1500 California place names [[electronic resource] ] : their origin and meaning / / William Bright |
Autore | Bright William <1928-2006.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (175 p.) |
Disciplina | 917.94/001/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GuddeErwin Gustav <1889-1969.> |
Soggetto topico | Names, Geographical - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
aguanga
alcatraz bodega california residents california camping chamisal cultural appropriation geography golden state hiking history indian tribes indigenous people indigenous tribes la jolla lakes landmarks local tribes mountains native americans nature nonfiction reference siskiyou state geography tahoe tourism tourist guide travel destination travel tribes wilderness |
ISBN |
1-280-08577-0
9786613520289 0-520-92054-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Preface -- Key to Pronunciation -- 1500 California Place Names |
Altri titoli varianti | Fifteen hundred California place names |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779080603321 |
Bright William <1928-2006.> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Amphibian declines [[electronic resource] ] : a United States' response to the global phenomenon / / edited by Michael J. Lannoo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1117 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95/78 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LannooMichael J |
Soggetto topico |
Amphibian declines
Amphibian declines - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
adenocarcinoma
agriculture amphibians animal populations biodiversity biology climate change conservation deforestation disease ecology environment environmentalism frogs genetics global warming habitat lakes malformation malformed frogs minnesota natural sciences nature nonfiction northern cricket frogs overwintering parasites pesticides pollution population declines radiation risk factors rivers salamander science ultraviolet wetlands wild animals woodland salamanders xenobiotics zoology |
ISBN |
1-282-75915-9
9786612759154 0-520-92943-8 1-4175-9332-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Amphibian Declines -- Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Advisory Board -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part One. Conservation Essays -- Introduction -- 1. Diverse Phenomena Influencing Amphibian Population Declines -- 2. Why Are Some Species In Decline But Others Not? -- 3. Philosophy, Value Judgments, And Declining Amphibians -- 4. Embracing Human Diversity In Conservation -- 5. Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force -- Declines -- 6. Meeting The Challenge Of Amphibian Declines With An Interdisciplinary Research Program -- 7. Biology Of Amphibian Declines -- 8. Declines Of Eastern North American Woodland Salamanders (Plethodon) -- 9. Decline Of Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- 10. Overwintering In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- Causes -- 11. Repercussions Of Global Change -- 12. Lessons From Europe -- 13. Risk Factors And Declines In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- 14. Ultraviolet Radiation -- 15. Xenobiotics -- 16. Variation In Pesticide Tolerance -- 17. Lucké Renal Adenocarcinoma -- 18. Malformed Frogs In Minnesota: History And Interspecific Differences -- 19. Parasites Of North American Frogs -- 20. Parasite Infection And Limb Malformations: A Growing Problem In Amphibian Conservation -- 21. Pine Silviculture -- 22. Commercial Trade -- Conservation -- 23. Houston Toads And Texas Politics -- 24. Amphibian Conservation Needs -- 25. Amphibian Population Cycles And Long-Term Data Sets -- 26. Landscape Ecology -- 27. Conservation Of Texas Spring And Cave Salamanders (Eurycea) -- 28. Lessons From The Tropics -- 29. Taxonomy And Amphibian Declines -- 30. Conservation Systematics: The Bufo Boreas Species Group -- 31. Factors Limiting The Recovery Of Boreal Toads (Bufo B. Boreas) -- 32. Southwestern Desert Bufonids -- 33. Amphibian Ecotoxicology -- 34. Museum Collections -- 35. Critical Areas -- 36. Creating Habitat Reserves For Migratory Salamanders -- 37. Population Manipulations -- 38. Exotic Species -- 39. Protecting Amphibians While Restoring Fish Populations -- 40. Reflections Upon Amphibian Conservation -- Surveys And Monitoring -- 41. Distribution Of South Dakota Anurans -- 42. Nebraska's Declining Amphibians -- 43. Museum Collections Can Assess Population Trends -- 44. Monitoring Salamander Populations In Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- 45. North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (Naamp) -- 46. Evaluating Calling Surveys -- 47. Geographical Information Systems And Survey Designs -- 48. Impacts Of Forest Management On Amphibians -- 49. Monitoring Pigment Pattern Morphs Of Northern Leopard Frogs -- Education -- 50. The National Amphibian Conservation Center -- 51. A Thousand Friends Of Frogs: Its Origins -- A Perspective -- 52. Of Men And Deformed Frogs: A Journalist's Lament -- Part Two. Species Accounts -- Introduction -- Anura -- Ascaphidae -- Family Bufonidae -- Family Dendrobatidae -- Family Hylidae -- Family Leptodactylidae -- Family Microhylidae -- Family Pelobatidae -- Family Pipidae -- Family Ranidae -- Family Rhinophrynidae -- Caudata -- Family Ambystomatidae -- Family Amphiumidae -- Family Cryptobranchidae -- Family Dicamptodontidae -- Family Plethodontidae -- Family Proteidae -- Family Rhyacotritonidae -- Family Salamandridae -- Family Sirenidae -- Epilogue: Factors Implicated In Amphibian Population Declines In The United States -- Conclusion -- Literature Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783318103321 |
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 | ||
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Freshwater Macroinvertebrates: Main Gaps and Future Trends |
