Applied ecology Books
Elsevier Science Dynamic Sedimentary Environments of Mangrove
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1. Biogeomorphological processes 1. Biogeomorphic evolution and expansion of mangrove forests in New Zealand’s sediment-rich estuarine systems 2. Mangroves: a natural early warning system of erosion of open muddy coasts in French Guiana 3. Groundwater research in mangrove coastal ecosystems - new prospects 4. Flow and sediment dynamics around structures in mangrove ecosystems - a modelling perspective 5. Morphological plasticity and survival thresholds of mangrove plants growing in active sedimentary environments 6. Microbial communities in mangrove sediments Part 2. Long-term sedimentary processes and sea-level rise 7. The history of surface-elevation paradigms in mangrove biogeomorphology 8. Radiocarbon dating of mangrove sediments 9. Australian mangroves through the Holocene: interactions between sea-level, mangrove extent and carbon sequestration 10. Responses of mangrove ecosystems to sea level change 11. Does geomorphology determine vulnerability of mangrove coasts to sea-level rise? Part 3. Blue Carbon 12. Environmental drivers of blue carbon burial and soil carbon stocks in mangrove forests 13. Gaps and opportunities in mangrove blue carbon research: a biogeographic perspective 14. State of biogeochemical blue carbon in South Asian mangroves 15. Quantity and quality of organic matter in mangrove sediments 16. Relevance of allochthonous input from an agriculture-dominated hinterland for 'blue carbon' storage in mangrove sediments in Java, Indonesia 17. Potential carbon loss in sediment through methane production during early development stage of mangrove regeneration in restored mangroves 18. Blue carbon storage comparing mangroves with salt marsh and seagrass habitats at a warm temperate continental limit 19. Mangrove carbon sequestration and sediment deposition changes under cordgrass invasion Part 4. Mangrove management and restoration 20. A framework for the quantitative assessment of mangrove resilience 21. Assessment of typhoon impacts and post-typhoon recovery in Philippine mangroves: Lessons and challenges for adaptive management 22. Managing sediment dynamics through reintroduction of tidal flow for mangrove restoration in abandoned aquaculture ponds 23. Impacts of forestry on mangrove sediment dynamics Conclusions
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Oxford University Press Plant Strategies The Demographic Consequences of
Book SynopsisThe goal of this accessible book is to articulate a coherent framework that unifies life history theory with comparative functional ecology to advance prediction in plant ecology. Predicting how species respond to global change is perhaps the most important challenge of our time.Trade ReviewThis book is remarkable for the enthusiastic treatment of not only the critique of published ideas about plant strategies, but also the wide range of studies that underpin those ideas. The author seems equally at home as he reviews relevant findings (and gaps in understanding) in areas as different as plant morphology and physiology on the one hand and demography, evolution, and game theory on the other. * Peter Grubb, Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK *A stout-hearted trek through the rugged landscape of plant ecological strategies, species traits, and how they translate into demographic success in some settings but not others. The writing is energetic and richly illustrated; Laughlin must be a lively teacher! An excellent read for research students and discussion groups. * Mark Westoby, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia *This book is as rich in scientific knowledge as it is passionate about scientific history and the complexity of plant life on earth. With the aim to merge various concepts in plant ecology, the thought-provoking framework it provides will certainly stimulate research in holistic plant functioning. Furthermore, it is simply an absolute pleasure to read! * Joana Bergmann, PhD, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany *Step by step, the reader is patiently guided and encouraged into conceptual thinking in plant ecology, inevitably leading to new hypotheses and ways of testing them in plants at different ecological scales. I specifically admire the tone of the book. When reading, I 'hear' the caring teacher sharing both the concepts and the personal stories beyond the ecology; the true excitement of the botanist discovering the secrets of plants; the experienced scientist leading us to the state-of-art of this field, and the connecting optimist believing that it is still possible to restore the plant diversity in our ecosystems. This is hardcore science, but in an encouraging and light hearted tone. This book is for the new (and old!) generations of students in plant science and ecology! I am deeply impressed. * Liesje Mommer, Professor of Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, Wageningen University, The Netherlands *Table of ContentsPrologue Part 1: Foundations 1: Perspectives on Plant Strategies 2: A Menagerie of Plant Strategy Models 3: The Dimensionality of Plant Strategy Theory Part 2: Demography and Life History 4: Plant Demography 5: Life History Theory Applied to Plants Part 3: Comparative Functional Ecology 6: Plant Functional Traits and the Multidimensional Phenotype 7: Plant Strategies Along Resource, Disturbance, and Temperature Gradients Part 4: The Net Effect of Traits on Fitness 8: Empirical Approaches to Infer Fitness from Traits 9: Game Theoretical Approaches to Infer Fitness from Traits 10: Applying Plant Strategies in Conservation and Restoration Part 5: The Effect of Traits on Demographic Rates 11: Plant Traits That Promote Growth and Enhance Survival 12: Plant Traits That Bolster Recruitment Epilogue
£37.99
Oxford University Press The Biology of Urban Environments
Book SynopsisHow do plants, animals, and humans manage to survive and adapt to the urban environment? This book provides a comprehensive coverage of biological matters related to urban environments presenting both the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings, and practical examples required to understand and address the challenges presented by this novel environment. The Biology of Urban Environments focusses on urban denizens: species (both domesticated and non-domesticated) that live for all or part of their life cycle in towns and cities. The biology of household plants and companion animals is discussed alongside that of species that have become feral or have not been domesticated. Temporal and spatial distribution patterns are set out and generalizations are made while exceptions are also discussed. The various strategies used and the genotypic, phenotypic, and behavioural adaptions of plants and animals in the face of the challenges presented by urban environments are explained. The final twoTable of Contents1: What is the urban environment and what is biology? Part I The urban environment 2: The built environment 3: The physical environment 4: The natural environment - habitats and communities Part II Diversity and distribution 5: Diversity of species 6: Relationships 7: Temporal patterns 8: Spatial patterns Part III Adapting to urban living 9: Strategies 10: Physiological and behavioural changes - how do they live Part IV People and nature 11: Human urban biology 12: A new relationship
£47.49
The University of Chicago Press Eltons Ecologists
Book SynopsisAn anecdotal history of the Bureau of Animal Population at Oxford and its influence on the development of modern animal ecology.
