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Fieldwork ready : an introductory guide to field research for agriculture, environment and soil / / Sara E. Vero
| Fieldwork ready : an introductory guide to field research for agriculture, environment and soil / / Sara E. Vero |
| Autore | Vero Sara E. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 363.700721 |
| Collana | ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Bks. |
| Soggetto topico | Environmental sciences - Research - Methodology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-89118-380-9
0-89118-379-5 0-89118-376-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Photo Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- What is "Fieldwork?" -- Who Does Fieldwork? -- Why Am I Doing this? -- References -- Chapter 2 Types of Fieldwork -- Experimental Design -- Plot Experiment -- Survey -- Case Study -- Monitoring -- Sampling Design -- Event Sampling -- Grab Versus Composite Sampling -- Sampling for Laboratory Studies -- References -- Chapter 3 Preparation -- Site Selection -- Where Do I Need to Look? -- Risk Assessment -- Emergency -- Equipment -- Tools -- Consumables -- Maps, Apps, and Fieldsheets -- Local or Regional Maps -- Sketch Maps -- Plot Diagrams -- Mobile Apps -- Field Sheets -- Photographs -- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) -- Vehicles -- Weather -- Target Conditions -- Precipitation -- Humidity and Temperature -- Wind -- Sunlight -- Soil Conditions -- River Conditions -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4 Logistics -- Communication -- Your Team -- The Local Community -- Officials -- The Buddy System -- Checklists -- The Importance of the "Trial Run" -- In the Field -- Things Go Wrong! -- Delays -- Errors -- Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Control -- Accidents -- Vandalism, Theft, and Interference -- Moving On -- Taking Care of Yourself in the Field -- Dressing for the Field -- Hydration -- Food -- Toilet -- Moving in the Outdoors -- Fatigue -- Personal Safety -- Stress -- Accommodation -- Sample Management -- Packaging Samples -- Labeling -- Wildlife -- A Note on Insects -- Domestic Animals -- Zoonoses and Biosecurity -- References -- Chapter 5 Environmental Monitoring -- Resolution, Precision, Accuracy, and Hysteresis -- Monitoring Arrays: An Overview -- Components -- Logger-Box or Enclosure -- The Data-Logger -- Power -- Power Calculation - Example -- Sensors.
Air, Soil, and Water Temperature -- Stage -- Humidity -- Wind Speed -- Rain Gauges -- Volumetric Soil Water Content -- Matric Potential -- Step-by-Step Installation -- References -- Chapter 6 Soil Techniques -- Soil Sampling Equipment -- Soil Survey -- Pore-Water Sampling -- References -- Chapter 7 Water Techniques -- Surface Water Sampling - Freshwater -- Instream Parameters -- Stream Width and Depth -- Physico-Chemical Parameters -- Using a Multiparameter Probe -- Sampling for Laboratory Analysis -- Autosamplers -- Sediment (Bed, Bank, and Water Column) -- Groundwater Sampling -- Microbial and Sterile Sampling -- Soil and Sediments -- Water -- Sample Preservation -- References -- Chapter 8 Plants -- Finding a Slope -- Randomizing Plots -- Marking Field Plots -- Applying Treatment to Field Plots -- Phenology -- Wheat -- Corn -- Perennial Forage Grasses -- Soybeans -- Vegetation Sampling -- Root Sampling -- Plant Height -- Yield -- Forage Crops -- Grain Crops -- References -- Chapter 9 Animal Techniques -- Live-Catch Trapping -- Use of Trail Cameras -- References -- EULA. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910555097603321 |
Vero Sara E.
