Adventures among ants : a global safari with a cast of trillions / / Mark W. Moffett |
Autore | Moffett Mark W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
Disciplina | 595.79/615 |
Soggetto topico |
Ants - Behavior
Ant communities Ants - Ecology |
Soggetto non controllato |
amazon
ant behavior ant colonies ant facts ant farms ant lovers ant societies ant species ants australia biologists biology bugs california complex lives ecosystems entomologists entomology evolution global ants humanity illustrated indonesia insect biology insects life sciences military ants natural history natural setting natural world naturalism naturalists nigeria nonfiction photographs zoology |
ISBN | 0-520-94541-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Travels with My Ants -- A Brief Primer on Ants -- Marauder Ant, the Ultimate Omnivore -- African Army Ant, Raiders on the Swarm -- Weaver Ant, Empress of the Air -- Amazon Ant, the Slavemaker -- Leafcutter Ant, the Constant Gardener -- Argentine Ant, the Global Invader -- Conclusion: Four Ways of Looking at an Ant -- Acknowledgments and a Note on Content -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781559003321 |
Moffett Mark W
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American perceptions of immigrant and invasive species [[electronic resource] ] : strangers on the land / / Peter A. Coates |
Autore | Coates Peter A. <1957-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95/230973 |
Soggetto topico |
Introduced organisms - United States - History
Biology |
Soggetto non controllato |
biology
botany conservation conservationism cultural history ecological identity english sparrow environmental conservation protection environmental justice environmentalism environmentalists eucalyptus tree human immigration hybridized plants invading plants native american species natural sciences natural world plant nerds unite thought-provoking book |
ISBN |
1-282-75950-7
9786612759505 0-520-93325-7 1-4337-0003-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Strangers and Natives -- 2. The Avian Conquest of a Continent -- 3. Plants, Insects, and Other Strangers to the Soil -- 4. Arboreal Immigrants -- 5. The Nature of Alien Nation -- NOTES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784418503321 |
Coates Peter A. <1957->
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Between earth and sky [[electronic resource] ] : our intimate connections to trees / / Nalini M. Nadkarni |
Autore | Nadkarni Nalini |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 582.16 |
Soggetto topico |
Trees - Social aspects
Trees - Religious aspects Trees - Environmental aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
activists
artists biology canopy biology clergymen commerce cultural studies culture fauna habitats legal issues legislation life lessons loggers medicine musicians natural world nature religion religious studies science scientific students symbolic symbolism tree animals tree dwelling animals trees true story |
ISBN |
1-282-75948-5
9786612759482 0-520-93312-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledglnents -- Introduction: View from the Top -- ONE. What Is a Tree? -- TWO. Goods and Services -- THREE. Shelter and Protection -- FOUR. Health and Healing -- FIVE. Play and Imagination -- SIX. Connections to Time -- SEVEN. Signs and Symbols -- EIGHT. Spirituality and Religion -- NINE. Mindfulness -- Scientific Names of Trees in the Text -- Notes -- Recommended Readings -- Poetry Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778067703321 |
Nadkarni Nalini
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
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Biology unmoored : Melanesian reflections on life and biotechnology / / Sandra Bamford |
Autore | Bamford Sandra C. <1962-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 230 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 305.89/912 |
Soggetto topico |
Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) - Ethnobiology
Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) - Agriculture Hamtai (Papua New Guinean people) - Psychology Human body - Social aspects - Papua New Guinea - Gulf Province Indigenous peoples - Ecology - Papua New Guinea - Gulf Province Ethnobiology - Papua New Guinea - Gulf Province Biotechnology Genetic engineering |
Soggetto non controllato |
assisted reproductive technologies
biodiversity biologists biology biotechnology cloning environmental impacts ethnographers ethnographic research genetically modified organisms gmos human condition human genome mapping human impact human relationships melanesia natural world nonfiction organic life papua new guinea physiological reproduction reproductive technologies sex and culture sexual reproduction social science western ideas |
ISBN |
1-282-35837-5
9786612358371 0-520-93947-6 1-4337-0138-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: conceptual frameworks -- Cultural landscapes -- Insubstantial identities -- Embodiments of detachment -- (Im) mortal undertakings -- Conceiving global identities -- Conclusion: conceptual displacements. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784411803321 |
Bamford Sandra C. <1962->
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Breaking through [[electronic resource] ] : essays, journals, and travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts / / edited by Katharine A. Rodger ; foreword by Susan F. Beegel |
Autore | Ricketts Edward Flanders <1897-1948.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
Disciplina | 578.77/092 |
Altri autori (Persone) | RodgerKatharine A <1974-> (Katharine Anne) |
Soggetto topico |
Marine invertebrates - Pacific Coast (U.S.)