Autore | Boggero Angela |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (170 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Research & information: general
Biology, life sciences |
Soggetto non controllato |
biological quality element
chemical analysis Chironomus riparius DDTs legacy contaminants PCBs POP standard ecotoxicological tests Water Framework Directive lakes invasion biology non-indigenous species Procambarus Clarkii Pacifastacus Leniusculus Orconectes Limosus snails endemic species invasive species random forest model multivariate analysis partial dependence analysis calcrete aquifer epikarst hyporheal hypotelminorheal stygobiont bioassessment temporal trend altitude climate insects grain-size sediment macroinvertebrates ecological status multimetric indices coevolution epizoosis grazing periphyton scrapers indices and metrics sediment quality St. Lawrence River highly humic lakes ecological status assessment saprobic index general degradation index |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Freshwater Macroinvertebrates |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557665803321 |
Boggero Angela | ||
Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The great basin [[electronic resource] ] : a natural prehistory / / Donald K. Grayson |
Autore | Grayson Donald K |
Edizione | [Rev. and expanded ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.79 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GraysonDonald K |
Soggetto topico |
Geology, Stratigraphic - Pleistocene
Geology, Stratigraphic - Holocene Geology - Great Basin Paleontology - Great Basin Indians of North America - Great Basin - Antiquities Paleo-Indians - Great Basin |
Soggetto non controllato |
american west
animals archaeological sites archaeology biogeography bison bonneville salt flats botany california climate death valley ecosystem environment environmentalism geology glaciers great basin great salt lake history indigenous people lake cores lake tahoe lakes natural history nature nevada oregon packrat middens paleontology rivers science tree rings utah wildlife |
ISBN |
1-283-27782-4
9786613277824 0-520-94871-8 |
Classificazione | NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The Great Basins -- pt. 2. Some Ice Age background -- pt. 3. The late Ice Age Great Basin -- pt. 4. The last 10,000 years -- pt. 5. Great Basin archaeology -- pt. 6. Conclusions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789634603321 |
Grayson Donald K | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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The great basin [[electronic resource] ] : a natural prehistory / / Donald K. Grayson |
Autore | Grayson Donald K |
Edizione | [Rev. and expanded ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.79 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GraysonDonald K |
Soggetto topico |
Geology, Stratigraphic - Pleistocene
Geology, Stratigraphic - Holocene Geology - Great Basin Paleontology - Great Basin Indians of North America - Great Basin - Antiquities Paleo-Indians - Great Basin |
Soggetto non controllato |
american west
animals archaeological sites archaeology biogeography bison bonneville salt flats botany california climate death valley ecosystem environment environmentalism geology glaciers great basin great salt lake history indigenous people lake cores lake tahoe lakes natural history nature nevada oregon packrat middens paleontology rivers science tree rings utah wildlife |
ISBN |
1-283-27782-4
9786613277824 0-520-94871-8 |
Classificazione | NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The Great Basins -- pt. 2. Some Ice Age background -- pt. 3. The late Ice Age Great Basin -- pt. 4. The last 10,000 years -- pt. 5. Great Basin archaeology -- pt. 6. Conclusions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826955703321 |
Grayson Donald K | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jordi Catalan, Josep M Ninot, M. Mercè Aniz |
Autore | Catalan Jordi |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer Nature, 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 413 p. 114 illus., 86 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 333.72 |
Collana | Advances in Global Change Research |
Soggetto topico |
Nature conservation
Climate change Conservation biology Ecology Ecosystems Environmental geography Nature Conservation Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Conservation Biology/Ecology Environmental Geography |
Soggetto non controllato |
Pyrenees
nature conservation species distribution lakes forests |
ISBN | 3-319-55982-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1. Trade-offs in the high-mountain conservation -- 2. Present phylogeorgraphic patterns in European mountains resulting from past large climatic oscillations -- 3. The early human occupation of the high mountain -- 4. Millenial socio-ecological trajectories in high mountain and land use -- 5. Non-equilibrium in alpine plan assemblages, current shifts in summit floras -- 6. Diversity assembly in alpine plant communities -- 7. Regional forest idiosyncrasy and the response to global change -- 8. Life-history responses to the altitudinal gradient in mountain fauna -- 9. Towards a microbial conservation perspective in high-mountain lakes -- 10. On defence of fishless high mountain lakes -- 11. Atmospheric chemical loadings in the high mountain: current forcing and legacy pollution -- 12. High soil carbon stocks in mountain grasslands may be compromised by land use changes -- 13. Why recovering large carnivore populations in high mountains? -- 14. The role of environmental history in high mountain landscape conservation -- 15. Conservation lessons from long-term studies of the bearded vulture -- 16. Monitoring global change in the high mountain -- 17. Evaluating global change effects on high mountain snow and the impact on water resources -- 18. A modelling approach to the understanding of past, present and future shifts in vegetation -- 19. Challenges for conservation in a changing world, perspective from the high mountains. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910231248603321 |
