Applied ecology Books
Oxford University Press Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques
Book SynopsisA new updated edition of this popular guide to conservation education, concentrating largely on techniques and discussing why, when, and how to develop education materials and implement effective programs.Trade ReviewThis book, by presenting a variety of techniques for conservation outreach and education, sets out successfully to inspire and encourage anyone interested in conservation education and outreach to explore various techniques. [...]this volume is a very useful tool for conservation practitioners with its wide variety of techniques, information on planning, implementation, and evaluation, and examples and cases. * Sue McKee, The Quarterly Review of Biology *Many will consider this book an essential addition to their library as it provides a great overview of just about everything a conservation professional would need to know to implement an effective education and outreach program. * Ecological Restoration Journal *Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques, now in its second edition, has already become a key reference for conservation professionals hoping to dive into the human dimensions of applied conservation. This updated version promises to cement this status. * Diogo Verissimo, Conservation Biology *Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques is a valuable inventory of reference * Austral Ecology and Ecological Management and Restoration *Table of Contents1. Designing successful conservation education and outreach ; 2. Learning and teaching ; 3. Changing conservation behaviors ; 4. Conservation education in the schools ; 5. Making conservation come alive ; 6. Using the arts for conservation ; 7. Connecting classes and communities with conservation ; 8. Networking for conservation ; 9. Marketing conservation ; 10. Getting out your message with the written word ; 11. Taking advantage of technology ; 12. Designing on-site activities
£61.75
Oxford University Press Freshwater Ecology and Conservation
Book SynopsisThis practical manual of freshwater ecology and conservation provides a state-of-the-art review of the approaches and techniques used to measure, monitor, and conserve freshwater ecosystems. It offers a single, comprehensive, and accessible synthesis of the vast amount of literature for freshwater ecology and conservation that is currently dispersed in manuals, toolkits, journals, handbooks, ''grey'' literature, and websites. Successful conservation outcomes are ultimately built on a sound ecological framework in which every species must be assessed and understood at the individual, community, catchment and landscape level of interaction. For example, freshwater ecologists need to understand hydrochemical storages and fluxes, the physical systems influencing freshwaters at the catchment and landscape scale, and the spatial and temporal processes that maintain species assemblages and their dynamics. A thorough understanding of all these varied processes, and the techniques for studying Trade ReviewWith its mostly classical structure - and its emphasis on methodological overviews of specific disciplines or taxonomic groups - the book will suit those early in their freshwater career * Steve Ormerod, In the Drift *Table of ContentsPart I Overall considerations 1: G. Randy Milton and C. Max Finlayson: Diversity of freshwater ecosystems and global distributions 2: Rebecca E. Tharme, David Tickner, Jocelyne M.R. Hughes, John Conallin, and Lauren Zielinsky: Approaches to freshwater ecology and conservation 3: Leon A. Barmuta: Sampling strategies and protocols for freshwater ecology and conservation Part II Measuring the component parts 4: Matthew McCartney: Water quantity and hydrology 5: Nic Pacini, Libor Pechar, and David M. Harper: Chemical determinands of freshwater ecosystem functioning 6: Curt Lamberth and Jocelyne Hughes: Physical variables in freshwater ecosystems 7: David C. Sigee: Microorganisms 1: Phytoplankton, attached algae, and biofilms 8: Julia Reiss: Microorganisms 2: Viruses, prokaryotes, fungi, protozoans, and microscopic metazoans 9: Jocelyne Hughes, Beverley R. Clarkson, Ana T. Castro-Castellon, and Laura L. Hess: Wetland plants and aquatic macrophytes 10: Stephen E.W. Green, Rosie D. Salazar, Gillian Gilbert, Andrew S. Buxton, Danielle L. Gilroy, Thierry Oberdorff, and Lauren A. Harrington: Freshwater vertebrates: An overview of survey design and key methodological considerations 11: Richard Marchant and Catherine M. Yule: Aquatic macroinvertebrates Part III Ecosystem dynamics, conservation, and management 12: David M. Harper and Nic Pacini: Freshwater populations, interactions, and networks 13: Peter A. Gell, Marie-Elodie Perga, and C. Max Finlayson: Changes over time 14: Aaike De Wever, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Vanessa Bremerich, and Joerg Freyhof: Secondary data: Taking advantage of existing data and improving data availability for supporting freshwater ecology research and biodiversity conservation 15: C. Max Finlayson, R. S. de Groot, Francine M. R. Hughes, and Caroline A. Sullivan: Freshwater ecosystem services and functions 16: Julie A. Coetzee, Martin P. Hill, Andreas Hussner, Ana L. Nunes, and Olaf L. F. Weyl: Invasive aquatic species 17: Jamie Pittock, C. Max Finlayson, and Simon Linke: Freshwater ecosystem security and climate change 18: Carl Sayer, Helen Bennion, Angela Gurnell, Emma Goodyer, Donovan Kotze, and Richard Lindsay: Restoration of freshwaters: Principles and practice 19: Caroline A. Sullivan, C. Max Finlayson, Elizabeth Heagney, Marie Chantale Pelletier, Mike Acreman, and Jocelyne M.R. Hughes: Wetland landscapes and catchment management
£107.50
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
Oxford University Press Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life
Book SynopsisThis novel book provides the reader with the fundamentals of data collection, model construction, analyses, and interpretation across a wide repertoire of demographic techniques and protocols, clearly guided throughout with fully reproducible R scripts.Trade ReviewThis book is a gold mine of modern demographic tools, research ideas, and applications and presents solutions through the use of cutting-edge demographic tools and frameworks applied to data collected across the tree of life. * Lise M. Aubry, Quarterly Review of Biology *This book is a very carefully crafted, wide-ranging collection of contributions, which are almost without exception of high quality and report useful ideas, resources, and approaches. The collective authority of the authors is impressive, as is the range of approaches reviewed. The book is sufficiently comprehensive to age slowly, and the cited references and case studies make for excellent starting points when delving into specific topics. The audience is any quantitative ecological lab and demography university course at graduate or higher level. * Basic and Applied Ecology *Table of ContentsTim Coulson: Foreword Roberto Salguero-Gómez and Marlène Gamelon: Introduction: From Lions, to Lion's Manes, and Dandelions: Why Using (which types of) Demographic Data and Methods Part I: Demographic Data Collection: From Genes to Environment 1: Emily G. Simmonds, Henrik Jensen, Alina Niskanen and Steven Smith: Genetic Data Collection, Pedigrees and Phylogenies 2: Oldrich Tomasek, Alan A. Cohen, Erola Fenollosa, Maurizio Mencuccini, Sergi Munné-Bosch and Fanie Pelletier: Biochemical and Physiological Data Collection 3: Marie J.E. Charpentier, Marie Pelé, Julien P. Renoult and Cédric Sueur: Social Data Collection and Analyses 4: Margaret E. K. Evans, Bryan A. Black, Donald A. Falk, Courtney L. Giebink and Emily L. Schultz: Growth Rings across the Tree of Life: Demographic Insights from Biogenic Time Series Data 5: Marlène Gamelon, Josh A. Firth, Mathilde Le Moullec, William K. Petry and Roberto Salguero-Gómez: Longitudinal Demographic Data Collection 