£76.00
Columbia University Press Ecological Scale
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Columbia University Press Ecology the Ascendent Perspective
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Yale University Press These Trees Tell a Story
Book SynopsisA deeply personal master class on how to read a natural landscape and unravel the clues to its unique ecological historyTrade Review“A delightful immersion in close observation and deep understanding.”—Tristan Gooley, author of The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs and The Natural Navigator“A book for the shelf of any forest wanderer—and a book to take on those wanders, so you can much better understand what you’re seeing!”—Bill McKibben, author of Wandering Home“Charney inspires readers to rediscover a sense of wonder in their local landscapes, from soil to slopes to stone walls to salamanders. Become a nature detective by reading this insightful book!”—Meg Lowman, author of Life in the Treetops and The Arbornaut“Unfolding as a series of puzzles or mysteries in the landscape, this book is a thought-provoking, vivid, and creative guide to asking the right questions and being in the moment in the outdoors.”—James Barilla, author of My Backyard Jungle “This very engaging book is a series of natural history mysteries and a naturalist’s memoir. Highly recommended!”—Tom Wessels, author of Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England “As an art historian, I’m used to ‘reading’ paintings. Here, Noah Charney has provided a guide to ‘reading’ landscapes, focusing on the natural wonder that are trees. I’m honored to share the name of the author of this brilliant, approachable book.”—Noah Charney, author of The Art Thief: A Novel and The 12-Hour Art Expert: Everything You Need to Know about Art in a Dozen Masterpieces “Written in a familiar and conversational style, this book will be a welcome source for naturalist studies and the ‘reading’ of landscapes.”—Robert Sanford, author of Reading Rural Landscapes: A Field Guide to New England’s Past
£20.90
National Academies Press The Bering Sea Ecosystem
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Elsevier Science Ecological Model Types
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Cambridge University Press Drought Follows the Plow Cultivating Marginal Areas
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Cambridge University Press Experiments in Ecology Their Logical Design and
Book SynopsisEcological theories and hypotheses are usually complex because of natural variability in space and time, which often makes the design of experiments difficult. The statistical tests we use require data to be collected carefully and with proper regard to the needs of these tests. This book, first published in 1996, describes how to design ecological experiments from a statistical basis using analysis of variance, so that we can draw reliable conclusions. The logical procedures that lead to a need for experiments are described, followed by an introduction to simple statistical tests. This leads to a detailed account of analysis of variance, looking at procedures, assumptions and problems. One-factor analysis is extended to nested (hierarchical) designs and factorial analysis. Finally, some regression methods for examining relationships between variables are covered. Examples of ecological experiments are used throughout to illustrate the procedures and examine problems. This book will beTrade Review'As statistics texts go, this one is a veritable page-turner - sardonic in places, just plain funny in others, and engaging throughout … the clarity of presentation, both rhetorical and logical, is so compelling, that nearly any reader will benefit from examining this volume.' Ted Floyd and Jessica Gurevitch, Trends in Ecology and Evolution'… comprehensive and often exhaustive, but not exhausting, with many equations leavened by diagrams and graphs.' Simon S. Cross, Biologist'The material in the book is complemental by the author's rich experience in ecology overthe past 20 years and serves as a reference for those wanting to conduct ecological experiments. there are some valuable insights contained in the book that would aid those involved in spatial and temporatl studies of landscapes and biological responses of different systems.' Journal of Environmental Qual'Altogether a well-written book that will prove an invaluable resource for ecologists of all calibres.' Helgoländer MeeresuntersuchungenTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. A framework for investigating biological patterns and processes; 3. Populations, frequency distributions and samples; 4. Statistical tests of null hypotheses; 5. Statistical tests on samples; 6. Simple experiments comparing the means of two populations; 7. Analysis of variance; 8. More analysis of variance; 9. Nested analyses of variance; 10. Factorial experiments; 11. Construction of any analysis from general principles; 12. Some common and some particular experimental designs; 13. Analysis involving relationships among variables; 14. Conclusions: where to from here?
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The University of Alabama Press Southeastern Grasslands
Book SynopsisBrings together the latest research on southeastern prairie systems and species, provides a complete picture of an increasingly rare biome, and offers solutions to many conservation biology queries. Contributors address questions related to the diversity, ecology, and management of southeastern grasslands.Trade ReviewSoutheastern Grasslands offers a good representation of the biological significance bestowed upon these systems and the efforts currently underway to restore and maintain them for future generations to know and appreciate."" - Alfred R. Schotz, botanist and community ecologist with the Alabama Natural Heritage Program (ALNHP) at Auburn University""An excellent and thorough account, past and present, of the grasslands of the southeastern United States. The information included in this volume will be of interest to anyone studying grasslands, whether in the southeastern United States or elsewhere."" - Robert H. Mohlenbrock, author of Vascular Flora of Illinois: A Field Guide and This Land: A Guide to Eastern National ForestsTable of Contents Preface by JoVonn G. Hill and John A. Barone Chapter 1. A Synopsis of Southeastern Blackland Prairies by S. Lee Echols and Wendy B. Zomlefer Chapter 2. Historical Distribution of Prairies in Arkansas by John A. Barone Chapter 3. The Use of General Land Office Survey Notes to Locate Prairie Patches in the Jackson Prairie Region by Toby Gray and Timothy J. Schauwecker Chapter 4. Eastern Texas Prairie Landscapes by Jason R. Singhurst and Matt White Chapter 5. Floristics of the Louisiana Cajun and Inland Prairies by Charles Allen Chapter 6. The Native Flora of Grasslands and Associated Woodlands in the Grand Prairie Ecoregion of Eastern Arkansas by C. Theo Witsell, Thomas L. Foti, and Brent T. Baker Chapter 7. Vegetation and Flora on Lowlands in the Central Black Belt of Mississippi—How Low Did the Original Prairie Go? by J. J. N. Campbell and W. R. Seymour Jr. Chapter 8. An Alternative Natural Distribution for Osage Orange, Maclura pomifera, Including the Prairies of the Southeast by Jennifer L. Seltzer Chapter 9. Prehistoric Molluscan Faunas of the Mississippi Black Prairie by Evan Peacock Chapter 10. The Grasshopper Fauna of Southeastern Grasslands: A Preliminary Investigation by JoVonn G. Hill Chapter 11. Encroachment and Persistence of Trees in Southeastern Grasslands by J. Morgan Varner Chapter 12. Experimental Removal of Eastern Redcedar to Restore Black Belt Prairie Remnants: Effects on Plant, Ant, and Grasshopper Communities by John A. Barone, JoVonn G. Hill, and Lisa McInnis Chapter 13. Conservation and Management of Subtropical Grasslands in South-Central Florida by Elizabeth H. Boughton, Patrick J. Bohlen, Steve L. Orzell, Edwin L. Bridges, and Reed F. Noss Chapter 14. Effects of Landscape History on Plant Communities in Semi-natural Grassland Buffers by Jolie G. Dollar, Timothy J. Schauwecker, Samuel K. Riffell, and L. Wes Burger Jr. Chapter 15. Ground Cover Assessment of CRP Conservation Practice 36 in Georgia by James W. Tomberlin, Nicholas Brown, and Reggie E. Thackston Chapter 16. Forb Community Response to Management of Grassland Buffers by Jolie G. Dollar, Timothy J. Schauwecker, Samuel K. Riffell, and L. Wes Burger Jr. Chapter 17. Highway Right-of-Way Mowing Regimens in Northeastern Mississippi: Effects on Native Prairie Plant Species by Edward D. Entsminger, John W. Guyton, Raymond B. Iglay, and Jeanne C. Jones Chapter 18. Reconstructing Prehistoric Prairie Habitat Types Using Archaeological Data by Jennifer L. Seltzer and Evan Peacock Chapter 19. A Preliminary Study of Learning about Prairie Restoration Ecology: A Comparison between Biology Major and Nonmajor Students by Bruno Borsari and Malcolm F. Vidrine Chapter 20. Attempts at Converting a Southern Mississippi Bahia Grass Pasture to Diverse Prairie via Local-Provenance, Source-Certified Seed by Marc G. Pastorek, Malcolm F. Vidrine, Charles Allen, Bruno Borsari, and Gail Barton References Cited Contributors Index