Catalan Jordi | ||
Cham, : Springer Nature, 2017 | ||
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Impacts of Anthropogenic Activities on Watersheds in a Changing Climate |
Autore | Pacheco Fernando A.L |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (256 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
Soggetto non controllato |
flood vulnerability
land use conflicts water management soil conservation spatial multi-criteria analysis geographic information system water pollution riparian forest environmental Law anthropogenic catchment watershed management land use policy changes in hydrological components effects of human activities LUCC WRUBAP Yiluo River SWAT water balance components Land Use and Land Cover changes wildfires afforestation riparian buffer width landscape composition regression model interaction term Brazilian Forest Code farmland abandonment LULC changes climate change runoff/suspended sediment changes river morphology dynamics Italian Apennines water quality landscape metrics PLS-SEM scale season distance from pollution sources script files mean diurnal profile wavelet coherence groundwater recharge water resources management Conservative Use Potential river basin water balance lakes reservoirs Nenjiang watershed Landsat diurnal thermal profile urban tributaries wavelet covariance flow water discharge ecosystem services payments for environmental services land use |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557396903321 |
Pacheco Fernando A.L | ||
Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
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Introduction to water in California / / David Carle |
Autore | Carle David <1950-> |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.6/109794 |
Soggetto topico |
Water-supply - California
Hydrology - California Water-supply - California - Management |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
aqueducts climate change conservation dams desalination drought ecology environment environmental science environmentalism faucets flood global warming groundwater hydrologic region irrigation lakes natural watersheds nature nonfiction politics precipitation rivers science snowpack stormwater sustainability water capture water division water management water recycling water resources water science water storage water supply water wetlands |
ISBN | 0-520-96289-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Tapping into a Planetary Cycle -- CHAPTER TWO. California Water Landscape -- CHAPTER THREE. The Distribution System -- CHAPTER FOUR. Challenges to California Water Management -- CHAPTER FIVE. Meeting the Challenges: California's Water Future -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- HISTORICAL TIMELINE -- AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS -- REFERENCES -- PHOTO CREDITS -- INDEX -- AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797784403321 |
Carle David <1950-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Introduction to water in California / / David Carle |
Autore | Carle David <1950-> |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.6/109794 |
Soggetto topico |
Water-supply - California
Hydrology - California Water-supply - California - Management |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriculture
aqueducts climate change conservation dams desalination drought ecology environment environmental science environmentalism faucets flood global warming groundwater hydrologic region irrigation lakes natural watersheds nature nonfiction politics precipitation rivers science snowpack stormwater sustainability water capture water division water management water recycling water resources water science water storage water supply water wetlands |
ISBN | 0-520-96289-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Tapping into a Planetary Cycle -- CHAPTER TWO. California Water Landscape -- CHAPTER THREE. The Distribution System -- CHAPTER FOUR. Challenges to California Water Management -- CHAPTER FIVE. Meeting the Challenges: California's Water Future -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- HISTORICAL TIMELINE -- AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS -- REFERENCES -- PHOTO CREDITS -- INDEX -- AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807343303321 |
Carle David <1950-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Managing water [[electronic resource] ] : avoiding crisis in California / / Dorothy Green |
Autore | Green Dorothy <1929-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.6/109794 |
Soggetto topico |
Water-supply - California - Management
Water quality - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
calfed
california conservation elected officials environmental activism government and governing groundwater imported water lakes los angeles reclamation resource management reuse rivers storm water streams sustainability united states of america wastewater water contaminants water management accountability water management water policy issues water quality regulatory agency water suppliers water systems water treatment water use efficiency water watershed management |
ISBN |
9786612360121
1-282-36012-4 0-520-94122-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Los Angeles Area Water Supplies -- 2. Water Management: Who's in Charge? -- 3. Water Use Efficiency -- 4. Drinking Water Quality -- 5. State Policy and the Los Angeles Area -- GLOSSARY -- NATIVE PLANT RESOURCES -- WEBSITES OF INTEREST -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778070103321 |
Green Dorothy <1929-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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