6: Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio, Eric S. Menges, Geoffrey S. Cook, Johan Ehrlén and Michelle E. Afkhami: Drivers of Demography: Past Challenges and a Promise for a Changed Future Part II: Data and Research Question-Driven Methods 7: Jonas Knape and Andreas Lindén: Abundance Based Approaches 8: Owen R. Jones: Life Tables: Construction and Interpretation 9: Yngvild Vindenesa, Christie Le Coeura and Hal Caswell: Introduction to Matrix Population Models 10: Edgar J. González, Dylan Z. Childs, Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio and Roberto Salguero-Gómez: Integral Projection Models 11: David N. Koons, David T. Iles and Iain Stott: Transient Analyses of Population Dynamics Using Matrix Projection Models 12: Viktoriia Radchuk, Stephanie Kramer-Schadt, Uta Berger, Cédric Scherer, Pia Backmann and Volker Grimm: Individual-Based Models 13: Sarah Cubaynes, Simon Galas, Myriam Richaud, Ana Sanz Aguilar, Roger Pradel, Giacomo Tavecchia, Fernando Colchero, Sebastien Roques, Richard Shefferson and Carlo Giovanni Camarda: Survival Analyses 14: Marlène Gamelon, Stefan J.G. Vriend, Marcel E. Visser, Caspar A. Hallmann, Suzanne T.E. Lommen and Eelke Jongejans: Efficient use of demographic Data: Integrated Population Models Part III: Applications 15: Guillaume Péron: Spatial Demography 16: Shripad Tuljapurkar and Wenyun Zuo: Evolutionary Demography 17: Bernt-Erik Sæther and Steinar Engen: Reproductive value and analyses of population dynamics of age-structured populations 18: Jean-Michel Gaillard, Victor Ronget, Jean-François Lemaître, Christophe Bonenfant, Guillaume Péron, Pol Capdevila, M.arlène Gamelon and Roberto Salguero-Gómez: Applying Comparative Methods to Different Databases: Lessons from Demographic Analyses Across Mammal Species 19: James D. Nichols: Adaptive Management: Making Recurrent Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty 20: Anna Kuparinen: Heritability, Polymorphism and Population Dynamics: Individual-Based Eco-Evolutionary Simulations 21: Maria Paniw, Gabriele Cozzi, Stefan Sommer and Arpat Ozgul: Demographic Processes in Socially Structured Populations 22: Petra Klepac and C. Jessica E. Metcalf: Demographic Methods in Epidemiology
£45.12
Oxford University Press Conservation Physiology
Book SynopsisConservation physiology is a rapidly expanding, multidisciplinary field that utilizes physiological knowledge and tools to understand and solve conservation challenges. This novel text provides the first consolidated overview of its scope, purpose, and applications, with a focus on wildlife. It outlines the major avenues and advances by which conservation physiology is contributing to the monitoring, management, and restoration of wild animal populations. This book also defines opportunities for further growth in the field and identifies critical areas for future investigation. By using a series of global case studies, contributors illustrate how approaches from the conservation physiology toolbox can tackle a diverse range of conservation issues including the monitoring of environmental stress, predicting the impact of climate change, understanding disease dynamics, improving captive breeding, and reducing human-wildlife conflict. Moreover, by acting as practical road maps across a diversity of sub-disciplines, these case studies serve to increase the accessibility of this discipline to new researchers. The diversity of taxa, biological scales, and ecosystems highlighted illustrate the far-reaching nature of the discipline and allow readers to gain an appreciation for the purpose, value, applicability, and status of the field of conservation physiology.Conservation Physiology is an accessible supplementary textbook suitable for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of conservation science, eco-physiology, evolutionary and comparative physiology, natural resources management, ecosystem health, veterinary medicine, animal physiology, and ecology.Table of Contents1:The history, goals, and application of conservation physiology Christine L. Madliger, Oliver P. Love, Steven J. Cooke, and Craig E. Franklin 2:Using physiology to infer the reproductive status and breeding performance of cryptic or at-risk bird species Glenn T. Crossin and Tony D. Williams 3:On conducting management-relevant mechanistic science for upriver migrating adult Pacific salmon Steven J. Cooke, Graham D. Raby, Nolan N. Bett, Amy K. Teffer, Nicholas J. Burnett, Kenneth M. Jeffries, Erica J. Eliason, Eduardo G. Martins, Kristina M. Miller, David A. Patterson, Vivian M. Nguyen, Nathan Young, Anthony P. Farrell, and Scott G. Hinch 4:Integrating physiological and ecological data to increase the effectiveness of bee protection and conservation Cedric Alaux, Jean-Luc Brunet, and Mickael Henry 5:Applying isotopic clocks to identify prior migration patterns and critical habitats in mobile marine predators Daniel J. Madigan, Oliver N. Shipley, and Nigel E. Hussey 6:Using physiological tools to unlock barriers to fish passage in freshwater ecosystems Rebecca L. Cramp, Essie M. Rodgers, Christopher Myrick, James Sakker, and Craig E. Franklin 7:Transcriptome profiling in conservation physiology and ecotoxicology: mechanistic insights into organism-environment interactions to both test and generate hypotheses Marisa L. Trego, Charles A. Brown, Benjamin Dubansky, Chelsea D. Hess, Fernando Galvez, and Andrew Whitehead 8:The role of conservation physiology in mitigating social-ecological traps in wildlife-provisioning tourism: A case study of feeding stingrays in the Cayman Islands Christina A. D. Semeniuk 9:Applying conservation physiology in response to a devastating wildlife disease, White-nose Syndrome in bats Yvonne A. Dzal and Craig K.R. Willis 10:Physiology provides a window into how the multi-stressor environment contributes to amphibian declines Michel Ohmer, Lesley Alton, and Rebecca Cramp 11:Improving "shark park" protections under threat from climate change using the conservation physiology toolbox Ian A. Bouyoucos and Jodie L. Rummer 12:A tale of two whales: putting physiological tools to work for North Atlantic and southern right whales Kathleen E. Hunt, Alejandro Fernández Ajó, Carley Lowe, Elizabeth A. Burgess, and C. Loren Buck 13:Weathering the impacts of climate change: methods for measuring the environment at scales relevant to conservation physiology Brian Helmuth 14:A veterinary perspective on the conservation physiology and rehabilitation of sea turtles Charles Innis and Kara Dodge 15:Applications of minimally invasive immune response and glucocorticoid biomarkers of physiological stress responses in rescued wild koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) Edward J. Narayan and Renae Charalambous 16:How thermal ecophysiology assists the conservation of reptiles: Case studies from New Zealand's endemic fauna Alison Cree, Kelly M. Hare, Nicola J. Nelson, Christian Chukwuka, and Jo Virens 17:Using applied physiology to better manage and conserve the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) Anna J Haw, Andrea Fuller and Leith CR Meyer 18:Communication in conservation physiology: linking diverse stakeholders, promoting public engagement, and encouraging application Taryn D. Laubenstein and Jodie L. Rummer 19:Optimism and opportunities for conservation physiology in the Anthropocene: a synthesis and conclusions Steven J. Cooke, Christine L. Madliger, Jordanna N. Bergman, Vivian M. Nguyen, Sean J. Landsman, Oliver P. Love, Jodie L. Rummer, and Craig E. Franklin
£30.87
Oxford University Press A Primer on Stable Isotopes in Ecology