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LUP - University of Georgia Press The Philosophy of Ecology From Science to Synthesis
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£27.50
Synergetic Press Inc.,U.S. The Anthropocene
Book SynopsisMore than a decade ago, Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen first suggested that we were now living in the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch in which human dominance of biological, chemical and geological processes on Earth was already an undeniable reality. Crutzen''s ideas inspired Christian Schwägerl to do further documentation and to write this stimulating book. ...intellectually exciting book...shows us how we humans turn our relationship with Nature upside down. -- Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP)Schwagerl may not be summoning the apocalypse so much as ringing in the Sunrise World as a Green Utopian. -- Jeanne Rubner, Süddeutsche Zeitung...skillfully investigated, and an invitation to join a dawning Age of Humans, where our total responsibility is fundamental to life itself. -- Prof. Dr. Reinhold Leinfelder, Former CEO of Berlin''s Museum of Natural History and advisor to the German government on global environmental change
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Storyscapes Our Living Earth Coloring Book
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LEGARE STREET PR The Ladys Equestrian Manual
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LEGARE STREET PR The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith
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Taylor & Francis Politics of the Anthropocene and Climate Crisis in India
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the complex and contested nature of transformation in India, from a social and political ecology perspective.Given that the age of Anthropocene is increasingly threatening to undermine the present world order, the countries in the Global South are at the forefront of debates on transformations. By examining issues pertaining to land, labour and urbanisation from an interdisciplinary perspective, the chapters in this book break down the notion of the Anthropocene into useful analytical categories that represent both the disruptive and constructive natures of the transformation debate. Drawing on empirical research, each author focuses on a particular state or region in the East Coast, East and Northeast of India to show how states and communities seek transformation sometimes in competition and/or contestation with each other. The authors in this volume illustrate that although all stakeholders seek transformation, their ideas and discourses nevertheless reflect their situated ethics and unique knowledges of their local, regional and national contexts.Politics of the Anthropocene and Climate Crisis in India will be of interest to students of environmental politics, environmental sociology, political ecology, and South Asian studies more broadly.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Practice of Silviculture
Book SynopsisThe most up-to-date, comprehensive resource on silviculture that covers the range of topics and issues facing today's foresters and resource professionals The tenth edition of the classic work, The Practice of Silviculture: Applied Forest Ecology, includes the most current information and the results of research on the many issues that are relevant to forests and forestry. The text covers such timely topics as biofuels and intensive timber production, ecosystem and landscape scale management of public lands, ecosystem services, surface drinking water supplies, urban and community greenspace, forest carbon, fire and climate, and much more. In recent years, silvicultural systems have become more sophisticated and complex in application, particularly with a focus on multi-aged silviculture. There have been paradigm shifts toward managing for more complex structures and age-classes for integrated and complementary values including wildlife, water and open space recreation. Extensively reviTable of ContentsPreface xvi Acknowledgements xvii Part 1 Introduction to Silviculture 1 1 The History and Philosophy of Silviculture 3 Introduction 3 Silviculture, its Origin and Development as an Applied Ecology 3 The Philosophies of Silviculture as a Practice 12 Silviculture as a Body of Knowledge 17 References 19 2 Silviculture and its Place in Managing Current Forests and Woodlands 22 Introduction 22 The Purpose of Silviculture Today 22 Definition of Silviculture 22 Scope and Terminology of Silvicultural Practice 25 The Silviculture Framework for Managing a Forest 29 References 31 Part 2 Ecological Foundations of Silviculture 33 3 Ecological Site Classification, Stands as Management Units, and Landscape‐Scale Planning 35 Introduction 35 Ecological Methods of Identifying and Classifying Sites 36 Stands as Management Units 48 New Developments in Landscape‐Level Ecological Planning 56 References 59 4 Stand Dynamics: The Ecology of Forest Succession 63 Introduction 63 Initiating Disturbances and Sources of Regeneration 63 Stages of Stand Development 63 Defining Cohorts and Age Classes 68 Defining Canopy Stratification by Age Class 68 Relationship of Stand Dynamics to Other Interpretations of Vegetational Development 75 Choice of Developmental Patterns 77 References 78 5 Ecology of Regeneration 80 Introduction 80 Ecological Role of Natural Disturbance 80 The Regeneration Process 92 Disturbance, Climate, and Regional Patterns in Floristics of Forest Regeneration 104 Regeneration Methods as Analogs to Natural Disturbance 111 References 112 Part 3 Methods of Regeneration 117 6 Development of Silvicultural Systems and Methods of Regeneration 119 Introduction 119 Conceptual Formation of Silvicultural Systems: The Science of Place 119 Classification of Natural Regeneration Methods 124 Classification of Plantations and Artificial Seeding 129 Naming Silvicultural Systems: The Taxonomy 131 Summary Remarks 135 References 136 7 Site Treatments 137 Introduction 137 Disposal of Logging Slash 137 Treatment of the Forest Floor and Competing Vegetation 145 References 162 Part 3A Natural Regeneration Methods 169 8 Natural Regeneration: The Clearcutting Method 171 Introduction 171 The Protocol 171 Regeneration of Pure Stands from Natural Seeding 173 Applications of True Clearcutting: Case Studies from North America 177 References 183 9 Natural Regeneration: The Seed‐Tree Method 185 Introduction 185 The Protocol 187 Variations in Spatial Patterns of Stand Structure 192 Application of Seed‐Tree Methods 193 References 201 10 Natural Regeneration: The Shelterwood Method 204 Introduction 204 The Protocol for the Uniform Shelterwood 206 Protocols for Alternative Arrangements 212 Application of Shelterwood Methods 215 References 224 11 Natural Regeneration: Irregular Seed-Tree and Shelterwood Methods (Multi-Aged Systems) 228 Introduction 228 Development of Two‐ or Three‐Aged Stands 229 Regeneration Methods Including Reserve Trees within Irregular Seed‐Tree and Shelterwood Systems 229 Application of Two‐ or Three‐Aged Systems 233 References 248 12 Natural Regeneration: The Coppice Method 251 Introduction 251 Vegetative Regeneration and the Nature of Disturbance 251 The Physiology and Morphology of Sprouting 252 Types of Vegetative Regeneration 252 Simple Coppice Systems 257 Coppice Systems with Irregular Structures and Age Classes 265 The Role of Coppice Stands in the Past, Present, and Future 267 Conversion of Coppice Stands to High Forests 269 References 269 13 Natural Regeneration: Selection Methods 272 Introduction 272 The Protocol 273 The Selection Regeneration Method and its Variations 273 Managing for Balanced All‐Aged Stands 277 Managing for Unbalanced All‐Aged Stands 286 Application of the Selection Method of Regeneration 288 References 300 Part 3B Methods Based on Artificial Regeneration 303 14 Species Selection and Genetic Improvement 305 Introduction 305 Selection of Species and Provenances 306 Adaptation to Site 306 Genetic Improvement 312 References 320 15 Nursery, Planting, and Seeding Techniques 322 Introduction 322 Propagation 322 Planting and Seeding 337 References 348 16 The Arrangement, Composition, and Methods of Planting 350 Introduction 350 The Role of Planting 350 Density of Plantings 351 Spatial Arrangement of Plantings 352 High Forest Plantations 353 Low Forest Plantations 371 Protection of New Plantations 373 References 375 Part 4 Post‐Establishment (Intermediate) Treatments 379 17 Tree and Stand Growth 381 Introduction 381 Growth within Individual Trees 381 Stand Scale Patterns of Production 390 The Effect of Thinning on Stand Production 395 The Effect of Thinning on the Economic Yield of Stands 397 References 401 18 Post‐Establishment Tools in Silviculture 403 Introduction 403 Cutting and Girdling 403 Use of Herbicides 404 Methods of Applying Herbicides 410 Use of Insecticides 412 Prescribed Burning 413 Use of Fertilizer 419 Irrigation 420 References 420 19 Pruning Methods and Applications 424 Introduction 424 The Ecology of Natural Pruning Processes 424 Pruning Trees to Improve Timber Quality in Forests 428 Techniques of Pruning Open Grown Trees Within Urban Environments 434 Training and Pruning Fruit and Shade Trees in Orchards and