Geology of the Sierra Nevada [[electronic resource] /] / Mary Hill |
Autore | Hill Mary <1923-> |
Edizione | [Rev. ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (467 p.) |
Disciplina | 557.94/4 |
Collana | California natural history guides |
Soggetto topico | Geology - Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
california
campers earth sciences earthquakes easy to read erosion field guide geologists geology textbooks glaciation gold rush gold hikers illustrated maps mineral deposits mountain range national parks natural forces natural history natural sciences natural world nature lovers nonfiction plate tectonics regional geology regional history rock science scientists sierra nevada travel guide travelers united states volcanic regions yosemite |
ISBN |
1-282-76283-4
9786612762833 0-520-93694-9 |
Classificazione | RU 55129 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Ever-Changing Sierra -- Geological Features And Where To See Them -- 1. Geology: Of Time And Rocks -- 2. The Range Today -- 3. Being First -- 4. Plate Tectonics Puts The Sierra Nevada In Its Place -- 5. Seas Of Long Ago -- 6. Great Is Granite -- 7. Treasures From The Earth -- 8. Landscapes Of Yesteryear -- 9. Days Of Fire -- 10. Days Of Ice -- 11. Mono Lake: The "Dead Sea" Of The West -- 12. The Yosemite "Problem" -- 13. The Mountains Tremble -- Coda -- Glossary -- Suggestions For Further Reading -- Quotation References -- Figure References -- Plate Credits -- Index -- About The Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829401103321 |
Hill Mary <1923->
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The great basin [[electronic resource] ] : a natural prehistory / / Donald K. Grayson |
Autore | Grayson Donald K |
Edizione | [Rev. and expanded ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.79 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GraysonDonald K |
Soggetto topico |
Geology, Stratigraphic - Pleistocene
Geology, Stratigraphic - Holocene Geology - Great Basin Paleontology - Great Basin Indians of North America - Great Basin - Antiquities Paleo-Indians - Great Basin |
Soggetto non controllato |
american west
animals archaeological sites archaeology biogeography bison bonneville salt flats botany california climate death valley ecosystem environment environmentalism geology glaciers great basin great salt lake history indigenous people lake cores lake tahoe lakes natural history nature nevada oregon packrat middens paleontology rivers science tree rings utah wildlife |
ISBN |
1-283-27782-4
9786613277824 0-520-94871-8 |
Classificazione | NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The Great Basins -- pt. 2. Some Ice Age background -- pt. 3. The late Ice Age Great Basin -- pt. 4. The last 10,000 years -- pt. 5. Great Basin archaeology -- pt. 6. Conclusions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789634603321 |
Grayson Donald K
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The great basin [[electronic resource] ] : a natural prehistory / / Donald K. Grayson |
Autore | Grayson Donald K |
Edizione | [Rev. and expanded ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.79 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GraysonDonald K |
Soggetto topico |
Geology, Stratigraphic - Pleistocene
Geology, Stratigraphic - Holocene Geology - Great Basin Paleontology - Great Basin Indians of North America - Great Basin - Antiquities Paleo-Indians - Great Basin |
Soggetto non controllato |
american west
animals archaeological sites archaeology biogeography bison bonneville salt flats botany california climate death valley ecosystem environment environmentalism geology glaciers great basin great salt lake history indigenous people lake cores lake tahoe lakes natural history nature nevada oregon packrat middens paleontology rivers science tree rings utah wildlife |
ISBN |
1-283-27782-4
9786613277824 0-520-94871-8 |
Classificazione | NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The Great Basins -- pt. 2. Some Ice Age background -- pt. 3. The late Ice Age Great Basin -- pt. 4. The last 10,000 years -- pt. 5. Great Basin archaeology -- pt. 6. Conclusions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826955703321 |
Grayson Donald K
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Henry Dresser and Victorian ornithology : Birds, books and business / / Henry A. McGhie |
Autore | McGhie Henry A. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, [England] : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations, photographs, tables |
Disciplina | 598.092 |
Soggetto topico |
Ornithology
Ornithologists Birds - Collection and preservation Birds SCIENCE - Life Sciences - Zoology - General Birds - Nomenclature Birds - Classification Birds - Great Britain Birds - Europe Ornithology - Great Britain - History - 19th century Ornithologists - Great Britain |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Biographies.
