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Deep things out of darkness [[electronic resource] ] : a history of natural history / / John G. T. Anderson
| Deep things out of darkness [[electronic resource] ] : a history of natural history / / John G. T. Anderson |
| Autore | Anderson John G. T. <1957-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - History
Naturalists - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-86037-6
0-520-95445-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Adam'S Task, Job'S Challenge -- 1. From Hunter-Gatherers To Kings Of Kings -- 2. A Wonderful Man: Aristotle And Greek Natural History -- 3. The Spoils Of An Empire -- 4. An Emperor And His Descendants -- 5. New Worlds -- 6. Ray, Linnaeus, And The Ordering Of The World -- 7. Journeys Near And Far -- 8. Before The Origin -- 9. Forms Most Beautiful: Darwin -- 10. The Geography Of Nature: Humboldt -- 11. Hearts Of Light: Wallace And Bates -- 12. Spoils Of Other Empires -- 13. Breadfruit And Icebergs -- 14. Naturalists In New England: Thoreau, Agassiz, And Gray -- 15. From Muir And Alexander To Leopold And Carson -- 16. The Slow Death (And Resurrection) Of Natural History -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452712103321 |
Anderson John G. T. <1957->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Deep things out of darkness [[electronic resource] ] : a history of natural history / / John G. T. Anderson
| Deep things out of darkness [[electronic resource] ] : a history of natural history / / John G. T. Anderson |
| Autore | Anderson John G. T. <1957-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - History
Naturalists - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
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| ISBN |
1-283-86037-6
0-520-95445-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Adam'S Task, Job'S Challenge -- 1. From Hunter-Gatherers To Kings Of Kings -- 2. A Wonderful Man: Aristotle And Greek Natural History -- 3. The Spoils Of An Empire -- 4. An Emperor And His Descendants -- 5. New Worlds -- 6. Ray, Linnaeus, And The Ordering Of The World -- 7. Journeys Near And Far -- 8. Before The Origin -- 9. Forms Most Beautiful: Darwin -- 10. The Geography Of Nature: Humboldt -- 11. Hearts Of Light: Wallace And Bates -- 12. Spoils Of Other Empires -- 13. Breadfruit And Icebergs -- 14. Naturalists In New England: Thoreau, Agassiz, And Gray -- 15. From Muir And Alexander To Leopold And Carson -- 16. The Slow Death (And Resurrection) Of Natural History -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779362403321 |
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Anderson John G. T. <1957->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Deep things out of darkness : a history of natural history / / John G. T. Anderson
| Deep things out of darkness : a history of natural history / / John G. T. Anderson |
| Autore | Anderson John G. T. <1957-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - History
Naturalists - History |
| ISBN |
1-283-86037-6
0-520-95445-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Adam'S Task, Job'S Challenge -- 1. From Hunter-Gatherers To Kings Of Kings -- 2. A Wonderful Man: Aristotle And Greek Natural History -- 3. The Spoils Of An Empire -- 4. An Emperor And His Descendants -- 5. New Worlds -- 6. Ray, Linnaeus, And The Ordering Of The World -- 7. Journeys Near And Far -- 8. Before The Origin -- 9. Forms Most Beautiful: Darwin -- 10. The Geography Of Nature: Humboldt -- 11. Hearts Of Light: Wallace And Bates -- 12. Spoils Of Other Empires -- 13. Breadfruit And Icebergs -- 14. Naturalists In New England: Thoreau, Agassiz, And Gray -- 15. From Muir And Alexander To Leopold And Carson -- 16. The Slow Death (And Resurrection) Of Natural History -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808113103321 |
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Anderson John G. T. <1957->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
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Living at the end of time : two years in a tiny house / / John Hanson Mitchell
| Living at the end of time : two years in a tiny house / / John Hanson Mitchell |
| Autore | Mitchell John Hanson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lebanon, New Hampshire : , : University Press of New England, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508.092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Naturalists - History
Naturalists - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-61168-589-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the New Edition; Author''s Note; 1 Uncommon Ground; 2 In Two Worlds; 3 Beside the Green Meadow; 4 Scyther''s Complaint; 5 The Interior River; 6 My Lady of the Squirrels; 7 Autumnal Tints; 8 The Green Man; 9 The Other Side; 10 Life on Earth; 11 Journals in Dreamtime; 12 The Crudest Month; 13 The Sea of Milk; 14 Living at the End of Time; Epilogue |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460389603321 |
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Mitchell John Hanson
