Barnum Brown [[electronic resource] ] : the man who discovered Tyrannosaurus rex / / Lowell Dingus and Mark A. Norell |
Autore | Dingus Lowell |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
Disciplina |
560.92
B |
Altri autori (Persone) | NorellMark |
Soggetto topico |
Paleontologists - United States
Tyrannosaurus rex |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
american scientists barnum brown biographical dinosaur species dinosaurs famous discoveries famous scientists field notes fossil hunters fossils historical account legendary figures letters natural history natural sciences nonfiction oil paleontologist science historians science history scientific discoveries scientific expeditions scientists tyrannosaurus rex united states us government western frontier |
ISBN |
1-282-55614-2
9786612556142 0-520-94552-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Prologue. The Mindset of Barnum Brown -- One. Child of the Frontier (1873-1889) -- Two. Student . . . of Sorts (1889 - 1896) -- Three. Apprentice Extraordinaire (1896 - 1898) -- Four. To Land's End: Patagonia (1898 - 1900) -- Five. To the Depths of Hell Creek (1900 - 1903) -- Six. Love (1903 - 1906) -- Seven. Loss (1906 - 1910) -- Eight. The Canadian Dinosaur Bone Rush (1910 - 1916) -- Nine. Cuba, Abyssinia, and Other Intrigues (1916 - 1921) -- Ten. Jewels from the Orient: Raj India (1921 - 1923) -- Eleven. Perils and Pearls Up the Irrawaddy: Burma (1923) -- Twelve. Samos: Isle of Intrigue (1923 - 1925) -- Thirteen. Ancient Americans Hunting Bison? Birds as Dinosaurs? (1925 - 1931) -- Fourteen. Digging - and Flying - for Dinosaurs -- Fifteen. Toward the Golden Years -- Sixteen. Brown as a Spy, Movie Consultant, and Showman at the World's Fair (1942 - 1963) -- Epilogue -- Appendix One -- Appendix Two -- Appendix Three -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781037603321 |
Dingus Lowell | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The biology and ecology of giant kelp forests / / David R. Schiel and Michael S. Foster |
Autore | Schiel David R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (412 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.3 |
Soggetto topico | Giant kelp |
Soggetto non controllato |
earth sciences
ecology and environment ecology giant kelp forests giant kelp kelp biology kelp conservation kelp ecology kelp forest research kelp largest seaweed life sciences marine biology marine conservation marine ecology marine ecosystems marine environment marine life marine plants marine science marine scientists ocean life ocean plants oceanography science scientists sea life sea plants seaweed biology seaweed research seaweed uses of kelp |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Biology of Giant Kelp -- Part II. The Giant Kelp Ecosystem -- Part III. Human Usage, Management, and Conservation -- Part IV. Global Change and the Future -- Afterword -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788014803321 |
Schiel David R. | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The biology and ecology of giant kelp forests / / David R. Schiel and Michael S. Foster |
Autore | Schiel David R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (412 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.3 |
Soggetto topico | Giant kelp |
Soggetto non controllato |
earth sciences
ecology and environment ecology giant kelp forests giant kelp kelp biology kelp conservation kelp ecology kelp forest research kelp largest seaweed life sciences marine biology marine conservation marine ecology marine ecosystems marine environment marine life marine plants marine science marine scientists ocean life ocean plants oceanography science scientists sea life sea plants seaweed biology seaweed research seaweed uses of kelp |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Biology of Giant Kelp -- Part II. The Giant Kelp Ecosystem -- Part III. Human Usage, Management, and Conservation -- Part IV. Global Change and the Future -- Afterword -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822969903321 |
Schiel David R. | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The biology of chameleons / / edited by Krystal A. Tolley and Anthony Herrel ; photo by Michele Menegon ; contributors, Christopher V. Anderson [and eleven others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
Disciplina | 597.95/6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
TolleyKrystal
HerrelAnthony MenegonMichele AndersonChristopher V |
Soggetto topico | Chameleons |
Soggetto non controllato |
adaptation
anatomy behavior study biogeography biology researchers biology students biology chamaeleons chameleon biology chameleons change color classification conservation ecology evolution family chamaeleonidae fossil records herpetology lizards moveable eyes natural history old world lizards phylogeny physiology prehensile tail professional herpetologists range of colors reptiles science and math science scientists species theoretical zygodactylous feet |
ISBN | 0-520-95738-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- 1. Biology of the Chameleons: An Introduction -- 2. Chameleon Anatomy -- 3. Chameleon Physiology -- 4. Function and Adaptation of Chameleons -- 5. Ecology and Life History of Chameleons -- 6. Chameleon Behavior and Color Change -- 7. Evolution and Biogeography of Chameleons -- 8. Overview of the Systematics of the Chamaeleonidae -- 9. Fossil History of Chameleons -- 10.Chameleon Conservation -- APPENDIX -- ABBREVIATIONS -- REFERENCES -- PHOTO CREDITS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787774103321 |
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The biology of chameleons / / edited by Krystal A. Tolley and Anthony Herrel ; photo by Michele Menegon ; contributors, Christopher V. Anderson [and eleven others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
Disciplina | 597.95/6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
TolleyKrystal
HerrelAnthony MenegonMichele AndersonChristopher V |
Soggetto topico | Chameleons |
Soggetto non controllato |
adaptation
anatomy behavior study biogeography biology researchers biology students biology chamaeleons chameleon biology chameleons change color classification conservation ecology evolution family chamaeleonidae fossil records herpetology lizards moveable eyes natural history old world lizards phylogeny physiology prehensile tail professional herpetologists range of colors reptiles science and math science scientists species theoretical zygodactylous feet |
ISBN | 0-520-95738-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- 1. Biology of the Chameleons: An Introduction -- 2. Chameleon Anatomy -- 3. Chameleon Physiology -- 4. Function and Adaptation of Chameleons -- 5. Ecology and Life History of Chameleons -- 6. Chameleon Behavior and Color Change -- 7. Evolution and Biogeography of Chameleons -- 8. Overview of the Systematics of the Chamaeleonidae -- 9. Fossil History of Chameleons -- 10.Chameleon Conservation -- APPENDIX -- ABBREVIATIONS -- REFERENCES -- PHOTO CREDITS -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824744403321 |