Terminology Records and correspondence History Field guides. Diaries. Classification Catalogs and collections. Biography |
Soggetto non controllato |
American Civil War
English ornithologists Henry Dresser History of the Birds of Europe Museum studies Richard Sharpe Scientific societies Victorian ornithology Victorian studies Zoological Society of London bird collecting bird specimens birds cabinet collecting environmental geography exploration field collecting history of science natural history ornithology |
ISBN |
1-5261-1602-2
1-5261-3230-3 1-5261-1601-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Family background and early life -- 2. Texas : the big adventure -- 3. Settling down to business -- 4. Early exploits in ornithological society -- 5. Collecting -- 6. Discovering the birds of Europe. I -- 7. Discovering the birds of Europe. II -- 8. Making The birds of Europe -- 9. A central figure : society life in the 1870s -- 10. The 1880s : the rise of rivalry -- 11. The 1890s : the continuing rise of the British Museum (Natural History) -- 12. Working independently, 1900-5 -- 13. The grand finale : producing Eggs of the birds of Europe -- 14. Time for a change -- 15. Legacies -- Appendix 1. Birds mentioned in the text -- Appendix 2. Birds named by Henry Dresser -- Appendix 3. Birds named after Henry Dresser -- Appendix 4. Publications based on Henry Dresser's collections, 1985-2017. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816145503321 |
McGhie Henry A.
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How Forests Think [[electronic resource] ] : Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human |
Autore | Kohn Eduardo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Disciplina | 986.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Human-animal relationships -- Amazon River Region
Human-plant relationships -- Amazon River Region Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Amazon River Region Philosophy of nature -- Amazon River Region Quechua Indians -- Social life and customs Quechua mythology Semiotics -- Amazon River Region Social sciences -- Amazon River Region -- Philosophy Quechua Indians - Social life and customs - Amazon River Region Quechua mythology - Ecology - Amazon River Region Indigenous peoples - Philosophy - Amazon River Region Human-animal relationships - Amazon River Region Human-plant relationships - Amazon River Region Philosophy of nature - Amazon River Region Semiotics Social sciences Regions & Countries - Americas History & Archaeology Latin America |
Soggetto non controllato |
amazonian tribe
animal and plant sentience anthropologist anthropology arborist do dogs dream ecology environmentalism environmentalist ethnographic ethnography natural history political activism reductionistic solution runa of ecuador social activist upper amazon what does it mean to be human |
ISBN | 0-520-95686-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Runa Puma; 1 The Open Whole; 2 The Living Thought; 3 Soul Blindness; 4 Trans-Species Pidgins; 5 Form's Effortless Efficacy; 6 The Living Future (and the Imponderable Weight of the Dead); Epilogue: Beyond; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779711803321 |
Kohn Eduardo
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How Forests Think [[electronic resource] ] : Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human |
Autore | Kohn Eduardo |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Disciplina | 986.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Human-animal relationships -- Amazon River Region
Human-plant relationships -- Amazon River Region Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Amazon River Region Philosophy of nature -- Amazon River Region Quechua Indians -- Social life and customs Quechua mythology Semiotics -- Amazon River Region Social sciences -- Amazon River Region -- Philosophy Quechua Indians - Social life and customs - Amazon River Region Quechua mythology - Ecology - Amazon River Region Indigenous peoples - Philosophy - Amazon River Region Human-animal relationships - Amazon River Region Human-plant relationships - Amazon River Region Philosophy of nature - Amazon River Region Semiotics Social sciences Regions & Countries - Americas History & Archaeology Latin America |
Soggetto non controllato |
amazonian tribe
animal and plant sentience anthropologist anthropology arborist do dogs dream ecology environmentalism environmentalist ethnographic ethnography natural history political activism reductionistic solution runa of ecuador social activist upper amazon what does it mean to be human |
ISBN | 0-520-95686-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Runa Puma; 1 The Open Whole; 2 The Living Thought; 3 Soul Blindness; 4 Trans-Species Pidgins; 5 Form's Effortless Efficacy; 6 The Living Future (and the Imponderable Weight of the Dead); Epilogue: Beyond; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815808403321 |
Kohn Eduardo
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Human impacts on seals, sea lions, and sea otters : integrating archaeology and ecology in the Northeast Pacific / / edited by Todd J. Braje and Torben C. Rick |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 320 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 930.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BrajeTodd J. <1976->
RickTorben C |
Soggetto topico |
Marine mammal remains (Archaeology) - Northwest Coast of North America
Seals (Animals) - Effect of human beings on - Northwest Coast of North America - History Sea otter - Effect of human beings on - Northwest Coast of North America - History Hunting, Prehistoric - Northwest Coast of North America Paleoecology - Northwest Coast of North America |
Soggetto non controllato |
alaska
animal populations animals aquatic animals archaeological sites archaeology coast conservation ecology environment environmental issues environmentalism history indigenous culture indigenous peoples life sciences mammals marine animals marine mammals marine native americans natural history natural world nature nonfiction ocean animals ocean pacific coast pinnipeds science sea lions sea otters seals wildlife zoology |