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| Lebanon, New Hampshire : , : University Press of New England, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Living at the end of time : two years in a tiny house / / John Hanson Mitchell
| Living at the end of time : two years in a tiny house / / John Hanson Mitchell |
| Autore | Mitchell John Hanson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lebanon, New Hampshire : , : University Press of New England, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508.092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Naturalists - History
Naturalists - United States |
| ISBN | 1-61168-589-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the New Edition; Author''s Note; 1 Uncommon Ground; 2 In Two Worlds; 3 Beside the Green Meadow; 4 Scyther''s Complaint; 5 The Interior River; 6 My Lady of the Squirrels; 7 Autumnal Tints; 8 The Green Man; 9 The Other Side; 10 Life on Earth; 11 Journals in Dreamtime; 12 The Crudest Month; 13 The Sea of Milk; 14 Living at the End of Time; Epilogue |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787060103321 |
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Mitchell John Hanson
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| Lebanon, New Hampshire : , : University Press of New England, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Living at the end of time : two years in a tiny house / / John Hanson Mitchell
| Living at the end of time : two years in a tiny house / / John Hanson Mitchell |
| Autore | Mitchell John Hanson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lebanon, New Hampshire : , : University Press of New England, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina | 508.092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Naturalists - History
Naturalists - United States |
| ISBN | 1-61168-589-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the New Edition; Author''s Note; 1 Uncommon Ground; 2 In Two Worlds; 3 Beside the Green Meadow; 4 Scyther''s Complaint; 5 The Interior River; 6 My Lady of the Squirrels; 7 Autumnal Tints; 8 The Green Man; 9 The Other Side; 10 Life on Earth; 11 Journals in Dreamtime; 12 The Crudest Month; 13 The Sea of Milk; 14 Living at the End of Time; Epilogue |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823748103321 |
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Mitchell John Hanson
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| Lebanon, New Hampshire : , : University Press of New England, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Naturalists in the field : collecting, recording and preserving the natural world from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century / / edited by Arthur MacGregor
| Naturalists in the field : collecting, recording and preserving the natural world from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century / / edited by Arthur MacGregor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1,039 pages) |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MacGregorArthur <1941-> |
| Collana | Emergence of natural history |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - History
Naturalists - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 90-04-32384-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction / Arthur MacGregor -- 2 New World and other Exotic Animals in the Italian Renaissance: the Menageries of Lorenzo Il Magnifico and his Son, Pope Leo X / Marco Masseti -- 3 The Emperor’s Exotic and New World Animals: Hans Khevenhüller and Habsburg Menageries in Vienna and Prague / Annemarie Jordan Gschwend -- 4 “Judge by experience and by learninge”: the Fieldwork of William Turner (c.1508-1568) / Marie Addyman -- 5 On Northern Shores: Sixteenth-Century Observations of Fish and Seabirds (North Sea and North Atlantic) / Florike Egmond -- 6 Collecting and Preserving Fishes: a Historical Perspective / Peter Davis -- 7 Into the Wild: Botanical Fieldwork in the Sixteenth Century / Florike Egmond -- 8 “Take with you a small Spudd or Trowell”: James Petiver’s Directions for Collecting Natural Curiosities / Charles E. Jarvis -- 9 Linnaean Scholars Out of Doors: So Much to Name, Learn and Profit From / Hanna Hodacs -- 10 “Devilish fellows who test patience to the very limit”: Naturalists in the Pacific in the Age of Cook / Glyn Williams -- 11 Catesby’s Birds / Shepard Krech III -- 12 The Hudson’s Bay Company and its Collectors / C. Stuart Houston -- 13 European Enlightenment in India: an Episode of Anglo-German Collaboration in the Natural Sciences on the Coromandel Coast, Late 1700s–Early 1800s / Arthur MacGregor -- 14 Eight Ways to Catch a Seal: Fieldwork in Siberia in the Age of Enlightenment / Han F. Vermeulen -- 15 Face to Face with Nain Singh: the Schlagintweit Collections and Their Uses / Felix Driver -- 16 More Than One Way to Skin a Wombat: the How and Why of Collecting in the South Seas / Robert Huxley -- 17 William Burchell in Southern Africa, 1811-1815 / Malgosia Nowak-Kemp -- 18 Snapshots of Tropical Diversity: Collecting Plants in Colonial and Imperial Brazil / Stephen A. Harris -- 19 From Tubs to Flying Boats: Episodes in Transporting