Book SynopsisIn the past few decades, the field of ecology has made huge advancements thanks to stable isotopes. Ecologists need to understand the principles of stable isotopes to fully appreciate many studies in their discipline. Ecologists also need to be aware of isotopic approaches to enrich their toolbox for further advancing the discipline. A Primer on Stable Isotopes in Ecology is a concise and foundational resource for anyone interested in acquiring theoretical and practical knowledge for the application of stable isotopes in ecology.Readers will gain a more in-depth and complete knowledge of stable isotopes and explore isotopic methods used in ecological research, learning about stable isotope definitions, measurement, ecological processes, and applications in research. Chapters include in-depth descriptions of stable isotopes and their notation, isotope fractionation, isotope mixing, heavy isotope enrichment, and quantification methods by mass spectrometry and laser spectroscopy. The textTable of Contents1: Stable isotopes as a tool for ecologists 2: Stable isotopes, notations, and standards 3: Isotopic fractionation 4: Isotope mixing 5: Heavy isotope enrichments 6: Measuring stable isotopes
£37.05
Oxford University Press Island Biogeography Geoenvironmental Dynamics
Book SynopsisIsland biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are ideal places for unique species to evolve, but they are also places of concentrated extinction. Consequently, they are widely studied by ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and conservationists.This accessible textbook builds on the success and reputation of its predecessors, documenting the recent advances in this exciting field and explaining how islands have contributed to both theory development and testing. In addition, the book describes the main processes of island formation, subsequent dynamics, and eventual demise, explaining the relevance of island environmental history to island biogeography. The authors demonstrate the significance of islands as hotspots of biodiversity and of prehistoric and historic anthropogenic extinction. Since island species continue to feature disproportionally in the lists of threatened species today, the book examines both the chief threats to their persistence and some of the mitigation measures that can be put in play, with conservation strategies specifically tailored to islands.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements PART 1: Setting the Scene: Islands as Natural Laboratories 1: The natural laboratory paradigm 2: Island types, origins, and dynamics 3: Island environments 4: The biogeography of island life: biodiversity hotspots in context PART 2: Island Ecology 5: Island macroecology 6: Assembly rules for island metacommunities 7: Extending the timescale: island biodynamics in response to island geodynamics PART 3: Island Evolution 8: Colonization, evolutionary change, and speciation 9: Evolutionary diversification across islands and archipelagos 10: Island evolutionary syndromes in animals 11: Island evolutionary syndromes in - and involving - plants PART 4: Human Impact and Conservation 12: The application of island theory to fragmented landscapes 13: The human transformation of island ecosystems 14: Anthropogenic extinction on islands: a synthesis 15: Meeting the conservation challenge
£42.74
Oxford University Press Open Ecosystems
Book SynopsisThis book explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of ''open ecosystems'', which include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. They occur in climates that can support closed forest ecosystems and often form mosaics with forest patches. With the aid of remote sensing, it is now clear that open ecosystems are a global phenomenon and occur over vast areas in climates that could also support forests. This book goes beyond regional narratives and seeks general explanations for their existence. It develops the theme of open ecosystems as being widespread and ancient, with a distinct biota from that of closed forests. It examines hypotheses for their maintenance in climate zones favouring the development of forests, including fire, vertebrate herbivory, and soils hostile for tree growth.Open Ecosystems: Ecology and Evolution Beyond the Forest Edge provides an accessible introduction for graduate students and researchers of open (non-forested) ecosystem ecology in departments of ecology, geography, and environmental science. It will also be of relevance and use to professional ecologists, biogeographers, and global change biologists requiring a concise, authoritative overview of the topicTrade ReviewOpen Ecosystems was a fascinating read, packed with authoritative evidence, personal observations and experimental support across the globe. The content makes out, and often challenges, a solid body of past and novel ecological hypotheses, presented in a rather coherent manner. The ultimate strength of this book is that it clearly defines research gaps and provides important guidelines for future research aimed at an improved understanding of OEs. * F. Siebert, North-West University, South Africa, Bothalia *this interesting and well-written book draws readers into the ecological issues that matter most to open ecosystems: climate mismatches, fossil records that support their origins, soil factors that lead to openness, fire and adaptations to it, and herbivory . . . Overall, the volume is excellent, and presents a thorough review of ecological factors that keep open ecosystems open . . . It is my hope that the fascinating details in this book will garner a greater appreciation for open ecosystems by students, scientists, and members of the general public. * Brian J. Wilsey, Iowa State University, The Quarterly Review of Biology *...its content is essential for any practitioner seeking a holistic understanding of African rangelands, and important policy issues are addressed. This book deserves to be read by anyone with an interest in open African ecosystems. * African Journal of Range and Forage Science *Table of Contents1: Introduction to open ecosystems: a global anomaly and a local example 2: The pattern of open ecosystems and the climates in which they occur 3: Uncertain ecosystems: the conceptual framework 4: The nature of open ecosystems 5: The origins of closed and open ecosystems: Fossils and phylogenies 6: Soils and open ecosystems 7: Fire and open ecosystems 8: Vertebrate herbivory and open ecosystems 9: The future of open ecosystems
£45.49
Oxford University Press Urban Biodiversity and Equity
Book SynopsisThis advanced textbook moves beyond a basic scientific comprehension of urban ecosystems to understand the essential details of how scientists, policy makers, and practitioners develop solutions to effectively manage urban biodiversity. Such efforts necessitate unravelling the complex components that bolster or constrain biodiversity including human-wildlife interactions, resource availability, climate fluctuations, novel species relationships, and landscape heterogeneity. However, key to an understanding of these processes is also recognizing the tremendous social variation inherent within and across urban areas. The diversity of urban human communities fundamentally shapes how society designs, builds, and manages urban landscapes. This means that urban environmental management unavoidably must account for human social variation. Unfortunately, urban systems have a history and continued legacy of social inequality (e.g., systemic racism and classism) that govern how cities are both bu
£37.99
Oxford University Press A Dictionary of Ecology 4e Oxford Quick Reference
Book SynopsisThe fourth edition of the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of ecology available. Written in a clear, accessible style, it contains over 6,000 entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines, and is fully weblinked.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition a fine compendium of unquestionable use...Make sure you have an Allaby handy * Nature *
£14.24
The University of Chicago Press Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time Evolutionary
Book SynopsisA survey of the entire ecological history of life on land--from the earliest traces of terrestrial organisms over 400 million years ago to the beginning of human agriculture.