Agroforestry Systems 438 References 441 20 Release Operations in Seedling and Sapling Stands 443 Introduction 443 Competing Vegetation 443 Concept of Free‐To‐Grow 444 Early Use of Release Treatments 444 Vegetation Control Methods 445 Timing and Extent of Release Treatments 451 Ecological Impact of Release Treatments on Plant Communities 453 Liberation Treatments 455 Release Treatments that Control Invasives 457 References 458 21 Methods of Thinning 461 Introduction 461 The Different Approaches to Thinning 461 Low Thinning 462 Crown Thinning 468 Dominant Thinning 473 Free‐Form Thinning 477 Variable‐Density Thinning 477 Geometric Thinning 478 Application of Thinnings 481 References 483 22 Quantitative Thinning: Theory and Application 486 Introduction 486 Conceptual and Experimental Proof for Thinning 486 Thinning and its Objectives 486 Quantitative Thinning Guidelines 496Density, Stocking, and Relative Density 496 References 504 Part 5 Silvicultural Considerations for Managing All Forests 507 23 Conservation Management Practices 509 Introduction 509 Management Practices 509 References 531 Contents xiii 24 Silviculture for Wildlife Habitat 534 Introduction 534 Habitat Elements Within Stands 535 Landscape Elements Across Stands 551 Examples of Application 555 Control of Wildlife Damage to Trees 560 References 561 25 Silvicultural Applications to Forest Restoration: Rehabilitation and Reclamation 565 Introduction 565 Degradation and Restoration Processes of Forests 565 Categories of Forest Degradation and their Restoration Treatments 567 Summary 593 References 594 26 Approaches to and Treatments for Maintaining Healthy Forest Ecosystems 597 Introduction 597 The Growing Threat of Non‐Native Invasive Insects and Disease 597 The Concept of Forest Ecosystem Health within Stand Dynamics 600 Protection Against Biotic Agencies: Insects and Disease 601 Protection Against Abiotic Agencies 606 Using Silviculture to Control Damage 611 References 615 27 Managing Forest Carbon in Changing Climates 618 Introduction 618 The Ecology of Forest Carbon 618 Avoiding Deforestation and Increasing Reforestation 620 Carbon Management in Existing Forests 622 The Use of Wood as Biomass Energyor in Wood Products for Carbon Storage 624 References 625 Part 6 Silvicultural Applications for Different Land Uses 629 28 Ecosystem Management: Managing Public Natural Forests for Multiple Values 631 Introduction 631 Regional and Global Differences in Public Land Ownership 631 Managing Complex Large‐Scale Forests 633 The Ecosystem‐Management Paradigm 633 Regional Examples of Ecosystem Management 636 References 642 29 Application of Silviculture to Watershed Management 645 Introduction 645 Baseline Watershed Conditions 646 Paired Watershed Studies: Impacts of Land Clearance and Forest Disturbance 649 Managing Forests for Water Quality: Examples from the United States 654 Managing Forests for Water Yield: Examples from the United States 660 Summary 663 References 663 30 Industrial Timber Management 665 Introduction 665 Principles of Regulating Timber Harvests 665 Considerations for Timber Production in Forests 666 Global and National Trends in Industrial Plantation Forestry 669 References 676 31 Application of Silviculture to Agroforestry 677 Introduction 677 Stages of Stand Development and Agroforestry 678 Successional Agri‐silvicultural Practices 679 Permanent Agri‐silvicultural Practices 683 Selection of Tree Species for Agroforestry 689 References 689 32 Application of Silviculture to Urban Ecosystems and the Urban–Rural Interface 694 Introduction 694 Aesthetics and Landscape Design of Urban Forests 694 Mitigating Urban Meso‐ and Micro‐Environments 701 The Application of Silviculture to Urban Watersheds 704 References 708 Common and Scientific Names of Trees and Shrubs Mentioned in the Text 711 Glossary of Terms 716 Index 731
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Urban Landscape Ecology
Book SynopsisThe growth of cities poses ever-increasing challenges for the natural environment on which they impact and depend, not only within their boundaries but also in surrounding peri-urban areas. Landscape ecology the study of interactions across space and time between the structure and function of physical, biological and cultural components of landscapes has a pivotal role to play in identifying sustainable solutions. This book brings together examples of research at the cutting edge of urban landscape ecology across multiple contexts that investigate the state, maintenance and restoration of healthy and functional natural environments across urban and peri-urban landscapes. An explicit focus is on urban landscapes in contrast to other books which have considered urban ecosystems and ecology without specific focus on spatial connections. It integrates research and perspectives from across academia, public and private practitioners of urban conservation, planning anTable of Contents1. Introduction: An Overview of Landscape Ecology in Cities Robert A. Francis, James D.A. Millington and Michael A. Chadwick 2. Drivers of Soil Heterogeneity in the Urban Landscape Alessandro Ossola and Stephen J. Livesley 3. Bees in a Peri-urban Landscape: A Synthesis of Research from East Contra Costa County, California Misha Leong 4. Socioeconomics and Neighbor Mimicry Drive Yard and Neighborhood Vegetation Patterns Emily Minor, J. Amy Belaire, Amélie Davis, Magaly Franco and Meimei Lin 5. An Exploration of the Relationships between Landscape Metrics and Tree Diversity in Urban Forests Mikaël Maes 6. Edge Habitat of Urban Green Spaces: A Case Study in London (UK) Marleen Feldbrugge, Patrick. G. Meirmans and Robert A. Francis 7. A Lawn without Grass: a New Tool for Landscape Ecologists Lionel S. Smith 8. The Ecology and Management of Urban Pondscapes Christopher Hassall, Matthew Hill, David Gledhill and Jeremy Biggs 9. The Value of a Small Urban River: Past, Present and Future Rob C. Gray 10. Urban Ponds For People and By People Malgorzata Blicharska and Frank Johansson 11. Modeling the Effects of Land Cover and Use on Landscape Capability for Urban Ungulate Populations H. Brian Underwood and Chellby R. Kilheffer 12. Outdoor Recreation in Urban Forests – User Patterns and Impacts: Examples from Southern Germany Gerd Lupp, Markus Melber, Theresia Hirschbeck, Anna Ritter, Martina Brockard, Valerie Kantelberg and Stephan Pauleit 13. Strengthening Urban Landscape Planning: A Metapopulation Modelling Framework Laura J. Graham, Richard Field and Roy H. Haines-Young 14. Visualising Ecosystem Services using Historical Publications Philip James, B.A. Law and Norman Redhead 15. What is Landscape Sensitivity? A Review of Two UK Coastal Case Studies Josh Peacock 16. Urban Green Infrastructure in London: the Role of Landscape Ecology in Informing the Future of Parks and Green Space Policy in the City Peter Massini 17. Urban Biodiversity Management in Ireland: Capturing the Experience of Practitioners Maryann Harris, Tamara Hochstrasser, Karen Foley and Claire Cave
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Rowman & Littlefield Land Use without Zoning
Book SynopsisThe conversation about zoning has meandered its way through issues ranging from housing affordability to economic growth to segregation, expanding in the process from a public policy backwater to one of the most discussed policy issues of the day. In his pioneering 1972 study, Land Use Without Zoning, Bernard Siegan first set out what has today emerged as a common-sense perspective: Zoning not only fails to achieve its stated ends of ordering urban growth and separating incompatible uses, but also drives housing costs up and competition down. In no uncertain terms, Siegan concludes, “Zoning has been a failure and should be eliminated!” Drawing on the unique example of Houston—America’s fourth largest city, and its lone dissenter on zoning—Siegan demonstrates how land use will naturally regulate itself in a nonzoned environment. For the most part, Siegan says, markets in Houston manage growth and separate incompatible uses not from the top down, like most zoning regimes, but from the bottom up. This approach yields a result that sets Houston apart from zoned cities: its greater availability of multifamily housing. Indeed, it would seem that the main contribution of zoning is to limit housing production while adding an element of permit chaos to the process. Land Use Without Zoning reports in detail the effects of current exclusionary zoning practices and outlines the benefits that would accrue to cities that forgo municipally imposed zoning laws. Yet the book’s program isn’t merely destructive: beyond a critique of zoning, Siegan sets out a bold new vision for how land-use regulation might work in the United States.Released nearly a half century after the book’s initial publication, this new edition recontextualizes Siegan’s work for our current housing affordability challenes. It includes a new preface by law professor David Schleicher, which explains the book’s role as a foundational text in the law and economics of urban land use and describes how it has informed more recent scholarship. Additionally, it includes a new afterword by urban planner Nolan Gray, which includes new data on Houston’s evolution and land use relative to its peer cities.
