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The Geysers of Yellowstone
Sixth Edition
University Press of Colorado
This new edition of The Geysers of Yellowstone is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference to the geysers of Yellowstone National Park, describing in detail each of the more than five hundred geysers in the park.
Feathered Entanglements
Human-Bird Relations in the Anthropocene
Edited by Scott Simon and Frédéric Laugrand
UBC Press
Feathered Entanglements investigates human–bird relations across the Indo-Pacific and shows what birds can teach us about how to live with other species in the Anthropocene.
Official Guide to Texas State Parks and Historic Sites
New Edition
University of Texas Press
The essential guide to Texas’s state parks and historic sites.
Penser le lien culture-nature en droit
Réflexions. Réalisations. Aspirations.
Les Presses de l'Université Laval, Laval University Press
The Jewel Box
How Moths Illuminate Nature’s Hidden Rules
Island Press
A plastic box with a lightbulb attached may seem like an odd birthday present. But for ecologist Tim Blackburn, a moth trap is a captivating window into the world beyond the roof of his London flat. With names like the Dingy Footman, Jersey Tiger, Pale Mottled Willow, and Uncertain, and at least 140,000 identified species, moths are fascinating in their own right. But no moth is an island—they are vital links in the web of life. In The Jewel Box, Blackburn introduces a landscape of unseen connections, showing us how contents of one small box can illuminate the workings of all nature.
Armadillos to Ziziphus
A Naturalist in the Texas Hill Country
By David M. Hillis; Foreword by Harry W. Greene
University of Texas Press
This book aims to show people, in short pieces accompanied by one image, some of the surprising, fascinating, and ecologically valuable things happening around a Hill Country ranch.
Applied Panarchy
Applications and Diffusion across Disciplines
Island Press
Although humans desire stability in our lives to help us understand the world and survive, nothing in nature is permanently stable. How can society anticipate and adjust to the changes we see around us? Scientists use panarchy theory to understand how systems—whether forests, electrical grids, agriculture, coastal surges, public health, or human economies and governance—interact together in unpredictable ways. Applied Panarchy, the much-anticipated successor to Lance Gunderson and C.S. Holling’s seminal 2002 volume Panarchy, documents the extraordinary advances in interdisciplinary panarchy scholarship and applications over the past two decades.
Intended as a text for graduate courses in environmental sciences and related fields, Applied Panarchy picks up where Panarchy left off, inspiring new generations of scholars, researchers, and professionals to put its ideas to work in practical ways.
Intended as a text for graduate courses in environmental sciences and related fields, Applied Panarchy picks up where Panarchy left off, inspiring new generations of scholars, researchers, and professionals to put its ideas to work in practical ways.
Urban Ecology for Citizens and Planners
By Gail Hansen and Joseli Macedo
University of Florida Press
This volume offers a wealth of information and examples for those looking to help bring urban environments into harmony with the natural world and make cities more sustainable.
The Geysers of Yellowstone, Fifth Edition
University Press of Colorado
The most up-to-date and comprehensive reference to the geysers of Yellowstone National Park.
Official Guide to Texas State Parks and Historic Sites
New Edition
University of Texas Press
Pushing Our Limits
Insights from Biosphere 2
By Mark Nelson
The University of Arizona Press
Mark Nelson, one of the eight crew members locked in Biosphere 2 during its first closure experiment, offers a compelling insider’s view of the dramatic story behind the mini-world. Nelson clears up common misconceptions about the 1991–1993 closure experiment as he presents the goals and results of the experiment and the implications of the project for today’s global environmental challenges and for reconnecting people to a healthy relationship with nature.
Sustaining Wildlands
Integrating Science and Community in Prince William Sound
Edited by Aaron J. Poe and Randy Gimblett
The University of Arizona Press
Twenty-eight scientists and managers and thirteen local community residents address what has come to be a central paradox in public lands management: the need to accommodate increasing human use while reducing the environmental impact of those activities. This volume draws on diverse efforts and perspectives to dissect this paradox, offering an alternative approach where human use is central to sustaining wildlands and recovering a damaged ecosystem like Prince William Sound.
No Species Is an Island
Bats, Cacti, and Secrets of the Sonoran Desert
By Theodore H. Fleming; Illustrated by Kim Kanoa Duffek
The University of Arizona Press
No Species Is an Island describes the surprising results of Theodore H. Fleming’s eleven-year study of pollination biology in Sonora, Mexico, in the most biologically diverse desert in the world. These discoveries serve as a primer on how to conduct ecological research, and offer important conservation lessons for us all. Fleming offers an insightful look at how field ecologists work, and the often big surprises that come from looking carefully at a natural world where no species stands alone.