£47.50
The University of Chicago Press Phylogeny Ecology and Behavior A Research Program
Book SynopsisA rigorous integration of phylogenetic hypotheses into studies of adaptation, adaptive radiation, and coevolution in evolutionary biology.
£34.20
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.
£80.00
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.
£35.83
The University of Chicago Press John Lockes Liberalism
Book SynopsisThis text offers a critique of the ideological roots of the "Deep Ecology" movement spreading throughout Germany, France and the United States. The author examines European legal cases concerning the status and rights of animals and key ideas that German Romanticism embraced.Table of ContentsPreface. The Passing of the Humanist Era Pt. 1: Animals, or The Confusion of Genres 1: Antinatural Man 2: "Animal Liberation," or The Rights of Creatures 3: Neither Man nor Stone: The Enigmatic Being Pt. 2: The Shadows of the Earth 4: "Think Like a Mountain": The Master Plan of "Deep Ecology" 5: Nazi Ecology: The November 1933, July 1934, and June 1935 Legislations 6: In Praise of Difference, or The Incarnations of Leftism: The Case of Ecofeminism 7: Democratic Ecology and the Question of the Rights of Nature Epilogue. Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism: The Three Cultures Index
£21.85
The University of Chicago Press A Natural History of the New World
Book SynopsisThe paleoecological history of the Americas is as complex as the region is broad: stretching from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego, it features some of the most extraordinary vegetation on the planet. With plants as his scientific muse, the author traces the evolution of ecosystems, beginning from the Late Cretaceous period onwards.
£112.10
The University of Chicago Press A Natural History of the New World The Ecology
Book SynopsisThe paleoecological history of the Americas is as complex as the region is broad: stretching from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego, it features some of the most extraordinary vegetation on the planet. With plants as his scientific muse, the author traces the evolution of ecosystems, beginning from the Late Cretaceous period onwards.
£42.75
The University of Chicago Press The Invention of Religion in Japan Emersion
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£22.80
The University of Chicago Press Raising Cane in the Glades The Global Sugar
Book SynopsisThe Everglades underwent a metaphorical and ecological transition from impenetrable swamp to endangered wetland. This study situates the environmental transformation of the Everglades within the economic and historical geography of global sugar production and trade.Trade Review"Raising Cane in the 'Glades argues that the transformation of Florida's Everglades was less a result of changing cultural values and more an outcome of political struggles that involved international competition, regional political interest, and local struggles. Hollander's method is innovative in the way that regional transformation is traced out through a single commodity in a specific time and place." - Altha Cravey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"
£57.63
The University of Chicago Press Modeling Nature
Book SynopsisA history of population ecology which traces two generations of science and scientists from the opening of the 20th century through to 1970. The text chronicles the careers of key figures and the field's theoretical, empirical and institutional development.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Phylogenetic Ecology A History Critique and
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£98.80
The University of Chicago Press Phylogenetic Ecology
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£33.25
The University of Chicago Press Foundations of Ecology
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£38.00
The University of Chicago Press Behavioral Mechanisms in Evolutionary Ecology
Book SynopsisThis volume aims to illuminate long-standing questions about cause-and-effect relations between an animal's behaviour and its environment. The contributors examine how various animals identify and use environmental resources and deal with ecological constraints.Table of ContentsContents 1 How to Think about Behavior: An Introduction, Leslie A. Real Part I. Psychological and Cognitive Foundations 2 A Synthetic Approach to the Study of Animal Intelligence, Alan C. Kamil 3 Learning and Foraging: Individuals, Groups, and Populations, John R. Krebs and Alastair J. Inman 4 Spatial Cognition and Navigation in Insects, Fred C. Dyer 5 Information Processing and the Evolutionary Ecology of Cognitive Architecture, Leslie A. Real 6 Optimizing Learning and Its Effect on Evolutionary Change in Behavior, Daniel R. Papaj Part II. Communication 7 Errors, Exaggeration, and Deception in Animal Communication, R. Haven Wiley 8 Mechanisms Underlying Sexual Selection, Michael J. Ryan Part III. Neural, Developmental, and Genetic Processes 9 Critical Events in the Development of Bird Song: What Can Neurobiology Contribute to the Study of the Evolution of Behavior?, Arthur P. Arnold 10 The Nature and Nurture of Neo-phenotypes: A Case History, Meredith J. West, Andrew P. King, and Todd M. Freeberg 11 Constraints on Phenotypic Evolution, Stevan J. Arnold 12 Behavioral Constraints on the Evolutionary Expansion of Insect Diet: A Case History from Checkerspot Butterflies, Michael C. Singer 13 Individual Behavior and Higher-Order Species Interactions, Earl E. Werner Part IV. Hormonal Processes 14 Hormones and Life Histories: An Integrative Approach, Ellen D. Ketterson and Val Nolan Jr. 15 Immunology and the Evolution of Behavior, Marlene Zuk Part V. The Social Context of Behavior 16 The Evolution of Social Cognition in Primates, Robert M. Seyfarth and Dorothy L. Cheney 17 Lanchester' Theory of Combat, Self-Organization, and the Evolution of Army Ants and Cellular Societies, Nigel R. Franks and Lucas W. Partridge 18 How Social Insect Colonies Respond to Variable Environments, Deborah M. Gordon 19 Chaos and Behavior: The Perspective of Nonlinear Dynamics, Blaine J. Cole
£132.00
The University of Chicago Press Behavioral Mechanisms in Evolutionary Ecology
Book SynopsisThis volume aims to illuminate long-standing questions about cause-and-effect relations between an animal's behaviour and its environment. The contributors examine how various animals identify and use environmental resources and deal with ecological constraints.Table of ContentsPart 1 Psychological and cognitive foundations: a synthetic approach to the study of animal intelligence, Alan C. Kamil; learning and foraging - individuals, groups and populations, John R. Krebs and Alastair J. Inman; spatial cognition and navigation in insects, Fred C. Dyer; information processing and the evolutionary ecology of cognitive architecture, Leslie A. Real; optimizing learning and its effect on evolutionary change in behaviour, Daniel R. Papaj. Part 2 Communication. (Part contents).
