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Uncertain path : a search for the future of national parks / / William C. Tweed ; with a foreword by Jonathan B. Jarvis
| Uncertain path : a search for the future of national parks / / William C. Tweed ; with a foreword by Jonathan B. Jarvis |
| Autore | Tweed William C |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.78/30973 |
| Soggetto topico |
National parks and reserves - United States - Management
National parks and reserves - United States - Forecasting National parks and reserves - United States - Philosophy Nature conservation - United States Environmental protection - United States Wilderness areas - California |
| Soggetto non controllato |
adventures
america american landmarks american west biodiversity california climate change discussion books ecosystems endangered species environmentalists glacier national park high sierra hikers john muir trail landscapes melting glaciers mt rainer national parks natural history natural world outdoors park rangers parks policies political issues preservation relevance scientists thought provoking united states parks walking meditation |
| ISBN |
1-282-73249-8
9786612732492 0-520-94730-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. South from Yosemite -- 2. Kings Canyon National Park -- 3. Sequoia National Park -- 4. National Parks in the Twenty-first Century -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824114703321 |
Tweed William C
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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The unending frontier [[electronic resource] ] : an environmental history of the early modern world / / by John F. Richards
| The unending frontier [[electronic resource] ] : an environmental history of the early modern world / / by John F. Richards |
| Autore | Richards John F |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (697 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2 |
| Collana |
The California world history library
ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - History
Nature - Effect of human beings on - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
age of exploration
case studies china commercial hunting conquest deforestation early modern period england environmental change environmental history environmental impact frontier life fur trade global history global perspective historical processes human impact imperialism japan natural environment natural historians natural history natural world north america reshaping landscapes russia settlement frontiers wetland ecology |
| ISBN |
0-520-90095-2
0-520-93935-2 1-59734-972-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. The Global Context -- Part II. Eurasia and Africa -- Part III. The Americas -- Part IV. The World Hunt -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780245003321 |
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Richards John F
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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The unending frontier : an environmental history of the early modern world / / by John F. Richards
| The unending frontier : an environmental history of the early modern world / / by John F. Richards |
| Autore | Richards John F |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (697 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2 |
| Collana |
The California world history library
ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - History
Nature - Effect of human beings on - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
age of exploration
case studies china commercial hunting conquest deforestation early modern period england environmental change environmental history environmental impact frontier life fur trade global history global perspective historical processes human impact imperialism japan natural environment natural historians natural history natural world north america reshaping landscapes russia settlement frontiers wetland ecology |
| ISBN |
0-520-90095-2
0-520-93935-2 1-59734-972-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. The Global Context -- Part II. Eurasia and Africa -- Part III. The Americas -- Part IV. The World Hunt -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996247899503316 |
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Richards John F
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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The unending frontier : an environmental history of the early modern world / / by John F. Richards
| The unending frontier : an environmental history of the early modern world / / by John F. Richards |
| Autore | Richards John F |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (697 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.2 |
| Collana |
The California world history library
ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - History
Nature - Effect of human beings on - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
age of exploration
case studies china commercial hunting conquest deforestation early modern period england environmental change environmental history environmental impact frontier life fur trade global history global perspective historical processes human impact imperialism japan natural environment natural historians natural history natural world north america reshaping landscapes russia settlement frontiers wetland ecology |
| ISBN |
0-520-90095-2