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Turner Publishing Company The Father of American Conservation: George Bird
Book SynopsisAward-winning author, Thom Hatch presents the definitive biography of George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938), who was recognized in his time as “The Father of American Conservation.” This book chronicles not only Grinnell’s life, but also offers a history of his accomplishments in saving the wildlife and natural resources of this country. A remarkable man, Grinnell was known as a model of intellectual diversity, integrity, and professional dedication. He was a daring adventurer and explorer; crusading magazine publisher and editor (Forest and Stream, now Field and Stream); prolific author; accomplished outdoorsman; notable paleontologist, ethnologist, ornithologist, and anthropologist; presidential advisor; advocate for Native Americans; and this country’s first environmental activist, whose contributions in that arena are unparalleled in American history.Table of ContentsCONTENTS Introduction Chapter One: The Budding Naturalist Chapter Two: A Tenderfoot in the West Chapter Three: Buffalo Hunting With the Pawnee Chapter Four: Custer and Black Hills Gold Chapter Five: Yellowstone Country Chapter Six: Traveling, Collecting, and Writing Chapter Seven: Crusading Editor Chapter Eight: A Presidential Friendship Chapter Nine: Author and Advocate for Native America Chapter Ten: The Harriman Expedition Chapter Eleven: Grinnell’s Glacier Chapter Twelve: Preserving the Legacy Bibliography
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Arcler Education Inc Encyclopedia of Environmental Science, Volume 5:
Book SynopsisWater is a key driver of economic and social development while it also has a basic function in maintaining the integrity of the natural environment. Presents the rationale approach for the Integrated Water Resources Management; this volume brings together both the different environmental problems that affect the very different ecosystems and the main methodologies able to face the problem of IWM. It will be of an invaluable resource for those involved in urban water management, including water utility managers, engineering technical staff, operations and maintenance specialists.
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Arcler Education Inc Encyclopedia of Environmental Science, Volume 6:
Book SynopsisWater resources and services are integrated measures of social systems that range beyond the technical world and the IWRM requires a balance between competing views of social and political issues. This volume focuses on increased awareness of the human dimension, women’s role, environmental protection, sustainability and food security aspects in achieving sustainable water management. Understanding the strategies used by small farmers, as well as how small farming systems work or why they fail, could shed light on the constraints they face and the measures to be taken to overcome them. It also draws key insights on movements promoting the involvement of grassroots communities in the sustainable management of their resources.
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Penguin Random House South Africa Field Guide to Insects of South Africa
Book SynopsisThis trusted best-seller has been comprehensively updated and expanded to feature accounts of over 1,500 species and insect groups. Included are the most common, most economically and ecologically important, interesting and attractive insects in the region. It features: vivid photographs, easy-to-read text, detailed accounts covering identification, biology, distribution and related species, a helpful introduction detailing the significance, life history, collection and photography of insects, and quick reference guides on the inside covers to facilitate identification. Entomologists both amateur and professional, students, gardeners, farmers, tourists and anyone with an interest in the natural world will appreciate this illuminating and invaluable guide.
£22.99
CABI Publishing Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology
Book SynopsisThe 3rd edition of this popular textbook introduces the reader to the investigation of vegetation systems with an emphasis on data analysis. The book succinctly illustrates the various paths leading to high quality data suitable for pattern recognition, pattern testing, static and dynamic modelling and model testing including spatial and temporal aspects of ecosystems. Step-by-step introductions using small examples lead to more demanding approaches illustrated by real world examples aimed at explaining interpretations. All data sets and examples described in the book are available online and are written using the freely available statistical package R. This book will be of particular value to beginning graduate students and postdoctoral researchers of vegetation ecology, ecological data analysis, and ecological modelling, and experienced researchers needing a guide to new methods. A completely revised and updated edition of this popular introduction to data analysis in vegetation ecology. Includes practical step-by-step examples using the freely available statistical package R. Complex concepts and operations are explained using clear illustrations and case studies relating to real world phenomena. Emphasizes method selection rather than just giving a set of recipes.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Patterns in vegetation ecology 3: Transformation 4: Multivariate comparison 5: Classification 6: Ordination 7: Ecological patterns 8: Traits and Indicators 9: Static predictive modelling 10: Vegetation change in time 11: Dynamic modelling 12: Revising classifications 13: Swiss forests: a case study 14: Back to the roots?