Marine invertebrates - Mexico - California, Gulf of Teleology |
Soggetto non controllato |
a spiritual morphology of poetry
biography california cannery row conservation earth sciences ecology edward ricketts environment environmentalism gulf of california invertebrates log from the sea of cortez marine biology mexican village mexico monterey natural history natural world naturalism naturalist nature nonfiction oceanography science steinbeck the philosophy of breaking through travel writing travel travelogue village wildlife |
ISBN |
1-282-35899-5
1-4237-8961-X 9786612358999 0-520-93266-8 1-60129-387-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Editor's Note -- Introduction -- 1. Foreword to the 1925 Pacific Biological Laboratories Catalog -- 2. "Zoological Introduction" to Between Pacific Tides -- 3. "The Philosophy of 'Breaking Through'" -- 4. "A Spiritual Morphology of Poetry" -- 5. "Essay on Non-teleological Thinking" -- 6. "Verbatim Transcription of Notes of Gulf of California Trip, March-April 1940" -- 7. "Thesis and Materials for a Script on Mexico" -- 8. "Outline and Conspectus" for a Book on the Mandated Islands -- 9. "Transcript of Summer 1945 and 1946 Notes Based on Trips to the Outer Shores, West Coast of Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, and So On" -- 10. "Investigator Blames Industry, Nature for Shortage" -- Epilogue -- Living at the Lab with My Father -- Early Days: Nicknames and Such -- Works Cited -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783669203321 |
Ricketts Edward Flanders <1897-1948.>
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Burying Uncertainty : Risk and the Case Against Geological Disposal of Nuclear Waste / / K. S. Shrader-Frechette |
Autore | Shrader-Frechette K. S. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1993] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.48/38 |
Soggetto topico |
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Environmental aspects
Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Risk assessment |
Soggetto non controllato |
american history
consent due process ethics geology government half life health and safety legal issues liability morals natural history natural world nevada nuclear power nuclear waste political politics pollution public health radioactive waste radwaste respiratory illness science scientific united states history us government us history yucca mountain |
ISBN |
1-282-35497-3
9786612354977 0-520-91396-5 0-585-29941-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. The Riddle of Nuclear Waste -- 2. Understanding the Origins of the Problem -- 3. Reliance on Value Judgments in Repository Risk Assessment -- 4. Subjective Estimates of Repository Risks -- 5. Subjective Evaluations of Repository Risks -- 6. Problematic Inferences in in Assessing Repository Risks -- 7. Uncertainty: An Obstacle to Geological Disposal -- 8. Equity: An Obstacle to Geological Disposal -- 9. .An Alternative to Permanent Geological Disposal -- Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495870003321 |
Shrader-Frechette K. S.