Living Plants / E. Charles Nelson -- 20 Faunal Collecting, Inventorying and Systematizing in the Marine Environment: a Historical, Mostly British, Perspective / P.G. Moore -- 21 Gathering Spirals: on the Naturalist and Shell Collector Hugh Cuming / Helen Scales -- 22 Bat-Fowlers, Pooters and Cyanide Jars: a Historical Overview of Insect Collecting and Preservation / Peter C. Barnard -- 23 Nets, Labels and Boards: Materiality and Natural History Practices in Continental European Manuals on Insect Collecting 1688-1776 / Dominik Hünniger -- 24 Collecting Abroad, Preserving at Home: Titian Ramsay Peale Ii, American Entomologist and Collector / Robert McCracken Peck -- 25 John Russell Malloch: Amateur Naturalist to Professional Taxonomist / E. Geoffrey Hancock -- 26 Reflections on Some Practical Aspects of Collecting During the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Pat Morris -- 27 Following the Lure: Field Experience and Professional Opportunities in Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century American Vertebrate Paleontology / Paul D. Brinkman -- 28 Evolving Contexts of Collecting: the Australian Experience / A.M. Lucas -- 29 Virtual Collecting: Camera-Trapping and the Assembly of Population Data in Twenty-First-Century Biology / Sarah Elmeligi , Ian Convery , Volker Deecke and Owen Nevin -- 30 The Psychology of Finding and Recognizing Wildlife / Mark Lawley -- Appendices: Some Key Texts in the History of Field Collecting / Arthur MacGregor -- Index / Arthur MacGregor. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910493714803321 |
| Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2018] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Naturalists in the field : collecting, recording and preserving the natural world from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century / / edited by Arthur MacGregor
| Naturalists in the field : collecting, recording and preserving the natural world from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century / / edited by Arthur MacGregor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1,039 pages) |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MacGregorArthur <1941-> |
| Collana | Emergence of natural history |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - History
Naturalists - History |
| ISBN | 90-04-32384-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction / Arthur MacGregor -- 2 New World and other Exotic Animals in the Italian Renaissance: the Menageries of Lorenzo Il Magnifico and his Son, Pope Leo X / Marco Masseti -- 3 The Emperor’s Exotic and New World Animals: Hans Khevenhüller and Habsburg Menageries in Vienna and Prague / Annemarie Jordan Gschwend -- 4 “Judge by experience and by learninge”: the Fieldwork of William Turner (c.1508-1568) / Marie Addyman -- 5 On Northern Shores: Sixteenth-Century Observations of Fish and Seabirds (North Sea and North Atlantic) / Florike Egmond -- 6 Collecting and Preserving Fishes: a Historical Perspective / Peter Davis -- 7 Into the Wild: Botanical Fieldwork in the Sixteenth Century / Florike Egmond -- 8 “Take with you a small Spudd or Trowell”: James Petiver’s Directions for Collecting Natural Curiosities / Charles E. Jarvis -- 9 Linnaean Scholars Out of Doors: So Much to Name, Learn and Profit From / Hanna Hodacs -- 10 “Devilish fellows who test patience to the very limit”: Naturalists in the Pacific in the Age of Cook / Glyn Williams -- 11 Catesby’s Birds / Shepard Krech III -- 12 The Hudson’s Bay Company and its Collectors / C. Stuart Houston -- 13 European Enlightenment in India: an Episode of Anglo-German Collaboration in the Natural Sciences on the Coromandel Coast, Late 1700s–Early 1800s / Arthur MacGregor -- 14 Eight Ways to Catch a Seal: Fieldwork in Siberia in the Age of Enlightenment / Han F. Vermeulen -- 15 Face to Face with Nain Singh: the Schlagintweit Collections and Their Uses / Felix Driver -- 16 More Than One Way to Skin a Wombat: the How and Why of Collecting in the South Seas / Robert Huxley -- 17 William Burchell in Southern Africa, 1811-1815 / Malgosia Nowak-Kemp -- 18 Snapshots of Tropical Diversity: Collecting Plants in Colonial and Imperial Brazil / Stephen A. Harris -- 19 From Tubs to Flying Boats: Episodes in Transporting Living Plants / E. Charles Nelson -- 20 Faunal Collecting, Inventorying and Systematizing in the Marine Environment: a Historical, Mostly British, Perspective / P.G. Moore -- 21 Gathering Spirals: on the Naturalist and Shell Collector Hugh Cuming / Helen Scales -- 22 Bat-Fowlers, Pooters and Cyanide Jars: a Historical Overview of Insect Collecting and Preservation / Peter C. Barnard -- 23 Nets, Labels and Boards: Materiality and Natural History Practices in Continental European Manuals on Insect Collecting 1688-1776 / Dominik Hünniger -- 24 Collecting Abroad, Preserving at Home: Titian Ramsay Peale Ii, American Entomologist and Collector / Robert McCracken Peck -- 25 John Russell Malloch: Amateur Naturalist to Professional Taxonomist / E. Geoffrey Hancock -- 26 Reflections on Some Practical Aspects of Collecting During the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Pat Morris -- 27 Following the Lure: Field Experience and Professional Opportunities in Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century American Vertebrate Paleontology / Paul D. Brinkman -- 28 Evolving Contexts of Collecting: the Australian Experience / A.M. Lucas -- 29 Virtual Collecting: Camera-Trapping and the Assembly of Population Data in Twenty-First-Century Biology / Sarah Elmeligi , Ian Convery , Volker Deecke and Owen Nevin -- 30 The Psychology of Finding and Recognizing Wildlife / Mark Lawley -- Appendices: Some Key Texts in the History of Field Collecting / Arthur MacGregor -- Index / Arthur MacGregor. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796899803321 |
| Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2018] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Naturalists in the field : collecting, recording and preserving the natural world from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century / / edited by Arthur MacGregor
| Naturalists in the field : collecting, recording and preserving the natural world from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century / / edited by Arthur MacGregor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1,039 pages) |
| Disciplina | 508 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MacGregorArthur <1941-> |
| Collana | Emergence of natural history |
| Soggetto topico |
Natural history - History
Naturalists - History |
| ISBN | 90-04-32384-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction / Arthur MacGregor -- 2 New World and other Exotic Animals in the Italian Renaissance: the Menageries of Lorenzo Il Magnifico and his Son, Pope Leo X / Marco Masseti -- 3 The Emperor’s Exotic and New World Animals: Hans Khevenhüller and Habsburg Menageries in Vienna and Prague / Annemarie Jordan Gschwend -- 4 “Judge by experience and by learninge”: the Fieldwork of William Turner (c.1508-1568) / Marie Addyman -- 5 On Northern Shores: Sixteenth-Century Observations of Fish and Seabirds (North Sea and North Atlantic) / Florike Egmond -- 6 Collecting and Preserving Fishes: a Historical Perspective / Peter Davis -- 7 Into the Wild: Botanical Fieldwork in the Sixteenth Century / Florike Egmond -- 8 “Take with you a small Spudd or Trowell”: James Petiver’s Directions for Collecting Natural Curiosities / Charles E. Jarvis -- 9 Linnaean Scholars Out of Doors: So Much to Name, Learn and Profit From / Hanna Hodacs -- 10 “Devilish fellows who test patience to the very limit”: Naturalists in the Pacific in the Age of Cook / Glyn Williams -- 11 Catesby’s Birds / Shepard Krech III -- 12 The Hudson’s Bay Company and its Collectors / C. Stuart Houston -- 13 European Enlightenment in India: an Episode of Anglo-German Collaboration in the Natural Sciences on the Coromandel Coast, Late 1700s–Early 1800s / Arthur MacGregor -- 14 Eight Ways to Catch a Seal: Fieldwork in Siberia in the Age of Enlightenment / Han F. Vermeulen -- 15 Face to Face with Nain Singh: the Schlagintweit Collections and Their Uses / Felix Driver -- 16 More Than One Way to Skin a Wombat: the How and Why of Collecting in the South Seas / Robert Huxley -- 17 William Burchell in Southern Africa, 1811-1815 / Malgosia Nowak-Kemp -- 18 Snapshots of Tropical Diversity: Collecting Plants in Colonial and Imperial Brazil / Stephen A. Harris -- 19 From Tubs to Flying Boats: Episodes in Transporting Living Plants / E. Charles Nelson -- 20 Faunal Collecting, Inventorying and Systematizing in the Marine Environment: a Historical, Mostly British, Perspective / P.G. Moore -- 21 Gathering Spirals: on the Naturalist and Shell Collector Hugh Cuming / Helen Scales -- 22 Bat-Fowlers, Pooters and Cyanide Jars: a Historical Overview of Insect Collecting and Preservation / Peter C. Barnard -- 23 Nets, Labels and Boards: Materiality and Natural History Practices in Continental European Manuals on Insect Collecting 1688-1776 / Dominik Hünniger -- 24 Collecting Abroad, Preserving at Home: Titian Ramsay Peale Ii, American Entomologist and Collector / Robert McCracken Peck -- 25 John Russell Malloch: Amateur Naturalist to Professional Taxonomist / E. Geoffrey Hancock -- 26 Reflections on Some Practical Aspects of Collecting During the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Pat Morris -- 27 Following the Lure: Field Experience and Professional Opportunities in Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century American Vertebrate Paleontology / Paul D. Brinkman -- 28 Evolving Contexts of Collecting: the Australian Experience / A.M. Lucas -- 29 Virtual Collecting: Camera-Trapping and the Assembly of Population Data in Twenty-First-Century Biology / Sarah Elmeligi , Ian Convery , Volker Deecke and Owen Nevin -- 30 The Psychology of Finding and Recognizing Wildlife / Mark Lawley -- Appendices: Some Key Texts in the History of Field Collecting / Arthur MacGregor -- Index / Arthur MacGregor. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812001903321 |
| Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2018] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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