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fieldwork ready : an introductory guide to field research for agriculture, environment and soil scientists / / Sara E. Vero
| Fieldwork ready : an introductory guide to field research for agriculture, environment and soil scientists / / Sara E. Vero |
| Autore | Vero Sara E. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 363.700721 |
| Collana | ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Bks. |
| Soggetto topico | Environmental sciences - Research - Methodology |
| ISBN |
0-89118-380-9
0-89118-379-5 0-89118-376-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Photo Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- What is "Fieldwork?" -- Who Does Fieldwork? -- Why Am I Doing this? -- References -- Chapter 2 Types of Fieldwork -- Experimental Design -- Plot Experiment -- Survey -- Case Study -- Monitoring -- Sampling Design -- Event Sampling -- Grab Versus Composite Sampling -- Sampling for Laboratory Studies -- References -- Chapter 3 Preparation -- Site Selection -- Where Do I Need to Look? -- Risk Assessment -- Emergency -- Equipment -- Tools -- Consumables -- Maps, Apps, and Fieldsheets -- Local or Regional Maps -- Sketch Maps -- Plot Diagrams -- Mobile Apps -- Field Sheets -- Photographs -- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) -- Vehicles -- Weather -- Target Conditions -- Precipitation -- Humidity and Temperature -- Wind -- Sunlight -- Soil Conditions -- River Conditions -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4 Logistics -- Communication -- Your Team -- The Local Community -- Officials -- The Buddy System -- Checklists -- The Importance of the "Trial Run" -- In the Field -- Things Go Wrong! -- Delays -- Errors -- Standard Operating Procedures and Quality Control -- Accidents -- Vandalism, Theft, and Interference -- Moving On -- Taking Care of Yourself in the Field -- Dressing for the Field -- Hydration -- Food -- Toilet -- Moving in the Outdoors -- Fatigue -- Personal Safety -- Stress -- Accommodation -- Sample Management -- Packaging Samples -- Labeling -- Wildlife -- A Note on Insects -- Domestic Animals -- Zoonoses and Biosecurity -- References -- Chapter 5 Environmental Monitoring -- Resolution, Precision, Accuracy, and Hysteresis -- Monitoring Arrays: An Overview -- Components -- Logger-Box or Enclosure -- The Data-Logger -- Power -- Power Calculation - Example -- Sensors.
Air, Soil, and Water Temperature -- Stage -- Humidity -- Wind Speed -- Rain Gauges -- Volumetric Soil Water Content -- Matric Potential -- Step-by-Step Installation -- References -- Chapter 6 Soil Techniques -- Soil Sampling Equipment -- Soil Survey -- Pore-Water Sampling -- References -- Chapter 7 Water Techniques -- Surface Water Sampling - Freshwater -- Instream Parameters -- Stream Width and Depth -- Physico-Chemical Parameters -- Using a Multiparameter Probe -- Sampling for Laboratory Analysis -- Autosamplers -- Sediment (Bed, Bank, and Water Column) -- Groundwater Sampling -- Microbial and Sterile Sampling -- Soil and Sediments -- Water -- Sample Preservation -- References -- Chapter 8 Plants -- Finding a Slope -- Randomizing Plots -- Marking Field Plots -- Applying Treatment to Field Plots -- Phenology -- Wheat -- Corn -- Perennial Forage Grasses -- Soybeans -- Vegetation Sampling -- Root Sampling -- Plant Height -- Yield -- Forage Crops -- Grain Crops -- References -- Chapter 9 Animal Techniques -- Live-Catch Trapping -- Use of Trail Cameras -- References -- EULA. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830259603321 |
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Vero Sara E.
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Interdisciplinary environmental studies [[electronic resource] ] : a primer / / by Gunilla Oberg
| Interdisciplinary environmental studies [[electronic resource] ] : a primer / / by Gunilla Oberg |
| Autore | Oberg Gunilla |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 167 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina | 363.700721 |
| Soggetto topico |
Interdisciplinary research
Environmental sciences - Research - Methodology Environment and ecology Earth & Environmental Sciences Physical Sciences & Mathematics Environmental Sciences Sciences - General |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-13893-X