0-520-93935-2 1-59734-972-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. The Global Context -- Part II. Eurasia and Africa -- Part III. The Americas -- Part IV. The World Hunt -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809442303321 |
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Richards John F
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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The view from Bald Hill [[electronic resource] ] : thirty years in an Arizona grassland / / Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene
| The view from Bald Hill [[electronic resource] ] : thirty years in an Arizona grassland / / Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene |
| Autore | Bock Carl E. <1942-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.4/09791/79 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BockJane H |
| Collana | Organisms and environments |
| Soggetto topico | Grassland ecology - Arizona - Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1500s
academic american southwest animal sanctuary arizona breeding animals domestic livestock domestic ecological ecology fieldwork grasslands grazing cattle grazing livestock habitats livestock natural history natural world raising animals raising cattle raising horses raising sheep ranch life regional research sanctuary scholarly southwestern united states species |
| ISBN |
1-59734-977-1
1-282-37069-3 9786612370694 0-520-92426-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- One. THE GRASSLANDS OF CORONADO -- Two. ON BEING THE CONTROL -- Three. WAITING FOR RAIN -- Four. FENCELINES -- Five. HERPS -- Six. ISLANDS OF FIRE -- Seven. OAKS,ACORNS, AND RUGGED GROUPS -- Eight. LITTLE BROWN BIRDS -- Nine. FRAGMENTS -- Ten. THE NEST BOX EXPERIMENT -- Eleven. PLAINS LOVEGRASS -- Twelve. COTTON RATS AND REAL DOGS -- Thirteen. ALIENS -- Fourteen. THE WORLD IS FULL OF LIFE -- Appendix. SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS -- NOTES -- LITERATURE CITED -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782910703321 |
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Bock Carl E. <1942->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 | ||
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The view from Bald Hill [[electronic resource] ] : thirty years in an Arizona grassland / / Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene
| The view from Bald Hill [[electronic resource] ] : thirty years in an Arizona grassland / / Carl E. Bock and Jane H. Bock ; with a foreword by Harry W. Greene |
| Autore | Bock Carl E. <1942-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
| Disciplina | 577.4/09791/79 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BockJane H |
| Collana | Organisms and environments |
| Soggetto topico | Grassland ecology - Arizona - Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch Sanctuary |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1500s
academic american southwest animal sanctuary arizona breeding animals domestic livestock domestic ecological ecology fieldwork grasslands grazing cattle grazing livestock habitats livestock natural history natural world raising animals raising cattle raising horses raising sheep ranch life regional research sanctuary scholarly southwestern united states species |
| ISBN |
1-59734-977-1
1-282-37069-3 9786612370694 0-520-92426-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- One. THE GRASSLANDS OF CORONADO -- Two. ON BEING THE CONTROL -- Three. WAITING FOR RAIN -- Four. FENCELINES -- Five. HERPS -- Six. ISLANDS OF FIRE -- Seven. OAKS,ACORNS, AND RUGGED GROUPS -- Eight. LITTLE BROWN BIRDS -- Nine. FRAGMENTS -- Ten. THE NEST BOX EXPERIMENT -- Eleven. PLAINS LOVEGRASS -- Twelve. COTTON RATS AND REAL DOGS -- Thirteen. ALIENS -- Fourteen. THE WORLD IS FULL OF LIFE -- Appendix. SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS -- NOTES -- LITERATURE CITED -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809926203321 |
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Bock Carl E. <1942->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 | ||
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Vitalizing nature in the Enlightenment [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Hanns Reill
| Vitalizing nature in the Enlightenment [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Hanns Reill |
| Autore | Reill Peter Hanns |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (402 p.) |
| Disciplina | 509/.4/09033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Vitalism
Science - History - 18th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
18th century
animism charles louis dumas chemistry counter enlightenment cuvier early modern enlightenment enlightenment epigenesis generation history of science history life force life science mechanism modernity natural history natural philosophy natural world nature naturphilosophie philosophy physiology reason relationship with nature religion and science reproduction romanticism science scientific disciplines spark of life stahlian chemistry vitalism william cullen |
| ISBN |
9786612357497
0-520-93100-9 1-282-35749-2 1-59875-547-1 |
| Classificazione | TB 2360 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: The Humboldt Brothers Confront Nature's Sublimity -- I. Storming "the Temple of Error": Buffon, the Histoire naturelle, and the Midcentury Origins of Enlightenment Vitalism -- 2. Learning to "Read the Book of Nature": Vitalizing Chemistry in the Late Enlightenment -- 3. "Within the Circle of Organized Life" -- 4. The Metamorphoses of Change -- 5. From Enlightenment Vitalism to Romantic Naturphilosophie -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783316003321 |