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Berghahn Books Ecological Nostalgias: Memory, Affect and
Book Synopsis Introducing the study of econostalgias through a variety of rich ethnographic cases, this volume argues that a strictly human centered approach does not account for contemporary longings triggered by ecosystem upheavals. In this time of climate change, this book explores how nostalgia for fading ecologies unfolds into the interstitial spaces between the biological, the political and the social, regret and hope, the past, the present and the future.Trade Review “Explores and exemplifies ethnographically an emerging conceptual framework on ecological nostalgias to better understand the emotional impacts on and responses of people to the environmental crises that beset our world”. • Rajindra K. Puri, University of Kent “It is a tour de force in showing what anthropology can contribute to thinking about the global ecological crisis, and why the cultural and political dimensions of this crisis are no less important than the material ones”. • Marc Brightman, University of BolognaTable of Contents List of Figures and Maps Acknowledgements Introduction Olivia Angé and David Berliner Chapter 1. Thinking Through Nostalgia in Anthropologies of the Environment and Ethnographies of Landscape Roy Ellen Chapter 2. High Arctic Nostalgia: Thule and the Ecology of Mind Kirsten Hastrup Chapter 3. Nostalgic Confessions in the French Cévennes: Politics of Longings in the Neo-Peasants Initiatives Madeleine Sallustio Chapter 4. The Nature of Loss: Ecological Nostalgia and Cultural Politics in Amazonia Casey High Chapter 5. Ecological Nostalgias and Interspecies Affect in the Highland Potato Fields of Cuzco (Peru) Olivia Angé Chapter 6. The Village and the Hamlet in the Mixe Highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico: Nostalgic Commitments to Working and Living Together Perig Pitrou Chapter 7. Peaceful Countryside: Ecologies of Longing and the Temporality of Flux in Contemporary Mongolia Richard D.G. Irvine Chapter 8. Melt in the Future Subjunctive Cymene Howe Afterword Dominic Boyer Index
£94.05
CABI Publishing Insect Conservation: A Global Synthesis
Book SynopsisInsect Conservation: A Global Synthesis is a landmark, field-defining work written by Professor Michael Samways, one of the founding fathers of this burgeoning discipline of conservation science. This book presents a state-of-the-art, comprehensive review of the entire field of insect conservation, from single-species conservation to whole-ecosystem approaches, and from natural ecosystems to the urban landscape. The variety and number of insects are truly vast. They are the most speciose group of organisms on Earth, with the majority barely known to science or still not described at all. They are a vital component in all terrestrial ecosystems, which would fail to function normally without them. Insect populations worldwide, however, are under threat. Human-mediated degradation of natural habitats, pollution, over-use of pesticides, and the spread of urbanization has led to the collapse of insect populations in many areas of the world. A growing recognition of the importance of insects in natural and agricultural systems has stimulated the development of an entire discipline dedicated to their conservation. Insect Conservation: A Global Synthesis is designed to be used by students of conservation biology and ecology, but also serves as an essential overview for professional entomologists with an interest in conservation, and for conservationists interested in insects. The book communicates on three levels: (i) through the text, with extensive references providing a gateway to the ever-increasing primary literature; (ii) through the extensive use of carefully constructed illustrations, with detailed captions which act to summarize the text and are complete in their own right; and (iii) through focused key points at the end of every chapter, which summarise the main learning points for students.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Foundations for insect conservation Chapter 2: Landscape-scale insect conservation in three dimensions Chapter 3: Landscape descriptors and insect conservation dynamics Chapter 4: Species-level operational scale in insect conservation Chapter 5: Approaches and perspectives in insect species conservation Chapter 6: Agroecology and insect conservation Chapter 7: Insect conservation in forest, grassland, and cave systems Chapter 8: Conservation of freshwater insects Chapter 9: Insect conservation in towns and cities Chapter 10: Restoration of insect habitats Chapter 11: Ecological assessment, inventorying and mapping in insect conservation Chapter 12: Surrogacy, bioindication and monitoring in insect conservation Chapter 13: Future-proofing the world of insects
£55.72
CABI Publishing Practical R for Biologists: An Introduction
Book SynopsisR is a freely available, open-source statistical programming environment which provides powerful statistical analysis tools and graphics outputs. R is now used by a very wide range of people; biologists (the primary audience of this book), but also all other scientists and engineers, economists, market researchers and medical professionals. R users with expertise are constantly adding new associated packages, and the range already available is immense. This text works through a set of studies that collectively represent almost all the R operations that biology students need in order to analyse their own data. The material is designed to serve students from first year undergraduates through to those beginning post graduate levels. Chapters are organized around topics such as graphing, classical statistical tests, statistical modelling, mapping, and text parsing. Examples are based on real scientific studies, and each one covers the use of more R functions than those simply necessary to get a p-value or plot. The book walks the reader through the data analysis process, starting with very simple plots, and continuing through more complex analyses and programming. It shows how to deal with issues such as error messages that can be confronting for beginners, in order to set students up for a successful scientific career using R. Collectively the authors have a vast amount of teaching experience which they apply here to make the passage into R programming as gentle and easy as possible, whilst guiding the reader to tackle quite complicated programming.Table of Contents1: How to Use this Book 2: Installing and Running R 3: Very Basic R Syntax 4: First Simple Programs and Graphics 5: The Dataframe Concept 6: Plotting Biological Data in Various Ways 7: The Grammar of Graphics Family of Packages 8: Sets and Venn diagrams 9: Statistics: Choosing the Right Test 10: Commonly Used Measures and Statistical Tests 11: Regression and Correlation Analyses 12: Count Data as Response Variable 13: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) 14: Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) 15: More Generalised Linear Modelling 16: Monte Carlo Tests and Randomisation 17: Principal Components Analysis 18: Species Abundance, Accumulation and Diversity Data 19: Survivorship 20: Dates and Julian Dates 21: Mapping and Parsing Text Input for Data 22: More on Manipulating Text 23: Phylogenies and Trees 24: Working with DNA Sequences and other character data 25: Spacing in Two Dimensions 26: Population Modelling Including Spatially Explicit Models 27: More on “apply” Family of Functions – Avoid Loops to get More Speed 28: Food webs and simple graphics 29: Adding Photographs 30: Standard Distributions in R 31: Reading and Writing Data to and from Files
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Summer Press Connecting with Life: Finding Nature in an Urban
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Westland Publications Limited Backstage Climate
Book Synopsis2023 was the hottest year on record. 2024 may well be worse. Every day we hear something unusual. A fire here, a flood there, a storm surge, a cloudburst. These events affect all of us, our well-being, our health, our family, our work. Their frequency and intensity are increasing.