A Coast Beyond Compare
Coastal Geology and Ecology of Southern Alaska
University of Alaska Press, Pandion Books
Vanishing Bees
Science, Politics, and Honeybee Health
Rutgers University Press
In 2005, beekeepers in the United States began observing a mysterious and disturbing phenomenon: once-healthy colonies of bees were suddenly collapsing, leaving behind empty hives. As it explores the contours of this crisis, Vanishing Bees considers an equally urgent question: what happens when beekeepers, farmers, scientists, agrichemical corporations, and government regulators approach the problem from different vantage points and cannot see eye-to-eye? The answer may have profound consequences for every person who wants to keep fresh food on the table.
Foundations of Restoration Ecology
Island Press
The practice of ecological restoration provides governments, organizations, and landowners a means to halt degradation and restore function to stressed ecosystems. Foundational theory is a critical component of the underlying science, providing valuable insights into restoring ecological systems and understanding why some efforts can fail.
Foundations of Restoration Ecology, Second Edition, has been dramatically updated to reflect new research in restoration ecology, including new sections on specific ecosystem processes, including hydrology, nutrient dynamics, and carbon. Case studies describe real-life restoration scenarios in North and South America, Europe, and Australia. Lists at the end of each chapter summarize new theory and practical applications.
Written by acclaimed researchers in the field, this book provides practitioners as well as graduate and undergraduate students with a solid grounding in the newest advances in ecological science and theory.
Foundations of Restoration Ecology, Second Edition, has been dramatically updated to reflect new research in restoration ecology, including new sections on specific ecosystem processes, including hydrology, nutrient dynamics, and carbon. Case studies describe real-life restoration scenarios in North and South America, Europe, and Australia. Lists at the end of each chapter summarize new theory and practical applications.
Written by acclaimed researchers in the field, this book provides practitioners as well as graduate and undergraduate students with a solid grounding in the newest advances in ecological science and theory.
Ecology of Salmonids in Estuaries around the World
Adaptations, Habitats, and Conservation
UBC Press
A comprehensive guide to understanding the crucial role estuaries play in the salmonid life cycle and what can be done to conserve – and recover – this important fish habitat.
Ethnobiology for the Future
Linking Cultural and Ecological Diversity
Edited by Gary Paul Nabhan; Foreword by Paul E. Minnis
The University of Arizona Press
Ethnobiology is dedicated to celebrating the knowledge and values of some of the most distinctive cultures and practices on Earth. In this important new collection, MacArthur Fellow Gary Paul Nabhan lays out the case for the future of the field. Nabhan and his colleagues from across disciplines and cultures call for an ethnobiology that is provocative, problem-driven, and, above all, inspiring.
What Should a Clever Moose Eat?
Natural History, Ecology, and the North Woods
By John Pastor; Foreword by Bernd Heinrich
Island Press
In What Should a Clever Moose Eat?, John Pastor explores the natural history of the North Woods, an immense and complex forest that stretches from the western shore of Lake Superior to the far coast of Newfoundland. From the geological history of the region to the shapes of leaves and the relationship between aspens, caterpillars, and predators, Pastor delves into a fascinating range of topics as diverse as the North Woods themselves. Through his meticulous observations of the natural world, scientists and nonscientists alike learn to ask natural history questions and form their own theories, gaining a greater understanding of and love for the North Woods—and other natural places precious to them.
The Quiet Extinction
Stories of North America’s Rare and Threatened Plants
By Kara Rogers
The University of Arizona Press
The Quiet Extinction explores the reasons many of our native plants are disappearing, noting their significance to the continent’s natural heritage. Kara Rogers captures the excitement of their discovery, the tragedy that has come to define their existence, and the remarkable efforts underway to save them.
Requiem for the Santa Cruz
An Environmental History of an Arizona River
By Robert H. Webb, Julio L. Betancourt, R. Roy Johnson, and Raymond M. Turner; Foreword by Bernard L. Fontana
The University of Arizona Press
Requiem for the Santa Cruz is the riveting human and natural history of the life and death of a Southwestern river. The book is a model for explaining changes in river systems and the consequences, and will appeal to a wide-ranging audience of water lawyers, floodplain managers, land-use planners, people who live near major rivers in the Southwest, bird watchers, and armchair historians.
Northscapes
History, Technology, and the Making of Northern Environments
Edited by Dolly Jørgensen and Sverker Sörlin
UBC Press
Northscapes examines concepts of North and the way in which different northern environments are shaped by the intersection of technology and human societies.
Tibet Wild
A Naturalist’s Journey on the Roof of the World
Island Press
Follows Dr. George Schaller’s expeditions to the Tibetan Plateau from 1984 until the present day, including an inside look at Schaller’s current and possibly most ambitious project: the creation of the Pamir International Peace Park at the junction of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, and Tajikistan.