£58.18
The University of Chicago Press The Food Web of a Tropical Rain Forest
Book SynopsisThis volume presents a comprehensive description and analysis of the animal community of the tropical rain forest at El Verde, Puerto Rico. The contributors weave the strands of information about the energy flow within the forest into a tool for understanding community dynamics known as a food web.
£57.00
The University of Chicago Press Species Diversity in Ecological Communities
Book SynopsisLooks at biodiversity in its broadest geographical and historical contexts. The authors use new theoretical developments, analyses and case studies to explore the large-scale mechanisms that generate and maintain diversity.
£40.85
The University of Chicago Press Serengeti II Dynamics Management Conservation
Book SynopsisThis analysis of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in East Africa examines the ecosystem at every level. Drawing on data from long-term studies, it also discusses the processes that have produced the Serengeti's biological diversity, with its species-species and species-environment interactions.
£125.40
The University of Chicago Press Serengeti II Dynamics Management Conservation
Book SynopsisThis analysis of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in East Africa examines the ecosystem at every level. Drawing on data from long-term studies, it also discusses the processes that have produced the Serengeti's biological diversity, with its species-species and species-environment interactions.
£55.96
The University of Chicago Press Principles of Soundscape Ecology
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£41.80
The University of Chicago Press Constructed Climates
Book SynopsisAs our world becomes increasingly urbanized, an understanding of the context, mechanisms, and consequences of city and suburban environments becomes more critical. This title demonstrates the value of urban green. Focusing specifically on the role of vegetation and trees, it shows the costs and benefits reaped from urban open spaces.Trade Review"At a time when we all need to approach our shared environmental challenges with an integrative, interdisciplinary perspective, Wilson provides us with a much-needed resource that combines urban ecology, physics, chemistry, and sociology. A must read for anyone seeking to have a positive impact on the places in which we live." (Richard V. Pouyat, US Forest Service)"
£76.95
The University of Chicago Press Constructed Climates
Book SynopsisAs our world becomes increasingly urbanized, an understanding of the context, mechanisms, and consequences of city and suburban environments becomes more critical. This title demonstrates the value of urban green. Focusing specifically on the role of vegetation and trees, it shows the costs and benefits reaped from urban open spaces.Trade Review"At a time when we all need to approach our shared environmental challenges with an integrative, interdisciplinary perspective, Wilson provides us with a much-needed resource that combines urban ecology, physics, chemistry, and sociology. A must read for anyone seeking to have a positive impact on the places in which we live." (Richard V. Pouyat, US Forest Service)"
£26.60
John Wiley & Sons Carbon Blues Cars Catastrophes and the Battle
Book SynopsisA short history of climate change: its causes, consequences, deniers, and solutions for remediation.Trade Review"It is worth saying that it is preposterous that in a world where we can get energy from the sun, the wind, and the tides -- all above ground -- we still get energy by sending miners underground to dig coal, and by defacing the landscape in search of oil and with the construction of pipelines. Carbon Blues is a timely synthesis of the daunting subject of climate change and makes an important contribution to discourse on the topic in society and in the classroom." Laurel Sefton MacDowell, University of Toronto and author of An Environmental History of Canada"In this solidly-written book, Mason, author of Turbulent Empires, sweeps through a variety of contexts related to climate change, history, current events, and the future. Many of today's climate change narratives are depressing. To some it feels as if society is collectively singling the blues. To some it feels as it society is collectively singling the blues. Mason's test is written in this vein, though there is a bit of jazz to be found in it as well." Choice
£25.19
McGill-Queen's University Press Hidden Scourge
Book SynopsisAnalyzing over 100,000 industrial spills from Alberta, Saskatchewan, North Dakota, Montana, and the Northwest Territories, this book takes the reader behind the firewall of disinformation to uncover scientific truths about crude oil and saline water spills and the cumulative impacts of the fossil fuel industry on ecosystems and society.Trade Review"This is a remarkable investigation that should open many eyes, and perhaps many hearts." Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature"This book is bound to become a seminal work for anyone concerned with the impact of the fossil fuel industry on our land, health, and governments. Kevin Timoney reveals the environmental regulation of the oil industry as a national embarrassment." Kevin Taft, author of Oil's Deep State“A must-read for oil historians and environmental historians seeking to understand the ecological impacts of fossil fuel industry spills.” H-Environment
£27.90
Columbia University Press Systematics Ecology and the Biodiversity Crisis
Book SynopsisWhich species can be saved, when all cannot? This book provides critical tools for finding answers to the systematic biology.
