Big ecology [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of ecosystem science / / David C. Coleman |
Autore | Coleman David C. <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.072 |
Soggetto topico |
Biotic communities - Research
Ecosystem management - Research Ecology - Research Interdisciplinary research |
Soggetto non controllato |
1957
1960s 1970s 1980s american ecosystems big science biological communities ecological collaborations ecologists ecology ecosystem science environment insider perspective interdisciplinary research international biological program international geophysical year large ecosystems long term ecological research programs long term ecological research national science foundation nonfiction account research institutions research programs science majors study of ecosystems textbooks united states |
ISBN |
1-282-69767-6
9786612697678 0-520-94573-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE. Intellectual Antecedents to Large-Scale Ecosystem Studies -- CHAPTER TWO. How the International Biological Program Swept the Scientific World -- CHAPTER THREE. The Origin and Evolution of the Long-Term Ecological Research Program -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Future of Big Ecology: IGBP, AmeriFlux, NEON, and Other Major Initiatives -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784936003321 |
Coleman David C. <1938->
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Early life history of marine fishes [[electronic resource] /] / Bruce S. Miller, Arthur W. Kendall, Jr |
Autore | Miller Bruce S |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (377 p.) |
Disciplina | 597.156 |
Altri autori (Persone) | KendallArthur W., Jr. |
Soggetto topico |
Marine fishes - Eggs
Marine fishes - Larvae |
Soggetto non controllato |
aquatic sciences
biologists data analysis data collections early life stages ecologists evolution science fish biology fish evolution fish life cycles fish populations fisheries managers fishery science fishes fishing and fisherman history of science larval fish life cycles marine biologists marine ecosystems marine life organisms scientific studies scientists stages of life study of fishes water life zoology |
ISBN |
1-282-77261-9
9786612772610 0-520-94376-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The cover art work -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Fish Reproduction -- Chapter 2. Development of Eggs and Larvae -- Chapter 3. Fish Egg and Larval Identification and Systematics -- Chapter 4. Ecology of Fish Eggs and Larvae -- Chapter 5. Sampling Fish Eggs and Larvae -- Chapter 6. Population Dynamics and Recruitment -- Chapter 7. Habitat, Water Quality, and Conservation Biology -- Chapter 8. Rearing and Culture of Marine Fishes -- Laboratory exercises -- Glossary -- Literature cited -- Taxonomical index -- General index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789001203321 |
Miller Bruce S
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Field guide to mushrooms of western North America [[electronic resource] /] / R. Michael Davis, Robert Sommer, John A. Menge |
Autore | Davis R. Michael |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (473 p.) |
Disciplina | 579.6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SommerRobert <1929->
MengeJohn A |
Collana | California natural history guide series |
Soggetto topico |
Mushrooms - California
Mushrooms - West (U.S.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
backyard fungi
biological sciences california color illustrations dna sequencing easy to read ecologists ecology field guide fungi mushroom collectors mushroom habitats mushroom hunters mushroom identification mushroom species mushroom taxonomy mushrooms mycologists mycophiles natural history natural world north america photographs reference guide scientists southern california species identification western america western states |
ISBN |
1-280-81399-7
9786613711496 0-520-95360-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- CLASSIFICATION AND KEYS -- SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS -- FUNGAL ARTS AND CRAFTS -- APPENDIX 1. SPORE COLORS OF SOME COMMON GILLED MUSHROOM GENERA -- APPENDIX 2. SYNONYMS, NAME CHANGES, AND MISAPPLIED NAMES -- GLOSSARY -- RESOURCES -- ADDITIONAL CAPTIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND ART CREDITS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779251903321 |
Davis R. Michael
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The Hudson primer [[electronic resource] ] : the ecology of an iconic river / / David L. Strayer |
Autore | Strayer David Lowell <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (219 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.48/309747 |
Soggetto topico |
Estuarine health - Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
Stream ecology - Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) Natural history - Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) Human ecology - Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) Nature - Effect of human beings on - Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) Environmental protection - Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) Water - Pollution - Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) Restoration ecology - Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american culture american history conservation earth sciences ecological restoration ecologists ecology environmental impact fishermen guidebook habitat destruction habitat loss hudson river invasive species new york overfishing plants and animals river ecology river ecosystems river geography river geology river management river plants river pollution river scientists scientists united states water chemistry |