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California's frontier naturalists [[electronic resource] /] / Richard G. Beidleman |
Autore | Beidleman Richard G |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (501 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.794 |
Soggetto topico |
Natural history - California
Scientific expeditions - California Naturalists - California - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
american west
botany boundary surveys california david douglas death valley expedition explorers fieldwork frontier geological survey geology john fremont la perouse land development land management mexican war monterey natural sciences natural world naturalism naturalist nature nonfiction pacific northwest paleontology paolo botta plants railroads richard hinds sara lemmon science scientists settling the west thomas nuttall united states wild west wilderness william brewer zoology |
ISBN |
0-520-92750-8
9786612356339 1-282-35633-X 1-59875-921-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Prelude -- Part 1. The Oceanic Expeditions -- Part 2. The Early Peripatetic Naturalists -- Part 3. The Overland Expeditions and Their Naturalists -- Part 4. Iron Horses and River Steamers -- Part 5. The California Geological Survey -- Part 6. Institutions and Naturalists -- Part 7. The Postwar Naturalists -- Selected References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783669403321 |
Beidleman Richard G
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Called by the wild [[electronic resource] ] : the autobiography of a conservationist / / Raymond F. Dasmann ; with a foreword by Paul Erhlich |
Autore | Dasmann Raymond F. <1919-2002.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina |
333.7/2/092
B |
Soggetto topico | Conservationists - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
africa
australia autobiography biography biology bioregionalism biosphere california caribbean conservation dasmann ecology ecotourism environment environmental movement environmentalism fieldwork game management kinshasha memoir military service military natural world nature preserve nature nonfiction politics population growth rain forest san francisco soldier south pacific sri lanka sustainability united nations united states veteran wilderness wildlife world war two ww2 |
ISBN |
0-520-92740-0
1-59734-521-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Beginnings: The Lure of Wild Country -- 2. School, the Woods, and War -- 3. Red Arrows Never Glance -- 4. Live Coward or Dead Hero? -- 5. Elizabeth's Story -- 6. Reunion -- 7. Transition -- 8. Deer -- 9. Arcata -- 10. Conservation by Slaughter -- 11. Return to the United States -- 12. Influences and Efforts -- 13. Too Many, Too Much -- 14. Uniting Nations -- 15. Return to Africa -- 16. Ecosystem and Biosphere People -- 17. The Edges of the Sea -- 18. The Incident in Kinshasha -- 19. Return to the South Pacific -- 20. Back to the Land -- 21. Damming Paradise -- 22. Other Ways of Life -- 23. Biosphere Reserves -- 24. Finale -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Dasmann Raymond F. <1919-2002.>
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Cleomedes' lectures on astronomy [[electronic resource] ] : a translation of the heavens / / Cleomedes ; with an introduction and commentary by Alan C. Bowen and Robert B. Todd |
Autore | Cleomedes |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA, : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
Disciplina | 520/.938 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BowenAlan C
ToddRobert B |
Collana | Hellenistic culture and society |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy, Greek
Astronomy |
Soggetto non controllato |
alexandria
ancient greece ancient greeks ancient philosophy astronomy caelestia cleomedes cosmology cosmos greek philosophy hellenism metaphysics moral philosophy natural world nonfiction philosophy science and philosophy social philosophy stoic philosopher stoic philosophy stoicism the heavens zodiac |
ISBN |
0-520-92851-2
1-282-35678-X 9786612356780 1-59734-546-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Book One of Cleomedes'. The Heavens -- APPENDIX: POSIDONIUS ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMIE -- GLOSSARY OF SELECTED TERMS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PASSAGES FROM COLLECTIONS IN COLLECTIONS OF TEXTS -- GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX LOCORUM |
Altri titoli varianti | Lectures on astronomy |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780457003321 |
Cleomedes
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Conversations on the plurality of worlds [[electronic resource] /] / Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle ; translation by H.A. Hargreaves ; introduction by Nina Rattner Gelbart |
Autore | Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), <1657-1757.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1990 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (134 p.) |
Disciplina | 574.999 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HargreavesH. A |
Soggetto topico | Plurality of worlds - Early works to 1800 |
Soggetto non controllato |
1700s
17th century academic age of enlightenment alien life astronomy classic literature classic philosophy descartes england european history extraterrestrial french language heliocentric logic natural philosophy natural world philosophy physics popular science scholarly science scientific translation universe western world world history |
ISBN |
1-282-35575-9
9786612355752 0-520-91058-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Translator's Preface -- Preface -- Dedication -- The First Evening -- The Second Evening -- The Third Evening -- The Fourth Evening -- The Fifth Evening -- Notes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780432203321 |
Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), <1657-1757.>
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1990 | ||
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