Dinosaur odyssey [[electronic resource] ] : fossil threads in the web of life / / Scott D. Sampson |
Autore | Sampson Scott D |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
Disciplina | 567.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Dinosaurs
Paleontology |
Soggetto non controllato |
avian dinosaurs
biology creatures dinosauria dinosaurs ecology energy glow environmental history evolution evolutionary history of life extinction fossil records geology global warming historical history natural world nature non avian dinosaurs palaeontology paleontology phenomenon reptiles science scientific study supercontinent pangaea |
ISBN |
1-282-70350-1
9786612703508 0-520-94442-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. TREASURE ISLAND -- 2. STARDUST SAURIANS -- 3. DRAMATIS DINOSAURAE -- 4. DRIFTING CONTINENTS AND GLOBE-TROTTING DINOSAURS -- 5. SOLAR EATING -- 6. THE RIVER OF LIFE -- 7. THE GREEN GRADIENT -- 8. PANOPLY OF PREDATORS -- 9. HIDDEN STRANDS -- 10. OF HORN-HEADS AND DUCK-BILLS -- 11. THE GOLDILOCKS HYPOTHESIS -- 12. CINDERELLASAURUS -- 13. JURASSIC PARK DREAMS -- 14. WEST SIDE STORY -- 15. THE WAY OF ALL CREATURES -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- GLOSSARY -- ART AND PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778403203321 |
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Evolution's rainbow [[electronic resource] ] : diversity, gender, and sexuality in nature and people / / Joan Roughgarden |
Autore | Roughgarden Joan |
Edizione | [Tenth anniversary edition /] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (491 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity
Sexual behavior in animals Gender identity Gender Identity Sexual Behavior Sexual orientation |
Soggetto non controllato |
animals
bible biology body and behavior creatures darwinian sexual selection diversity evolutionary biology evolutionary psychology feminist theory gay gene gender and sexuality gender identity gender studies genes and hormones humans individuality mating opportunities medical establishment natural selection religion scientists selfish gene sex gender and sexuality sexual orientation social inclusion social science theoretical transgender criticism wilsons genetic determinism of behavior |
ISBN | 0-520-95797-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | part one. Animal rainbows -- part two. Human rainbows -- part three. Cultural rainbows. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790429503321 |
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Evolution's rainbow [[electronic resource] ] : diversity, gender, and sexuality in nature and people / / Joan Roughgarden |
Autore | Roughgarden Joan |
Edizione | [Tenth anniversary edition /] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (491 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity
Sexual behavior in animals Gender identity Gender Identity Sexual Behavior Sexual orientation |
Soggetto non controllato |
animals
bible biology body and behavior creatures darwinian sexual selection diversity evolutionary biology evolutionary psychology feminist theory gay gene gender and sexuality gender identity gender studies genes and hormones humans individuality mating opportunities medical establishment natural selection religion scientists selfish gene sex gender and sexuality sexual orientation social inclusion social science theoretical transgender criticism wilsons genetic determinism of behavior |
ISBN | 0-520-95797-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | part one. Animal rainbows -- part two. Human rainbows -- part three. Cultural rainbows. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810035003321 |
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Tracks and shadows [[electronic resource] ] : field biology as art / / Harry W. Greene |
Autore | Greene Harry W. <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina |
570.92
B |
Collana | A Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment Tracks and shadows |
Soggetto topico |
Biologists - United States
Nature |
Soggetto non controllato |
academic career
art autobiography beauty in nature biographical biography biology conservation creatures ecolit ecology engaging environmental essays field biologist field biology field research friendship happiness herpetology ichthyology life sciences lively love of nature memoir nat hist natural history natural settings natural world nature outdoor adventure personal profound lessons realistic reptiles science and math scientists snake biology snakes wildlife |
ISBN |
0-520-29265-0
0-520-95673-7 |
Classificazione | SCI008000NAT001000NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Part One. Descent with Modification -- Part Two. Conversing with Serpents -- Part Three. Pretty in Sunlight -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790591803321 |
Greene Harry W. <1945->
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Watching giants [[electronic resource] ] : the secret lives of whales / / Elin Kelsey ; with photographs by Doc White ; additional photographs by François Gohier |
Autore | Kelsey Elin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.509164/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Whales
Whales - Mexico - California, Gulf of |
Soggetto non controllato |
aquatic mammals
blue whales cetacean researchers conservationist creatures dolphin tuna issue dolphins ecosystem environmentalism gulf of california humpback whales marine ecology marine mammals marine pollution motherhood nets from bubbles noise pollution ocean oceanic creatures open ocean overfishing personal experiences phenomenon save the whales social networks sperm whales swimming whale sex whales |
ISBN |
1-282-36066-3
9786612360664 0-520-94221-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Extreme Motherhood -- 2. A Sea Of Milk -- 3. Looking For Whales In All The Wrong Places -- 4. Resident Aliens? -- 5. How To Make A Really Rich Sea -- 6. Popular Mechanics -- 7. Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Who'S The Smartest Of Them All? -- 8. Building Nets From Bubbles And Other Mysterious Humpback Whale Talents -- 9. Do Baby Sperm Whales Suck Milk Through Their Noses? -- 10. Deep Culture -- 11. What'S The Use Of Granny? -- 12. Dolphin Snatchers -- 13. Friendly Mothers, Friendly Calves? -- 14. The War On Fish -- 15. Why Blue Whales Gotta Be Big -- 16. What You Can See By Listening -- 17. What You Can Learn From The Dead -- 18. Let'S Talk About Sex, Baby -- 19. Missing Meat -- 20. Shifting Scale -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780915803321 |
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Wild again : the struggle to save the black-footed ferret / / David Jachowski |
Autore | Jachowski David <1977-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.76/629 |
Soggetto topico | Black-footed ferret - Conservation - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american conservation
animals black footed ferret conservation biology conservation efforts conservation ethics conservation in the west creatures ecological challenges endangered species act extinction feared extinct ferrets great plains intensive captive breeding natural habitat north america north american wildlife personal account political challenges rarest mammals recovery efforts reintroduction into the wild save the animals social challenges wildlife conservaton wildlife |
ISBN | 0-520-95816-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Pleistocene to Anthropocene -- 2. Decline toward Extinction -- 3. Rediscovery -- 4. Captive Breeding -- 5. Fall -- 6. Winter -- 7. Spring -- 8. Summer -- 9. Chihuahua -- 10. Conata Basin -- 11. Plague -- 12. Kansas -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Further Readings -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791097403321 |
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Wild again : the struggle to save the black-footed ferret / / David Jachowski |
Autore | Jachowski David <1977-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.76/629 |
Soggetto topico | Black-footed ferret - Conservation - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
american conservation
animals black footed ferret conservation biology conservation efforts conservation ethics conservation in the west creatures ecological challenges endangered species act extinction feared extinct ferrets great plains intensive captive breeding natural habitat north america north american wildlife personal account political challenges rarest mammals recovery efforts reintroduction into the wild save the animals social challenges wildlife conservaton wildlife |
ISBN | 0-520-95816-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Pleistocene to Anthropocene -- 2. Decline toward Extinction -- 3. Rediscovery -- 4. Captive Breeding -- 5. Fall -- 6. Winter -- 7. Spring -- 8. Summer -- 9. Chihuahua -- 10. Conata Basin -- 11. Plague -- 12. Kansas -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Further Readings -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813514803321 |
Jachowski David <1977->
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