9786613138934 1-4443-2849-2 1-4443-2848-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword x Preface xi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Challenges and opportunities 3 On quality 4 Background 5 A note on terminology 7 Notes 9 Chapter 2: Beyond CP Snow 11 Quantitative and qualitative studies 12 Improved understanding and quality 13 Drawing on commonalities 14 Context dependence and quantifi cation 18 Interpretation and context 21 Notes 23 Chapter 3: Questioning to learn and learning to question 24 Part I: Interdisciplinary expectations (Questions 1 to 3) 25 Part II: Transacademic aspirations (Questions 4 and 5) 26 Part III: Academic rigour (Questions 6 to 10) 27 Notes 29 Chapter 4: Why do you conduct interdisciplinary work? 30 Where do you position yourself on the refl ection scale? (Question 1) 30 To what end are you using knowledge from different disciplines? (Question 2) 37 What makes your work interdisciplinary? (Question 3) 42 Notes 46 Chapter 5: Why do you interact with society? 48 Academic knowledge and decision-making 48 Who participates in which part of the study and how? (Question 4) 51 Why do you interact with society? (Question 5) 56 A word of warning: Don't be snobbish 58 Notes 59 Chapter 6: Rigorous but not rigid 61 On quality assessment 63 Confusing form and credibility - an example 64 Communication 67 Notes 73 Chapter 7: Marking your playground 74 Framing 75 Aim 79 Operationalizing the aim 82 Confusing interdisciplinarity with "Everything" 84 Notes 85 Chapter 8: Evidence that holds for scrutiny 86 How or why? 87 Common procedures 90 Mixing various types of empirical evidence 100 Notes 100 Chapter 9: Anchoring your canoe 101 Clarifying your sources 102 Anchoring your frame 103 Anchoring your method 106 Notes 110 Chapter 10: Analysis 111 Defi ning "analysis" 112 Clarifying the own, the new 115 Relevant literature - your canon 116 Common knowledge 119 Original research 119 Textbooks 122 The style of recognized scholars 124 Passive and active voice 126 Notes 129 Contents ix Chapter 11: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 131 Headings 132 Where do I place the refl ections? 135 Where do I describe the context? 136 References 137 Notes 141 Chapter 12: Being interdisciplinary 142 Creating an open and respectful climate 143 Hierarchies that impair 144 Humbleness and courage 147 Outstanding studies 148 Dialogue, feedback and how to manage supervisors 149 Notes 150 References 152 Primary sources 152 Secondary sources 154 Index 158 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910132664803321 |
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Oberg Gunilla
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| Chichester, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Interdisciplinary environmental studies [[electronic resource] ] : a primer / / by Gunilla Oberg
| Interdisciplinary environmental studies [[electronic resource] ] : a primer / / by Gunilla Oberg |
| Autore | Oberg Gunilla |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 167 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina | 363.700721 |
| Soggetto topico |
Interdisciplinary research
Environmental sciences - Research - Methodology Environment and ecology Earth & Environmental Sciences Physical Sciences & Mathematics Environmental Sciences Sciences - General |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-13893-X
9786613138934 1-4443-2849-2 1-4443-2848-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword x Preface xi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Challenges and opportunities 3 On quality 4 Background 5 A note on terminology 7 Notes 9 Chapter 2: Beyond CP Snow 11 Quantitative and qualitative studies 12 Improved understanding and quality 13 Drawing on commonalities 14 Context dependence and quantifi cation 18 Interpretation and context 21 Notes 23 Chapter 3: Questioning to learn and learning to question 24 Part I: Interdisciplinary expectations (Questions 1 to 3) 25 Part II: Transacademic aspirations (Questions 4 and 5) 26 Part III: Academic rigour (Questions 6 to 10) 27 Notes 29 Chapter 4: Why do you conduct interdisciplinary work? 30 Where do you position yourself on the refl ection scale? (Question 1) 30 To what end are you using knowledge from different disciplines? (Question 2) 37 What makes your work interdisciplinary? (Question 3) 42 Notes 46 Chapter 5: Why do you interact with society? 48 Academic knowledge and decision-making 48 Who participates in which part of the study and how? (Question 4) 51 Why do you interact with society? (Question 5) 56 A word of warning: Don't be snobbish 58 Notes 59 Chapter 6: Rigorous but not rigid 61 On quality assessment 63 Confusing form and credibility - an example 64 Communication 67 Notes 73 Chapter 7: Marking your playground 74 Framing 75 Aim 79 Operationalizing the aim 82 Confusing interdisciplinarity with "Everything" 84 Notes 85 Chapter 8: Evidence that holds for scrutiny 86 How or why? 87 Common procedures 90 Mixing various types of empirical evidence 100 Notes 100 Chapter 9: Anchoring your canoe 101 Clarifying your sources 102 Anchoring your frame 103 Anchoring your method 106 Notes 110 Chapter 10: Analysis 111 Defi ning "analysis" 112 Clarifying the own, the new 115 Relevant literature - your canon 116 Common knowledge 119 Original research 119 Textbooks 122 The style of recognized scholars 124 Passive and active voice 126 Notes 129 Contents ix Chapter 11: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 131 Headings 132 Where do I place the refl ections? 