ISBN |
9786613587299
1-280-49206-6 0-520-95239-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Physical Character of the Hudson and Its Watershed -- Chapter Two. Water, Circulation, and Salinity in the Hudson River -- Chapter Three. A Brief Introduction to the Hudson's Water Chemistry -- Chapter Four. Habitats, Biological Communities, and Biota -- Chapter Five. Ecology of the Major Habitats in the Hudson River: The Freshwater Channel -- Chapter Six. The Brackish-Water Channel -- Chapter Seven. The Vegetated Shallows -- Chapter Eight. Wetlands -- Chapter Nine. PCBs and Other Pollution in the Hudson -- Chapter Ten. Habitat Change and Restoration in the Hudson -- Chapter Eleven. Hudson River Fisheries -- Chapter Twelve. Nonnative Species and Their Ecological Effects -- Conclusion: A Few Parting Thoughts -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786712403321 |
Strayer David Lowell <1955->
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 | ||
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Inescapable ecologies [[electronic resource] ] : a history of environment, disease, and knowledge / / Linda Nash |
Autore | Nash Linda Lorraine |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4/2794 |
Soggetto topico |
Medical geography - California - History
Environmental health - California - History Public health - California - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century
20th century biomedicine california cancer clusters causes of disease central valley disease history ecologists ecology ecosystem environment and culture environmental history environmental impact environmental movement environmental protest environmentalists germ theory human impact illness natural science natural world nonfiction pollution public health regional ecology textbooks toxic chemicals wilderness |
ISBN |
9786611752521
0-520-93999-9 1-281-75252-5 1-60129-529-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Body And Environment In An Era Of Colonization -- 2. Placing Health And Disease -- 3. Producing A Sanitary Landscape -- 4. Modern Landscapes And Ecological Bodies -- 5. Contesting The Space Of Disease -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784418003321 |
Nash Linda Lorraine
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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Leopold's shack and Ricketts's lab [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of environmentalism / / Michael J. Lannoo |
Autore | Lannoo Michael J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.72092/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmentalism - United States - History
Natural history - United States - History Ecology - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
aldo leopold biography climate change collapsing ecosystems conservation biology discussion books easy to read ecologists ecology ecosystems ed ricketts environmentalism famous scientists historical scientists history of environmentalism invasive species natural communities natural science natural world naturalism nonfiction related work retrospective science majors science scientists students and teachers |
ISBN |
1-282-76396-2
9786612763960 0-520-94606-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Out of the Midwest -- Chapter 2. From Forester to Professor -- Chapter 3. From Businessman to Sage -- Chapter 4. Game Management -- Chapter 5. Between Pacific Tides -- Chapter 6. The Shack -- Chapter 7. The Lab -- Chapter 8. A Sand County Almanac -- Chapter 9. Sea of Cortez -- Chapter 10. Daily Lives and Professional Expectations -- Chapter 11. From Natural History to Ecology -- Chapter 12. Leopold's Approach -- Chapter 13. Ricketts's Approach -- Chapter 14. Shared and Complementary Perspectives -- Chapter 15. Transcendence -- Chapter 16. Ethic and Engagement -- Chapter 17. Where Their Spirit Lives On -- The shack and the lab -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784956103321 |
Lannoo Michael J
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Our dying planet [[electronic resource] ] : an ecologist's view of the crisis we face / / Peter F. Sale |
Autore | Sale Peter F |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (354 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2/8 |
Collana | The Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment |
Soggetto topico |
Nature - Effect of human beings on
Environmental responsibility Ecology |
Soggetto non controllato |
biodiversity
biosphere climate change conservation coral reefs deforestation earth sciences earth ecological footprint ecologists ecology ecosystems environmental impacts environmental issues environmentalism environmentalists field notes fossil fuels historical human condition human impact natural sciences nonfiction overfishing planet death politics and science pollution science and math scientists |
ISBN |
1-283-27826-X
9786613278265 0-520-94983-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Information : what we are doing to our world: Overfishing ; Removing forests ; Disrupting the ocean-atmosphere engine ; The perilous future for coral reefs -- Understanding : why we don't comprehend the scale of our problem: The problem of shifting baselines ; Our unrealistic belief in the balance of nature -- Moving forward : why it matters and what we need to do: What loss of ecological complexity means for the world ; Reducing our use of fossil fuels ; Slowing growth of the hum. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781217403321 |
Sale Peter F
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
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