Land of Extremes
A Natural History of the Arctic North Slope of Alaska
By Alex Huryn and John Hobbie
University of Alaska Press
The Shape of Green
Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design
By Lance Hosey
Island Press
The Shape of Green argues that beauty is inherent to sustainability, for how things look and feel is as important as how they’re made.
Climate and Conservation
Landscape and Seascape Science, Planning, and Action
Island Press
Climate and Conservation offers readers tangible, place-based examples of projects designed to protect large landscapes as a means of conserving biodiversity in the face of the looming threat of global climate change.
Vital Signs 2012
The Trends that are Shaping Our Future
By The Worldwatch Institute
Island Press
From obesity to ecosystem services, from grain production to nuclear power, this book offers the sometimes-shocking facts that need to guide our stewardship of the Earth’s resources.
State of the World 2012
Creating Sustainable Prosperity
By The Worldwatch Institute
Island Press
An incisive assessment of environmental successes and failures over the past twenty years—and what we should do next.
Green Planet
How Plants Keep the Earth Alive
Rutgers University Press
Beginning with an overview of how human civilization has altered the face of the Earth, particularly by the destruction of forests, the book details the startling consequences of these actions. Rice provides compelling reasons for government officials, economic leaders, and the public to support efforts to save threatened and endangered plants. This book was named 2009 Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the year.
Intelligent Tinkering
Bridging the Gap between Science and Practice
Island Press
Robert J. Cabin explores the relationship between science and practice in ecological restoration. Despite the often distinct cultures and methodologies of scientists and practitioners, Cabin shows how each has a vital role in effective restoration and offers suggestions for improving working relationships.
One approach he advocates is what he calls "intelligent tinkering," where practitioners employ the same kind of careful but informal trial-and-error strategy followed by such groups as indigenous peoples and hobbyist mechanics. Cabin illustrates the power of intelligent tinkering using examples from his own work and other restoration projects.
The gap between science and practice is a widespread problem across all fields of applied science. Intelligent Tinkering offers an insightful look at the underlying causes of the problem, along with invaluable suggestions for addressing it.
British Columbia’s Inland Rainforest
Ecology, Conservation, and Management
By Susan K. Stevenson, Harold M. Armleder, André Arsenault, Darwyn Coxson, S. Craig DeLong, and Michael Jull
UBC Press
This book brings together information from a wide range of sources about the ecology, management, and conservation of British Columbia’s inland rainforest.
Wild New Jersey
Nature Adventures in the Garden State
By David Wheeler; Foreword by Margaret O'Gorman
Rutgers University Press, Rivergate Books
Wild New Jersey invites readers along Wheeler’s whirlwind year-long tour of the most ecologically diverse state for its size in America. Along with the expert guidance of charismatic wildlife biologists and local conservationists, he explores mountains, valleys, beaches, pine barrens, caves, rivers, marshlands, and more—breathtaking landscapes and the state’s Noah’s Ark of fascinating creatures.
Water Wisdom
Preparing the Groundwork for Cooperative and Sustainable Water Management in the Middle East
Edited by Alon Tal and Alfred Abed Rabbo
Rutgers University Press
Israel and Palestine are water scarce. As the peace process continues amidst ongoing violence, water remains a political and environmental issue. Water Wisdom is model for those who believe that water conflict can be an opportunity for cooperation rather than violence. Thirty leading Palestinian and Israeli activists, water scientists, politicians, and others met to develop a future vision for the sustainable shared management of water resources. Their work explores the full range of scientific, political, social, and economic issues related to water use in the region; acknowledges areas of continuing controversy; and identifies areas of agreement.
Water Wisdom
Preparing the Groundwork for Cooperative and Sustainable Water Management in the Middle East
Edited by Alon Tal and Alfred Abed Rabbo
Rutgers University Press
Israel and Palestine are water scarce. As the peace process continues amidst ongoing violence, water remains a political and environmental issue. Water Wisdom is model for those who believe that water conflict can be an opportunity for cooperation rather than violence. Thirty leading Palestinian and Israeli activists, water scientists, politicians, and others met to develop a future vision for the sustainable shared management of water resources. Their work explores the full range of scientific, political, social, and economic issues related to water use in the region; acknowledges areas of continuing controversy; and identifies areas of agreement.
Ecology and Wonder in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Heritage Site
Athabasca University Press
Examining the ecology of the Western Canadian mountain region, this book argues that preserving the Rocky Mountains may be an important defence against future climate change impacts on the Canadian west.
What Is Water?
The History of a Modern Abstraction
By Jamie Linton
UBC Press
A history of the modern concept of water that traces how a scientific abstraction has helped to produce a global crisis.
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