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Elsevier Science Ecology for the 21st century
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The University of Michigan Press Empire and Environment
Book SynopsisArgues that histories of imperialism, colonialism, militarism, and global capitalism are integral to understanding environmental violence in the transpacific region. The collection draws its rationale from the imbrication of imperialism and global environmental crisis, but its inspiration from the work of activists, artists, and intellectuals.Table of Contents Acknowledgements Preface: Out of the Ruins Macarena GÓmez-Barris Introduction Rina Garcia Chua, Heidi Hong, Jeffrey Santa Ana, Zhou Xiaojing PART I: (Framing) Postcolonial Ecocritical Approaches to the Asia-Pacific from Family Trees (poem) Craig Santos Perez 1 Transpacific Queer Ecologies: Confronting Ecological Ruination and Imperialist Nostalgia in Han Ong’s The Disinherited Jeffrey Santa Ana 2 Cycas wadei and Enduring White Space Kathleen Gutierrez 3 Rust and Recovery: A Study of South Indian Goddess Films Chitra Sankaran 4 “If We Return We Will Learn:” Empire, Poetry, and Biocultural Knowledge in Papua New Guinea John Charles Ryan PART II: Militarized Environments Nuclear Family (poem) Craig Santos Perez 5 Environmental Violence and the Vietnam War in le thi diem thuy’s The Gangster We Are All Looking For Emily Cheng 6 Toxic Waters: Vietnamese Ecologies in the Afterlives of Empire Heidi Amin-Hong 7 Haunted by Empires: Micronesian Eco-Poetry Against Colonial Ruination Zhou Xiaojing PART III: Decolonizing the Transpacific: Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Resistance Praise Song for Oceania (poem) Craig Santos Perez 8 Risk and Resistance at Po\\ōhakuloa Rebecca Hogue 9 “Disentrancing” the Rot of Colonialism in Philippine and Canadian Ecopoetry Rina Garcia Chua 10 Representing Postcolonial Water Environments in Contemporary Taiwanese Literature Tihan Chang PART IV: Climate Justice and Ecological Futurities Age of Plastic (poem), Craig Santos Perez 11 Climate Justice in the Transpacific Novel Amy Lee 12 Rising Like Waves: Drowning Settler Colonial Rhetoric with Aloha Emalani Case 13 Imperial Debris, Vibrant Matter: Plastic in the Hands of Asian American and Kanaka Maoli Artists Chad Shomura Afterword: “A New Way Beyond the Darkness” Priscilla Wald Contributors Index
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Princeton University Press Pursuing Sustainability
Book SynopsisSustainability is a global imperative and a scientific challenge like no other. This concise guide provides students and practitioners with a strategic framework for linking knowledge with action in the pursuit of sustainable development, and serves as an invaluable companion to more narrowly focused courses dealing with sustainability in particulaTrade Review"A valuable resource for academic learning in higher education settings, as well as an informative tool to guide the practice of sustainability in institutional environments... The framework they have presented in this book is adaptable for numerous social-ecological contexts at multiple scales for people working together to create change in pursuit of sustainable development and promote well-being of people for today and for the future."--Robert B. Richardson, Ecological EconomicsTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments ix CHAPTER 1 Pursuing Sustainability: An Introduction 1 CHAPTER 2 A Framework for Sustainability Analysis: Linking Ultimate Goals with Their Underlying Determinants 14 CHAPTER 3 Dynamics of Social-Environmental Systems 52 CHAPTER 4 Governance in Social-Environmental Systems 83 CHAPTER 5 Linking Knowledge with Action 105 CHAPTER 6 Next Steps: Contributing to a Sustainability Transition 129 Appendix A Case Studies in Sustainability 143 Appendix B Glossary of Terms, Acronyms, and Additional Resources 187 Notes 211 Index 225
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Princeton University Press Lifes Engines
Book SynopsisLooks at how ancient microorganisms in primordial oceans transformed the chemistry of the planet over billions of years, eventually allowing the development of more complex forms of life, and how they continue to make life on earth possible.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015 "[Life's Engines] is full of surprises ... [I]mmensely rewarding."--Tim Flannery, New York Review of Books "Entertaining, easy-to-read and historically rich."--Adrian Wolfson, Nature "Personal stories, hard facts, and illuminative illustrations each contribute to this engaging examination of our microbial overlords ... Paul Falkowski's decades of study in various earth and life sciences fuel this excellent addition... Falkowski effectively uses analogies to convey abstract and complicated ideas."--Rachel Jagareski, Foreword Reviews "Falkowski's loving examination sets out, life on this planet is organized by and for bacteria--the rest of us are just along for the ride."--Brian Bethune, Macleans "Falkowski brings a formidable breadth of scientific understanding to the task of explaining this, having worked as a biologist, an oceanographer and an astrobiologist. He moves easily between biological and earth sciences to help us understand the steps microscopic single-celled organisms took to make the planet habitable."--Cosmos "[The] wonderful and awe-inspiring universe of the microbes, unseen creatures that have shaped the planet such that we may live in it, is engagingly presented by Paul Falkowski in a remarkable text entitled Life's Engines... The book's success is its utter simplicity. It tells the story of the history of life on our planet from a very personal perspective... I was so enthralled by this book from the get-go that I invite you to have a short taste of it."--Roberto Kolter, Cell "A pleasure to read, the book touches on virtually every topic covered in a college biology curriculum by seamlessly weaving concepts with personal anecdotes and analogies. Presenting scientific facts and the fascinating history of their discovery, Falkowski (Rutgers Univ.) intersperses evolutionary theory with biochemistry, ecology, microbiology, molecular biology, anatomy, and even anthropology and economics. He also presents a fact-based, nonpolitical vision for the future of biotechnology... This reviewer came away inspired to learn more. Easily understood by anyone with a passing knowledge of science, this volume poses innumerable questions for further investigation."--Choice "What is known about the hidden world of the microbes and their fundamental roles in sustaining planetary habitability is insightfully revealed by Paul Falkowski in this authoritative, comprehensive, and delightful book. The author is uniquely qualified, perhaps singularly so, to cover topics ranging over broad time and space scales with a scholarly, transdisciplinary perspective that ranges from fundamental physics and chemistry, to Earth and ocean sciences. I cannot think of any other scientist who would accept such a challenge... He is a gifted scientist and writer, and legendary storyteller."--David M. Karl, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin "Not a microbial biologist, I approached this book with a bit of trepidation, imaging lengthy discussions of biochemistry. Instead, I was immediately engaged by Falkowski's conversational, fluid writing, personal anecdotes, and interesting choice of topics... Life's Engines [is] easily accessible to the lay reader but engaging for the scientist as well."--American Biology Teacher "An outstanding attempt to popularize the role of microbes, especially bacteria and archaea, in making multicellular eukaryotic life possible... A superb introduction to the broader consequences of life and its study."--Elof Axel Carlson, Quarterly Review of BiologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Prologue 1 CHAPTER 1 The Missing Microbes 9 CHAPTER 2 Meet the Microbes 23 CHAPTER 3 The World before Time 40 CHAPTER 4 Life's Little Engines 47 CHAPTER 5 Supercharging the Engines 68 CHAPTER 6 Protecting the Core Genes 91 CHAPTER 7 Cell Mates 108 CHAPTER 8 Supersizing in Wonderland 124 CHAPTER 9 The Fragile Species 145 CHAPTER 10 The Tinkerers 161 CHAPTER 11 Microbes on Mars and Butterflies on Venus? 173 Further Readings 187 Index 191
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Princeton University Press Velvet Ants of North America
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] gob-smacker of a book. Whether you are a professional entomologist or a rank amateur, I unequivocally recommend this work to you. It delivers satisfaction at every level, on every page, with every picture, with every word."---David M. Gascoigne, Travels With Birds
£27.00
University of Oklahoma Press Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis Volume 6
Book SynopsisTracing the building and erasing of past landscapes to make some of them more visible in the present, Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis reveals how colonial legacies became embedded in national parks - and points to the possibility that such legacies might be undone and those lost landscapes remade.Trade Review“Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis gets to the heart of one of the great debates in the history of conservation: whether there are any true ‘wildernesses’—pristine natural areas untouched by human hands—and, when we set aside protected areas like national parks, whether we should remove evidence of human occupation. The author does a marvelous job weaving O’odham oral traditions and histories into this historical account of Quitobaquito.”—Thomas E. Sheridan, author of Arizona: A History“With engaging prose, Jared Orsi excavates the layers of Indigenous history that underlie this seemingly ‘untouched’ nature reserve, details the environmental and cultural devastation of an increasingly hardened border, challenges the National Park Service—and us—to reckon with its colonial past, and points the way toward reconciliation with the O’odham peoples. The result is a fascinating study of a little-known place in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.”—Marsha Weisiger, author of Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country“Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis provides a trenchant analysis of how cultural heritage, modern management policies challenging that heritage, and local to international forces combined to shape a small, contested desert oasis. Quitobaquito is a tiny and unfamiliar space with lessons for the world.”—Lary M. Dilsaver, author of Preserving the Desert: A History of Joshua Tree National Park
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University of Arizona Press Bringing Home the Wild
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University Press of Florida Wild Capital: Nature's Economic and Ecological
Book SynopsisIn Wild Capital, Barbara Jones demonstrates that looking at nature through the lens of the marketplace is a surprisingly effective approach to protecting the environment. Showing that policy-makers and developers rarely associate wild places with monetary values, Jones argues that nature should be viewed as a capital asset like any other in order for environmental preservation to be a competitive alternative to construction projects.