135 Where do I describe the context? 136 References 137 Notes 141 Chapter 12: Being interdisciplinary 142 Creating an open and respectful climate 143 Hierarchies that impair 144 Humbleness and courage 147 Outstanding studies 148 Dialogue, feedback and how to manage supervisors 149 Notes 150 References 152 Primary sources 152 Secondary sources 154 Index 158 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830083803321 |
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Oberg Gunilla
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| Chichester, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Researching with Proximity : Relational Methodologies for the Anthropocene
| Researching with Proximity : Relational Methodologies for the Anthropocene |
| Autore | Rantala Outi |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (229 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.700721 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KinnunenVeera
HöckertEmily |
| Collana | Arctic Encounters Series |
| ISBN | 3-031-39500-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- About This Book -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- 1 Staying Proximate -- Proximatising Research -- Staying With -- The Chapters of This Book -- List of References -- 2 Inquiring with Hospitable Methodologies -- 4 October 2018, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada -- 10 October 2018, Tärnaby, Sweden -- 12 October 2018, Bala, Ontario, Canada -- 8 January 2019, Tärnaby, Sweden -- 18 March 2019, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada -- 23 August 2019, Luvia, Finland -- 15 October 2019, Bala, Ontario, Canada -- 3 April 2021, Tärnaby, Sweden -- 13 October 2021, Bala, Ontario, Canada -- 14 October 2021, Tärnaby, Sweden -- 15 October 2021, Bala, Ontario, Canada -- 26 June 2022, Menorca, Spain -- List of References -- 3 Becoming Fragile -- Fragility as Uncertainty -- Fragility in the Damaged World -- Togetherness-in-Difference -- Collective Fragility Work -- List of References -- 4 Being Corpus: The Tourist Body as Place, Touch and Departure -- Corpus: The Body as Proximity and Distance -- 'Finland, Finland, Finland': Tourist Bodies as Place -- Existence Arriving: Corpus and the Proximity of Touch -- Departures: an Ontology of the Body -- List of References -- 5 Cultivating Proximities: Re-visiting the Familiar -- The Tourist Gaze and Proximity -- The Tourist Experience and Serendipity -- Cultivating Proximities -- Towards a Proximate Gaze -- List of References -- 6 Sensing Morally Evocative Spaces -- Embodied Explorations of the Knowing-Caring Nexus -- Arriving the Valley -- Deciding on a Hike -- Changing Outdoor Life -- Jyppyrä and Stouraskáidi -- The Moskodalen -- Methodologies for Investigating the Moral Undercurrents of Mobile Outdoor Lives -- List of References -- 7 Walking-With Landscape -- Airy Intimacy -- Landscape Narratives -- Earthly Narratives -- Other-Worldly Intimacy -- List of References.
8 Following Pollen Mobilities -- Pollen Mobilities in the Changing Climate -- On Pollen Mobilities and Air Travel -- The Hotel Room as a Designed Environment of Tourism -- Living-with-Pollen: On Controversial Proximities -- Touring with Pollen: Where Next? -- List of References -- 9 Slowing Down with Stinging Nettle -- Gathering around Stinging Nettle -- Introducing the Concepts -- Three Monologues Do not Make a Conversation -- Meet the Plant Mentors -- Stories from the Nettle Field -- Standing on a Shared Conceptual Ground -- List of References -- 10 Made-to-Measure: In and Out of Touch with the Old-Growth Forest -- List of References -- 11 Inviting Engagement with Atmospheres -- Two Destinations, Together and Apart -- Atmospheres and Proximities of the Anthropocene -- Fidelity -- Reverberations -- Atmospheres, Proximity, and (Re)Imagining Tourism -- List of References -- 12 Composing the Incomprehensible: A Cinematic Inquiry into Anthroposcenic Proximity -- Setting the Stage -- Making a (S)cene… -- Scape (S)cene -- In Search of Balance… -- Looping Back… -- Closing (S)cene… -- List of References -- 13 Suggestions for Future Wanders -- Our Propositions -- List of References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910753398403321 |
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Rantala Outi
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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