ISBN |
1-283-27804-9
9786613278043 0-520-94897-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. People, Pinnipeds, and Sea Otters of the Northeast Pacific -- 2. A History of Paleoecological Research on Sea Otters and Pinnipeds of the Eastern Pacific Rim -- 3. The Historical Ecology of Walrus Exploitation in the North Pacific -- 4. Neoglacial Sea Ice and Life History Flexibility in Ringed and Fur Seals -- 5. A 4500-Year Time-Series of Otariid Abundance on Sanak Island, Western Gulf of Alaska -- 6. An Analysis of Seal, Sea Lion, and Sea Otter Consumption Patterns on Sanak Island, Alaska: An 1800-year Record on Aleut Consumer Behavior -- 7. Toward a Historical Ecology of Pinniped and Sea Otter Hunting Traditions on the Coast of Southern British Columbia -- 8. Native American Use of Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters in Estuaries of Northern Oregon and Southern Washington -- 9. Why Were Northern Fur Seals Spared in Northern California? A Cultural and Archaeological Explanation -- 10. Holocene Monterey Bay Fur Seals: Distribution, Dates, and Ecological Implications -- 11. Toward a Prehistory of the Southern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) -- 12. Resilience and Reorganization: Archaeology and Historical Ecology of California Channel Island Marine Mammals -- 13. Perspectives from the Past: Archaeology, Historical Ecology, and Northeastern Pacific Pinnipeds and Sea Otters -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781104503321 |
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Human impacts on seals, sea lions, and sea otters : integrating archaeology and ecology in the Northeast Pacific / / edited by Todd J. Braje and Torben C. Rick |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 320 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 930.1 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BrajeTodd J. <1976->
RickTorben C |
Soggetto topico |
Marine mammal remains (Archaeology) - Northwest Coast of North America
Seals (Animals) - Effect of human beings on - Northwest Coast of North America - History Sea otter - Effect of human beings on - Northwest Coast of North America - History Hunting, Prehistoric - Northwest Coast of North America Paleoecology - Northwest Coast of North America |
Soggetto non controllato |
alaska
animal populations animals aquatic animals archaeological sites archaeology coast conservation ecology environment environmental issues environmentalism history indigenous culture indigenous peoples life sciences mammals marine animals marine mammals marine native americans natural history natural world nature nonfiction ocean animals ocean pacific coast pinnipeds science sea lions sea otters seals wildlife zoology |
ISBN |
1-283-27804-9
9786613278043 0-520-94897-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. People, Pinnipeds, and Sea Otters of the Northeast Pacific -- 2. A History of Paleoecological Research on Sea Otters and Pinnipeds of the Eastern Pacific Rim -- 3. The Historical Ecology of Walrus Exploitation in the North Pacific -- 4. Neoglacial Sea Ice and Life History Flexibility in Ringed and Fur Seals -- 5. A 4500-Year Time-Series of Otariid Abundance on Sanak Island, Western Gulf of Alaska -- 6. An Analysis of Seal, Sea Lion, and Sea Otter Consumption Patterns on Sanak Island, Alaska: An 1800-year Record on Aleut Consumer Behavior -- 7. Toward a Historical Ecology of Pinniped and Sea Otter Hunting Traditions on the Coast of Southern British Columbia -- 8. Native American Use of Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters in Estuaries of Northern Oregon and Southern Washington -- 9. Why Were Northern Fur Seals Spared in Northern California? A Cultural and Archaeological Explanation -- 10. Holocene Monterey Bay Fur Seals: Distribution, Dates, and Ecological Implications -- 11. Toward a Prehistory of the Southern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) -- 12. Resilience and Reorganization: Archaeology and Historical Ecology of California Channel Island Marine Mammals -- 13. Perspectives from the Past: Archaeology, Historical Ecology, and Northeastern Pacific Pinnipeds and Sea Otters -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813949803321 |
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Inflammation and Cancer |
Autore | Takuji Tanaka (Ed.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (VIII, 248 p.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
molecular biology
adipose tissue diagnosis natural history gut microbiota metabolic syndrome epidemiology pathogenesis system biology chemoprevention genetics type 2 diabetes inflammation inflammation-related cancer and risk cancer clinical trials cytokines insulin resistance obesity |
ISBN | 3-03842-609-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910247443603321 |
Takuji Tanaka (Ed.)
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Introduction to horned lizards of North America [[electronic resource] /] / Wade C. Sherbrooke |
Autore | Sherbrooke Wade C |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina | 597.95 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SherbrookeWade C |
Collana | California natural history guides |
Soggetto topico |
Horned toads - West (U.S.)
Reptiles - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic
animal biology animal ecology animal evolution animal studies biology california canada cultural studies culture ecological ecology evolution horned lizards lizard biology lizards mexico mythology natural history natural world north america north american animals north american lizards reptile biology reptiles scholarly social studies united states |
ISBN |
1-282-35583-X
9786612355837 0-520-92675-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- SPECIES ACCOUNTS -- NATURAL HISTORY -- SELECTED REFERENCES -- ADDITIONAL CAPTIONS -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778594503321 |
Sherbrooke Wade C
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