- The lacustrine microcosm reconsidered -- A treatise on limnology, vol. 1: geography, physics, and chemistry (excerpts) -- Reflection thereon: G. Evelyn Hutchinson and ecological theory / Melinda D. Smith and David K. Skelly -- Ecological aspects of succession in natural populations -- Copepodology for the ornithologist --The concept of pattern in ecology -- Concluding remarks -- Homage to Santa Rosalia, or Why are there so many kinds of animals? -- The paradox of the plankton -- The influence of the environment -- Thoughts on aquatic insects -- Experiencing green pigeons / Michael J. Donoghue and Jane Pickering -- A note on the functions of a university -- The uses of beetles -- The naturalist as an art critic -- The cream in the gooseberry fool -- On being a meter and a half long -- Aysthorpe -- Conjectures arising in a quiet museum. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The art of ecology |
| ISBN: | 0-300-15450-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910466013103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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