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Reill Peter Hanns
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
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Vitalizing nature in the Enlightenment / / Peter Hanns Reill
| Vitalizing nature in the Enlightenment / / Peter Hanns Reill |
| Autore | Reill Peter Hanns |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (402 p.) |
| Disciplina | 509/.4/09033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Vitalism
Science - History - 18th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
18th century
animism charles louis dumas chemistry counter enlightenment cuvier early modern enlightenment enlightenment epigenesis generation history of science history life force life science mechanism modernity natural history natural philosophy natural world nature naturphilosophie philosophy physiology reason relationship with nature religion and science reproduction romanticism science scientific disciplines spark of life stahlian chemistry vitalism william cullen |
| ISBN |
9786612357497
0-520-93100-9 1-282-35749-2 1-59875-547-1 |
| Classificazione | TB 2360 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: The Humboldt Brothers Confront Nature's Sublimity -- I. Storming "the Temple of Error": Buffon, the Histoire naturelle, and the Midcentury Origins of Enlightenment Vitalism -- 2. Learning to "Read the Book of Nature": Vitalizing Chemistry in the Late Enlightenment -- 3. "Within the Circle of Organized Life" -- 4. The Metamorphoses of Change -- 5. From Enlightenment Vitalism to Romantic Naturphilosophie -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814573103321 |
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Reill Peter Hanns
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
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The walking whales : from land to water in eight million years / / J. G. M. Thewissen ; with illustrations by Jacqueline Dillard
| The walking whales : from land to water in eight million years / / J. G. M. Thewissen ; with illustrations by Jacqueline Dillard |
| Autore | Thewissen J. G. M. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 569/.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Whales, Fossil - Pakistan
Whales, Fossil - India Whales - Evolution Paleontology - Pakistan Paleontology - India |
| Soggetto non controllato |
alaska
archaeology carnivorous discussion books evolution evolutionary theory extinction fossil collection fossil collectors fossil hunters fossil record herbivorous mammals india japan lakes and rivers life sciences millions of years modern whales natural history nonfiction pakistan paleontologists paleontology prehistory scientific researchers scientists sea mammal anatomy south asian culture tiny deer whale anatomy whale evolution wild dolphins zoologists zoology |
| ISBN | 0-520-95941-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- 1. A Wasted Dig -- 2. Fish, Mammal, or Dinosaur? -- 3. A Whale with Legs -- 4. Learning to Swim -- 5. When the Mountains Grew -- 6. Passage to India -- 7. A Trip to the Beach -- 8. The Otter Whale -- 9. The Ocean Is a Desert -- 10. The Skeleton Puzzle -- 11. The River Whales -- 12. Whales Conquer the World -- 13. From Embryos to Evolution -- 14. Before Whales -- 15. The Way Forward -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786603303321 |
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Thewissen J. G. M.
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| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
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The walking whales : from land to water in eight million years / / J. G. M. Thewissen ; with illustrations by Jacqueline Dillard
| The walking whales : from land to water in eight million years / / J. G. M. Thewissen ; with illustrations by Jacqueline Dillard |
| Autore | Thewissen J. G. M. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 569/.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Whales, Fossil - Pakistan
Whales, Fossil - India Whales - Evolution Paleontology - Pakistan Paleontology - India |
| Soggetto non controllato |
alaska
archaeology carnivorous discussion books evolution evolutionary theory extinction fossil collection fossil collectors fossil hunters fossil record herbivorous mammals india japan lakes and rivers life sciences millions of years modern whales natural history nonfiction pakistan paleontologists paleontology prehistory scientific researchers scientists sea mammal anatomy south asian culture tiny deer whale anatomy whale evolution wild dolphins zoologists zoology |
| ISBN | 0-520-95941-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- 1. A Wasted Dig -- 2. Fish, Mammal, or Dinosaur? -- 3. A Whale with Legs -- 4. Learning to Swim -- 5. When the Mountains Grew -- 6. Passage to India -- 7. A Trip to the Beach -- 8. The Otter Whale -- 9. The Ocean Is a Desert -- 10. The Skeleton Puzzle -- 11. The River Whales -- 12. Whales Conquer the World -- 13. From Embryos to Evolution -- 14. Before Whales -- 15. The Way Forward -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807805103321 |
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Thewissen J. G. M.
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| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
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