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Random House USA Inc Entangled Life
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Yale University Press Grasses Sedges Rushes
Book SynopsisAn engaging and expertly illustrated field guide to over one hundred grasses, sedges, and rushesTrade ReviewWinner of 2020 Library Journal Best Reference Pick of the Year in the Science & Technology category“No one will be able to claim that the identification of grasses, sedges, and rushes, which are of fundamental importance both environmentally and economically, are simply ‘too difficult’ after they have learned to use this excellent guide.”—Peter Raven, President Emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden“Brown’s homey and friendly illustrations, in combination with clear diagnostic photos, make for an important book that can be an entryway into the world of grasses.”—Bryan Connolly, Framingham State University“A significant aid and resource for those of us seeking to deepen our understanding of the tremendous diversity of plant life on this miraculous planet.”—Ted Watt, Hitchcock Center for the Environment, Amherst MA "Lauren Brown's Grasses: An Identification Guide is a trusted resource I've known for decades. It is wonderful to see a natural history masterpiece updated so beautifully. Grasses, Sedges, Rushes: An Identification Guide will take an honored place among my core reference books."—Patrick Lynch, author of A Field Guide to Cape Cod“The classic practical guide to some of most ubiquitous – but most overlooked – of all the plants around us.”—Peter Crane, author of Ginkgo: The Tree that Time Forgot
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Princeton University Press The Theory of Ecological Communities
Book SynopsisA plethora of different theories, models, and concepts make up the field of community ecology. Amid this vast body of work, is it possible to build one general theory of ecological communities? What other scientific areas might serve as a guiding framework? As it turns out, the core focus of community ecologyunderstanding patterns of diversity and composition of biological variants across space and timeis shared by evolutionary biology and its very coherent conceptual framework, population genetics theory. The Theory of Ecological Communities takes this as a starting point to pull together community ecology''s various perspectives into a more unified whole.Mark Vellend builds a theory of ecological communities based on four overarching processes: selection among species, drift, dispersal, and speciation. These are analogues of the four central processes in population genetics theoryselection within species, drift, gene flow, and mutationand together they subsume almosTrade Review"In 1986, Thomas W. Schoener wrote a thought-provoking book chapter describing ecological communities along five organismal and five environmental axes. It was thought-provoking in the sense that Schoener attempted to unify community ecology using a minimal set of variables at a time when ecologists were doubtful of any unifying principle in community ecology. After three decades of Schoener's chapter, community ecologists are still divided about whether there could be a general theory of community. . . . Mark Vellend elegantly attempts to bridge this divide by introducing the theory of high-level processes in ecological communities in his Princeton Population Monograph entitled The Theory of Ecological Communities."---Madhav P. Thakur, Trends in Ecology and Evolution"Vellend (biology, Univ. de Sherbrooke, Canada) provides a useful historical account of the wide variety of methods used in the field to lay the foundation for his proposed resolution of the resulting ‘mess.' The book is well written, profusely referenced, and a worthy addition to the distinguished ‘Monographs in Population Biology’ series from Princeton University Press." * Choice *"Vellend does a tremendous job, and accomplishes for the field of community ecology what few have attempted, and even fewer, if any, have achieved. . . . With its overall plain language and clear prose, his book is excellent material for pre- and postgraduate students."---Lars Götzenberger and Jan Lepš, Conservation Biology"[Vellend] brings together diverse empirical and theoretical traditions in an unprecedented, engaging, and productive manner."---Max W. Dresow and Jake J. Grossman, Metascience"This is a very useful book for students and researchers."---Kevin S. McCann, Quarterly Review of Biology
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Harvard University Press Buddhism and Ecology
Book SynopsisIn this book, 20 religionists and environmentalists examine Buddhism's understanding of life's web. In noting the cultural diversity of Buddhism, they highlight aspects of the tradition that may help formulate an effective environmental ethics, citing examples from Asia and the U.S. of socially engaged Buddhist projects to protect the environment.Trade ReviewWhat a significant advance these articles represent for the study of religion and ecology. The potential contribution to the new field of religious ecology is immense. These papers will help to create a coherent field for the study of Buddhism and ecology. What is even more important, though this is not the precise task of scholarship: these papers will help define the modern Buddhist response to ecological ethics. -- John Berthrong, Associate Dean for Academic and Administrative Affairs, Boston University School of Theology, and Director, Institute for Dialogue among ReligionsA volume of this kind is an important step in engaging scholarship to address critical issues of our time. The potential of religious traditions offering resources for rethinking our relation to the earth is one of the most exciting themes to emerge from scholarship in many years. This volume will be a first important step to the full understanding of the contribution humankind’s perceptions of the sacred can make to the way we care for our earth. -- Rodney L. Taylor, Professor of Religious Studies and Associate Dean of the Graduate School, University of Colorado
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KIT Publishers Natural History and Ecology of Suriname
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Forest Unseen
Book SynopsisFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award“Injects much-needed vibrancy into the stuffy world of nature writing.” —Outside, “The Outdoor Books That Shaped the Last Decade”The biologist and author of Sounds Wild and Broken combines elegant writing with scientific expertise to reveal the secret world hidden in a single square meter of old-growth forestIn this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature''s path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life.Each of this book''s short chapters begins with a simple observation: a salamander scuttling across the leaf litter; the first blossom of spring wildflowers. From these, Haskell spins a
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Critical Political Ecology
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University of California Press The Biology and Ecology of Giant Kelp Forests
Book SynopsisGrowing from the seafloor and extending along the ocean surface in lush canopies, giant kelp provides an extensive vertical habitat in a largely two-dimensional seascape. This book provides a discussion of kelp species and forest ecology worldwide, with considerations of human uses and abuses, management and conservation, and more.Trade Review"A detailed, multifaceted synthesis of knowledge... Recommended." -- R. Schmid CHOICE connect "Remarkable... as comprehensive as could conceivably be attempted... A pleasure to read." -- John J. Bolton PhycologiaTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. THE BIOLOGY OF GIANT KELP 1. Introduction to Giant Kelp Forests Worldwide 2. The Structure, Function, and Abiotic Requirements of 3. The Abiotic Environment 4. Demography, Dispersal, and Connectivity of Populations PART II. THE GIANT KELP ECOSYSTEM 5. Giant Kelp Communities 6. Detached Giant Kelp Communities, Production, and Food / Control Webs 7. Facilitative and Competitive Interactions in Giant Kelp Forests 8. Grazing in Kelp Communities 9. Predation and Trophic Cascades in Kelp Communities PART III. HUMAN USAGE, MANAGEMENT, AND CONSERVATION 10. Anthropogenic Effects on Kelp Forests 11. Human Usage of Giant Kelp and Kelp Forest Organisms 12. Marine Protected Areas and Fisheries Effects PART IV. GLOBAL CHANGE AND THE FUTURE 13. Global Change 14. Giant Kelp Forests: Conclusions and Final Thought Afterword References Index
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Columbia University Press Ecological Literary Criticism
Book SynopsisThis treatise argues that literary criticism must re-establish connections to a wide range of social activities. It sets out a new type of criticism, called ecological literary criticism, which aims to make humanistic studies more socially responsible.
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