£56.00
Columbia University Press Exploring Agrodiversity
Book SynopsisSmall farmers are often viewed as engaging in wasteful practices that wreak ecological havoc. This text aims to set the record straight, using case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific, the book offers an analysis of agricultural diversity and explores its history.Trade ReviewBrookfield brings together a rich collection of evidence... and elegantly outlines the importance of agrodiversity. Nature Brookfield has again broken the mould with this extrememly valuable and detailed introduction to, and exposition of, his latest interest and speciality-the agrodiversity of small farmers... An excellent treatment of small farmer management strategies. Land Degradation and Development A valuable contribution...provides many interesting examples that question well established and widely disseminated hypotheses. Basic and Applied Ecology Harold Brookfield has written a book well worth the read... Few scholars are as well positioned as Brookfield to write about dynamic diversity in traditional agricultural systems centered on the farmer and the farm. Conservation Ecology Brookfield has emphasized the extremes of agriculturally managed landscapes in the small-farming regions of developing countries... [T]he volume is an excellent resource for scholars and policymakers, as well as a major contribution to the field of agrodiversity. -- Shivaji Prasad The Professional Geographer [T]his is an interesting book and would be a worthwhile addition to any personal or academic library just for a range of case studies alone... There is a fascinating range of examples of variations on the themes of human adaptability and landscape change. -- Christopher Young Landscape EcologyTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I. Presenting Agrodiversity 1. Presenting Diversity by Example: Mintima and Bayninan 2. Diversity, Stress, and Opportunity Part II. Diversity Within Rotational Land Systems 3. Defining, Describing, and Writing About Agrodiversity Part III. Paths of Transformation 4. Learning About the History of Agrodiversity Part IV. The Future of Agrodiversity 5. Understanding Soils and Soil--Plant Dynamics 6. Analyzing Shifting Cultivation 7. Alternative Ways to Farm Parsimonious Soils 8. Managing Plants in the Fallow and the Forest 9. Coping with Problems: Degraded Land, Slope Dynamics, and Flood 10. Who Has Driven Agricultural Change? 11. Farmer-Driven Transformation in Modern Times 12. The Green Revolution 13. Recent Trends in Agriculture 14. Science, Farmers, and Politics Epilogue: Looking at the Future References
£40.00
Columbia University Press Green Innovation in China
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBecause there is no more important issue to future generations than climate change and no more important country in the effort to control greenhouse gas emissions than China, Joanna Lewis's book is particularly timely and welcome. Thoroughly researched and well-written, this informative volume goes a long way toward helping us understand the critical role China plays in both the causes for and solutions to the global climate change challenge. -- Orville Schell, director, Center on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society Green Innovation in China is a compelling exploration of how China is transforming itself into a clean energy powerhouse. By taking us deep into the competitive world of wind power-from research and development to the cutthroat global marketplace-Joanna Lewis provides fascinating insights into China's broader clean tech innovation strategy. This is a book that should be on the desk or nightstand of anyone who wants to understand where China's leaders are taking their country and how they plan to get there. -- Elizabeth Economy, C. V. Starr Senior Fellow and director of Asia studies, Council on Foreign Relations This book provides an excellent overview of China's green innovation system, relating China's energy technology innovations to the country's domestic policy interventions and international collaborations. China's green innovation process is very complicated. Without a doubt, this book will help readers within and outside of China better grasp the context and nature of the issue. The text also describes well the lessons other developing countries can draw from China's green innovation exercise. -- Zhang Xiliang, professor and executive director, Institute of Energy, Environment, and Economy, Tsinghua University Lewis's work is a lucid look at the development of a key green-tech sector, and the larger lessons it holds for China's innovative capacity. Asian Review of Books Essential reading for everyone interested in the Chinese wind energy industry, providing a compelling and well-researched overview, including the industry's history and prospects for its future. -- Johan Nordensvard International Affairs As important as it is timely... Required reading for anyone interested in China's energy or environmental politics. -- Phillip Stalley The China Quarterly In this timely volume, Joanna Lewis integrates insights and research from over a decade of work relating to the rise of China's wind market, the largest in the world. -- Edward A. Cunningham Review of Policy Research Informative... Green Innovation in China is timely reading for anyone interested in the evolution of the wind energy industry in China. China Review International [A] carefully researched, painstakingly referenced, and articulate account. Journal of Chinese Political Science An accurate and invaluable reference for scholars of development and innovation studies. Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Preface Abbreviations Chronology of Wind Power Development in China 1. Green Innovation in China 2. China's Energy and Climate Challenge 3. China in the Global Wind Power Innovation System 4. The Role of Foreign Technology in China's Wind Power Industry Development 5. Goldwind and the Emergence of the Chinese Wind Industry 6. Wind Energy Leapfrogging in Emerging Economies 7. Engaging China on Clean Energy Cooperation Notes Bibliography Index
£70.40
Columbia University Press The Inquisition of Climate Science
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book is a winner, written in an easy, logical style with thorough and fascinating discussions of major deniers. -- Orrin Pilkey, Duke University, coauthor of The Rising Sea With the evidence for global warming so strong, why, Powell asks, does half the American public doubt it? His answer is a history of the campaign of denial, the most comprehensive and up-to-date history available. It is well written and well worth reading: this is the most important issue facing our generation. -- Spencer Weart, author of The Discovery of Global Warming This courageous and well-researched book exposes how ideologues and money combined to attack sound climate science. -- Richard Somerville, University of California, San Diego, author of The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change, second edition Powell consistently brings the sharp insight of a knowledgeable insider melded with the skepticism of a critical outsider to the most important issues in science. In his latest book-his best yet-he shows us the path to understanding climate change. -- Peter D. Ward, The University of Washington James Lawrence Powell's must-read book is a welcome addition to the growing literature debunking fossil fuel-funded, anti-science disinformation. As Powell makes clear, it is time for scientists to stand up and be counted. -- Joseph Romm, editor of Climate Progress and senior fellow at American Progress this is a highly authoritative and accessible book that should be read by everyone who