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Building Green : Environmental Architects and the Struggle for Sustainability in Mumbai / / Anne Rademacher |
Autore | Rademacher Anne |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 203 pages) : illustrations, map; PDF, digital file(s) |
Disciplina | 720/.470954792 |
Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology) - India - Mumbai
Architecture - Environmental aspects - India - Mumbai Architects - India - Mumbai Sustainable architecture - India - Mumbai |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
activists
architects dense population designers ecological stresses engaged architectural practice environment environmental architecture graduate degree program green design informal settlements layered political power relations mumbai practitioners scientists sustainability urban and land use planning urban areas urban change urban development economy urban expertise wealth asymmetries |
ISBN | 0-520-96872-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | City ascending, city imploding -- The integrated subject -- Ecology in practice : environmental architecture as good design -- Rectifying failure : imagining the new city and the power to create it -- More than human nature and the open space predicament -- Consciousness and Indian-ness : making design "good" -- A vocation in waiting : ecology in practice -- Soldiering sustainability. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996333145603316 |
Rademacher Anne | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Building Green : Environmental Architects and the Struggle for Sustainability in Mumbai / / Anne Rademacher |
Autore | Rademacher Anne |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 203 pages) : illustrations, map; PDF, digital file(s) |
Disciplina | 720/.470954792 |
Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology) - India - Mumbai
Architecture - Environmental aspects - India - Mumbai Architects - India - Mumbai Sustainable architecture - India - Mumbai |
Soggetto non controllato |
activists
architects dense population designers ecological stresses engaged architectural practice environment environmental architecture graduate degree program green design informal settlements layered political power relations mumbai practitioners scientists sustainability urban and land use planning urban areas urban change urban development economy urban expertise wealth asymmetries |
ISBN | 0-520-96872-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | City ascending, city imploding -- The integrated subject -- Ecology in practice : environmental architecture as good design -- Rectifying failure : imagining the new city and the power to create it -- More than human nature and the open space predicament -- Consciousness and Indian-ness : making design "good" -- A vocation in waiting : ecology in practice -- Soldiering sustainability. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910245737903321 |
Rademacher Anne | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The California Nitrogen Assessment : Challenges and Solutions for People, Agriculture, and the Environment / / Thomas P. Tomich |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 631.8/409794 |
Soggetto topico |
Nitrogen - Environmental aspects - California
Nitrogen cycle - Environmental aspects - California Nitrogen fertilizers - Government policy - California Biodiversity conservation - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriscience
air pollution air quality biodiversity conservation biodiversity california agriculture californias nitrogen cycle climate change climate science ecology environmental science integrated ecosystem assessment life sciences nitrogen and climate change nitrogen cycle nitrogen emissions nitrogen fertilizers nitrogen flows nitrogen pollution california scientists use of nitrogen water pollution california |
ISBN | 0-520-96223-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ONLINE APPENDICES -- LIST OF BOXES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF MAPS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- MEMBERS OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- MEMBERS OF THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- LIST OF REVIEW EDITORS -- LIST OF SCIENTIFIC REVIEWERS -- COMMON ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- CHEMICAL FORMULAS -- 1. Introducing the California Nitrogen Assessment -- 2. Underlying drivers of nitrogen flows in California -- 3. Direct drivers of California's nitrogen cycle -- 4. A California nitrogen mass balance for 2005 -- 5. Ecosystem Services and human well-being -- 6. Scenarios for the future of nitrogen management in California agriculture -- 7. Responses: Technologies and practices -- 8. Responses: Policies and institutions -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798400603321 |
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The California Nitrogen Assessment : Challenges and Solutions for People, Agriculture, and the Environment / / Thomas P. Tomich |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 631.8/409794 |
Soggetto topico |
Nitrogen - Environmental aspects - California
Nitrogen cycle - Environmental aspects - California Nitrogen fertilizers - Government policy - California Biodiversity conservation - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
agriscience
air pollution air quality biodiversity conservation biodiversity california agriculture californias nitrogen cycle climate change climate science ecology environmental science integrated ecosystem assessment life sciences nitrogen and climate change nitrogen cycle nitrogen emissions nitrogen fertilizers nitrogen flows nitrogen pollution california scientists use of nitrogen water pollution california |
ISBN | 0-520-96223-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ONLINE APPENDICES -- LIST OF BOXES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF MAPS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- MEMBERS OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- MEMBERS OF THE STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- LIST OF REVIEW EDITORS -- LIST OF SCIENTIFIC REVIEWERS -- COMMON ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- CHEMICAL FORMULAS -- 1. Introducing the California Nitrogen Assessment -- 2. Underlying drivers of nitrogen flows in California -- 3. Direct drivers of California's nitrogen cycle -- 4. A California nitrogen mass balance for 2005 -- 5. Ecosystem Services and human well-being -- 6. Scenarios for the future of nitrogen management in California agriculture -- 7. Responses: Technologies and practices -- 8. Responses: Policies and institutions -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808440603321 |
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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