After the grizzly [[electronic resource] ] : endangered species and the politics of place in California / / Peter S. Alagona |
Autore | Alagona Peter S |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (332 p.) |
Disciplina | 591.68 |
Soggetto topico |
Wildlife conservation - California
Wildlife conservation - United States Endangered species - California Endangered species - United States Grizzly bear - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
21st century habitat conservation
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ISBN | 0-520-95441-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. The Land of the Bears -- CHAPTER TWO. A New Movement -- CHAPTER THREE. The Official Landscape -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Laws of Nature -- CHAPTER FIVE. The California Condor. From Controversy to Consensus -- CHAPTER SIX. The Mojave Desert Tortoise. Ambassador for the Outback -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The San Joaquin Kit Fox. The Flagship Fox -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Delta Smelt. Water Politics by Another Name -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786712803321 |
Alagona Peter S
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Ecology [[electronic resource] ] : a pocket guide / / Ernest Callenbach |
Autore | Callenbach Ernest |
Edizione | [Rev. ed., 10th anniversary ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina | 577 |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Biotic communities Biota Ecosystem |
Soggetto non controllato |
21st century
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ISBN | 0-520-94222-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Ecology: Planetary To Microscopic Scales -- Introduction -- Air -- Algae -- Bacteria -- Biodiversity -- Bioregion -- Biosphere / Ecosphere -- Carbon -- Carrying Capacity -- Conservation -- Cycles -- Decomposition -- Deforestation / Desertification -- Ecology -- Ecosystem -- Energy -- Environment -- Environmental Justice -- Evolution -- Extinction -- Fire -- Food Webs -- Fungi -- Gaia -- Global Warming -- Growth -- Habitat -- Impacts -- Interdependence -- Kingdoms -- Land Use -- Microbes -- Migration -- Niche -- Nitrogen -- Organic -- Phosphorus -- Photosynthesis -- Pollution -- Population -- Predation -- Protists -- Quarantine -- Restoration -- Sex -- Smell -- Soil |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779550403321 |
Callenbach Ernest
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Ecology, conservation, and restoration of tidal marshes [[electronic resource] ] : the San Francisco estuary / / edited by Arnas Palaima |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.7309794/6 |
Altri autori (Persone) | PalaimaArnas |
Collana | A Stephen Bechtel fund book in ecology and the environment |
Soggetto topico |
Wetlands - California - San Francisco Bay Area
Estuaries - California - San Francisco Bay Area Ecology - California - San Francisco Bay Area |
Soggetto non controllato |
american history
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ISBN |
1-283-59445-5
9786613906908 0-520-95401-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword: Some Thoughts On San Francisco Bay And Its Wetlands -- Preface And Acknowledgments -- 1. Diverse Perspectives On Tidal Marshes: An Introduction -- 2. Historical Formation -- 3. Geomorphology, Hydrology, And Tidal Influences -- 4. Pollution: Persistent Organic Contaminants And Trace Metals -- 5. Pollution: Emerging Contaminants -- 6. Tidal Marshes In The Context Of Climate Change -- 7. Tidal Vegetation: Spatial And Temp Oral Dynamics -- 8. Tidal Wetland Vegetation And Ecotone Profiles: The Rush Ranch Open Space Preserve -- 9. Invertebrates: Past And Current Invasions -- 10. Invertebrates: A Case Study Of China Camp State Park, Marin County -- 11. Fishes -- 12. Bird Comm Unities: Effects Of Fragmentation, Disturbance, And Sea Level Rise On Population Viability -- 13. Small Mammals -- 14. Ecosystem Services -- 15. Policy: Achievements And Challenges -- 16. Research Reserves As A Model For Conservation Science And Management Of Tidal Marshes -- 17. Natural And Restored Tidal Marsh Comm Unities -- 18. Current Issues In Tidal Marsh Restoration -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792090203321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 | ||
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Environmental flows [[electronic resource] ] : saving rivers in the third millennium / / Angela H. Arthington |
Autore | Arthington Angela H. <1943-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (422 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.6/4 |
Collana | Freshwater ecology series |
Soggetto topico |
Stream ecology
Streamflow - Environmental aspects Stream conservation Biotic communities Water-supply - Environmental aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
aquatic ecosystems
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ISBN |
1-283-54321-4
9786613855664 0-520-95345-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface And Acknowledgments -- 1. River Values And Threats -- 2. Global Hydrology, Climate, And River Flow Regimes -- 3. Catchments, Drainage Networks, And Resource Regimes -- 4. River Ecology, The Natural Flow Regime Paradigm, And Hydroecological Principles -- 5. Effects Of Catchment Change And River-Corridor Engineering -- 6. History Of Water Control And Dam Impacts -- 7. Effects Of Dams On Sediment, Thermal, And Chemical Regimes -- 8. Effects Of Dams On Habitat And Aquatic Biodiversity -- 9. Introduction To Environmental Flow Methods -- 10. Hydraulic Rating And Habitat Simulation Methods -- 11. Flow Protection Methods -- 12. Flow Restoration Methods -- 13. Ecological Limits Of Hydrologic Alteration (Eloha) -- 14. Environmental Flow Relationships, Models, And Applications -- 15. Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems And Threats -- 16. Sustaining Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems -- 17. Wetlands, Threats, And Water Requirements -- 18. Estuaries, Threats, And Flow Requirements -- 19. Setting Limits To Hydrologic Alteration -- 20. Implementing And Monitoring Environmental Flows -- 21. Legislation And Policy -- 22. Adapting To Climate Change -- Appendix: The Brisbane Declaration (2007) -- Literature Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791932003321 |
Arthington Angela H. <1943->
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