has any doubts about the reality of climate change. Irish Times Books like 'The Inquisition' offer a clear antidote to the evolving national viral infection of antiscience. Get it. Read it. Tell others about it. -- John Atcheson 1895 By looking at climate science, business, politics, and media, Powell has taken a comprehensive approach, doing a thorough job of boxing in the deniers' arguments and deflating them while at the same time providing an accessible read for nonprofessionals. Library Journal Xpress Reviews A masterful compilation of nearly all the evidence, not only for the reality of anthropogenic global warming, but especially answering point-by-point the ridiculous attempts by climate deniers to cloud and distort the issues by raising one bogus charge after another. -- Donald R. Prothero Skeptic Blog A rare look at the politicalization of an important science... Recommended. Choice ...succinctly summarizes the entire disinheartening story. -- Naomi Oreskes Physics Today ...a worthwhile read...an invaluable tool for those of us that are committed to fighting against the assault on climate science, be it the writers, the teachers, the activists, the politicians, or the scientists. -- Sarah Kenehan Environmental Philosophy A clear antidote to the evolving national viral infection of antiscience. Get it. Read it. Tell others about it. -- John Atcheson Science Progress The Inquisition of Climate Science is an excellent, well-written book for the general audience which gives readers a broad view of organized attacks on climate science over the last few decades. Reports of the National Center for Science Education The first book to examine the history and milieu of the climate science denial process as a whole... a 'must' for any college-level science collection. Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Not Skeptics, by Deniers 1. Science and Potemkin Science Never a Crisis A Political Movement A Cheap Tuxedo Better Than Scientists 2. Adventures in Denierland Urban Myth? Cave Junction 3. The Evidence for Consensus Spam Filter Newton's Second Law Polling Scientists An Extremely Pernicious Development 4. Discovery of Global Warming One of the Oldest Theories A Large-Scale Geophysical Experiment 5. The Greenhouse Effect: From Curiosity to Threat Models Predict Warming Globetrotters The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6. Global Warming: All You Really Need to Know in One Chart 7. Tobacco Tactics: The Scientist-Deniers All of Those People Are Wrong With All Due Respect, by Dr. Michaels The $45 Million Man If Science Doesn't Have Integrity Blue Marble Nuke Vietnam? Foot Soldier 8. Fear of State: The Nonscientists Aren't You Embarrassed, by Mr. Will? Once Again The Lomborg Deception Bed-Wetting, by Messianic 9. Toxic Tanks Harry and Louise Tale from the Crypt Please Don't Poop in My Salad Embarrassing General Marshall Push Down on the Accelerator 10. An Industry to Trust Most Profitable Company in History An Industry That Cannot Afford Denial 11. Balance as Bias: How the Media Missed "The Story of the Century" The Prestige Press Plumes of Smoke from China Carbongate End of Objectivity? Systemic Failure 12. Science Under Attack It's the Sun, by Ozone Testosterone Watts Up with That? Slap Shot The Medieval Warm Period Do Climate Models Work? Did Global Warming End in 1998? Chicken or Egg? GRACE Tropospheric Cooling? 13. Greatest Hoax in History? Who's to Blame? Liberals, by of Course To Command Spring Funding Research Traitors 14. Climategate: Much Ado About Nothing One Million Words Innocent of All Charges Gates and More Gates 15. Anatomy of Denial To Roll Back Industrial Society 16. Escalating Tactics Monkey Trials Old Virginia Home 17. Earning Trust Appendix Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
£19.80
Columbia University Press The Inquisition of Climate Science
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book is a winner, written in an easy, logical style with thorough and fascinating discussions of major deniers. -- Orrin Pilkey, Duke University, coauthor of The Rising Sea With the evidence for global warming so strong, why, Powell asks, does half the American public doubt it? His answer is a history of the campaign of denial, the most comprehensive and up-to-date history available. It is well written and well worth reading: this is the most important issue facing our generation. -- Spencer Weart, author of The Discovery of Global Warming This courageous and well-researched book exposes how ideologues and money combined to attack sound climate science. -- Richard Somerville, University of California, San Diego, author of The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change, second edition Powell consistently brings the sharp insight of a knowledgeable insider melded with the skepticism of a critical outsider to the most important issues in science. In his latest book-his best yet-he shows us the path to understanding climate change. -- Peter D. Ward, The University of Washington James Lawrence Powell's must-read book is a welcome addition to the growing literature debunking fossil fuel-funded, anti-science disinformation. As Powell makes clear, it is time for scientists to stand up and be counted. -- Joseph Romm, editor of Climate Progress and senior fellow at American Progress this is a highly authoritative and accessible book that should be read by everyone who has any doubts about the reality of climate change. Irish Times Books like 'The Inquisition' offer a clear antidote to the evolving national viral infection of antiscience. Get it. Read it. Tell others about it. -- John Atcheson 1895 By looking at climate science, business, politics, and media, Powell has taken a comprehensive approach, doing a thorough job of boxing in the deniers' arguments and deflating them while at the same time providing an accessible read for nonprofessionals. Library Journal Xpress Reviews A masterful compilation of nearly all the evidence, not only for the reality of anthropogenic global warming, but especially answering point-by-point the ridiculous attempts by climate deniers to cloud and distort the issues by raising one bogus charge after another. -- Donald R. Prothero Skeptic Blog A rare look at the politicalization of an important science... Recommended. Choice ...succinctly summarizes the entire disinheartening story. -- Naomi Oreskes Physics Today ...a worthwhile read...an invaluable tool for those of us that are committed to fighting against the assault on climate science, be it the writers, the teachers, the activists, the politicians, or the scientists. -- Sarah Kenehan Environmental Philosophy A clear antidote to the evolving national viral infection of antiscience. Get it. Read it. Tell others about it. -- John Atcheson Science Progress The Inquisition of Climate Science is an excellent, well-written book for the general audience which gives readers a broad view of organized attacks on climate science over the last few decades. Reports of the National Center for Science Education The first book to examine the history and milieu of the climate science denial process as a whole... a 'must' for any college-level science collection. Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Not Skeptics, by Deniers 1. Science and Potemkin Science Never a Crisis A Political Movement A Cheap Tuxedo Better Than Scientists 2. Adventures in Denierland Urban Myth? Cave Junction 3. The Evidence for Consensus Spam Filter Newton's Second Law Polling Scientists An Extremely Pernicious Development 4. Discovery of Global Warming One of the Oldest Theories A Large-Scale Geophysical Experiment 5. The Greenhouse Effect: From Curiosity to Threat Models Predict Warming Globetrotters The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6. Global Warming: All You Really Need to Know in One Chart 7. Tobacco Tactics: The Scientist-Deniers All of Those People Are Wrong With All Due Respect, by Dr. Michaels The $45 Million Man If Science Doesn't Have Integrity Blue Marble Nuke Vietnam? Foot Soldier 8. Fear of State: The Nonscientists Aren't You Embarrassed, by Mr. Will? Once Again The Lomborg Deception Bed-Wetting, by Messianic 9. Toxic Tanks Harry and Louise Tale from the Crypt Please Don't Poop in My Salad Embarrassing General Marshall Push Down on the Accelerator 10. An Industry to Trust Most Profitable Company in History An Industry That Cannot Afford Denial 11. Balance as Bias: How the Media Missed "The Story of the Century" The Prestige Press Plumes of Smoke from China Carbongate End of Objectivity? Systemic Failure 12. Science Under Attack It's the Sun, by Ozone Testosterone Watts Up with That? Slap Shot The Medieval Warm Period Do Climate Models Work? Did Global Warming End in 1998? Chicken or Egg? GRACE Tropospheric Cooling? 13. Greatest Hoax in History? Who's to Blame? Liberals, by of Course To Command Spring Funding Research Traitors 14. Climategate: Much Ado About Nothing One Million Words Innocent of All Charges Gates and More Gates 15. Anatomy of Denial To Roll Back Industrial Society 16. Escalating Tactics Monkey Trials Old Virginia Home 17. Earning Trust Appendix Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
£19.80
Columbia University Press Ecological Economics for the Anthropocene
Book SynopsisProvides an urgently needed alternative to the dominant neoclassical paradigm of the free market, which has focused fatally on the boundless production and consumption of goods and services without heed to environmental consequencesTrade ReviewIn Ecological Economics for the Anthropocene, ecological economists ask whether their insights are unfinished, as problematic as they are promising. Their challenges are provocative and insightful. With the planet in jeopardy, sustaining community and saving the biosphere is as vital, and morally required, as sustaining growth. -- Holmes Rolston III, Colorado State University Ecological Economics for the Anthropocene is about the relationship between life and the world that supports it. Three basic concepts-membership, householding, and entropic thrift-are used to explain this relationship and to demonstrate the strong connection between ecological economics and justice. -- Herman E. Daly, University of Maryland A nuanced and quite interesting set of contributions concerning the ethical dimensions of ecological economics, providing a transdisciplinary vision for governing the economy as an embedded subsystem of social and ecological systems. -- Richard Howarth, Dartmouth College We urgently need both a new ethic and a new economics to guide us into the Anthropocene Age. This timely collection underscores the challenges that any new ecological economics must overcome. It offers many rich resources, drawn from an impressively diverse range of disciplines, traditions, and cultures, to help philosophers, economists, and others as we try to imagine how life in the Anthropocene will transform our moral and economic thinking. -- Tim Mulgan, University of St Andrews and University of Auckland, author of Ethics for a Broken WorldTable of ContentsForeword, by Jon D. Erickson Acknowledgments Introduction. The Unfinished Journey of Ecological Economics, by Peter G. Brown and Peter Timmerman Part I. Proposed Ethical Foundations of Ecological Economics Introduction and Chapter Summaries 1. The Ethics of Re-Embedding Economics in the Real: Case Studies, by Peter Timmerman 2. Ethics for Economics in the Anthropocene, by Peter G. Brown 3. Justice Claims Underpinning Ecological Economics, by Richard Janda and Richard Lehun Part II. Measurements: Understanding and Mapping Where We Are Introduction and Chapter Summaries 4. Measurement of Essential Indicators in Ecological Economics, by Mark S. Goldberg and Geoffrey Garver 5. Boundaries and Indicators: Conceptualizing and Measuring Progress Toward an Economy of Right Relationship Constrained by Global Ecological Limits, by Geoffrey Garver and Mark S. Goldberg 6. Revisiting the Metaphor of Human Health for Assessing Ecological Systems and Its Application to Ecological Economics, by Mark S. Goldberg, Geoffrey Garver, and Nancy E. Mayo 7. Following in Aldo Leopold's Footsteps: Humans-in-Ecosystem and Implications for Ecosystem Health, by Qi Feng Lin and James W. Fyles Part III. Steps Toward Realizing an Ecological Economy Introduction and Chapter Summaries 8. Toward an Ecological Macroeconomics, by Peter Victor and Tim Jackson 9. New Corporations for an Ecological Economy: A Case Study, by Richard Janda, Philip Duguay, and Richard Lehun 10. Ecological Political Economy and Liberty, by Bruce Jennings 11. A New Ethos, a New Discourse, a New Economy: Change Dynamics Toward an Ecological Political Economy, by Janice Harvey Conclusion. Continuing the Journey of Ecological Economics: Reorientation and Research List of Contributors Index
£100.00
Penguin Books Ltd The End of Nature Penguin Modern Classics
Book Synopsis One of the earliest warnings about climate change and one of environmentalism''s lodestars''Nature, we believe, takes forever. It moves with infinite slowness,'' begins the first book to bring climate change to public attention.Interweaving lyrical observations from his life in the Adirondack Mountains with insights from the emerging science, Bill McKibben sets out the central developments not only of the environmental crisis now facing us but also the terms of our response, from policy to the fundamental, philosophical shift in our relationship with the natural world which, he argues, could save us. A moving elegy to nature in its pristine, pre-human wildness, The End of Nature is both a milestone in environmental thought, indispensable to understanding how we arrived here.Trade ReviewPart science and part poetry, a sensitive and provocative essay of alarm, a kind of song for the wild, a lament for its loss, and a plea for its restoration -- Daniel J. Kevles * New York Review of Books *Permeated with the immediacy of the Adirondack Mountains, the trees he can see from his window, the changing seasons, the wild creatures he encounters. An extraordinary book -- Jonathon Porritt * Sunday Telegraph *The fundamental book about the planetary change we are undergoing -- Gaia VinceMcKibben explores the philosophies and technologies that have brought us here, and he shows how final a crossing we have made -- James Gleick
£10.44
Penguin Books Ltd What I Stand for Is What I Stand On
Book SynopsisIn twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.From the ravages of the global economy to the great pleasures of growing a garden, Wendell Berry''s powerful essays represent a heartfelt call for humankind to mend our broken relationship with the earth, and with each other.Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.
£6.30
Indiana University Press A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana fills a void in available guidebooks geared to nature-based tourism. You would need to do hours and hours of internet research to compile just a small portion of what this one book provides. This is an excellent guidebook and offers a big-picture view of southern Indiana's diverse environments. There is something for everyone-from botany and geology to history-which makes the book extremely useful for both families and ecotour groups as well as the lone explorer seeking out a new experience." -Cheryl Ann Munson, Indiana University "Steven Higgs has done an excellent job of not only compiling the places, but also detailing the important flora and fauna located therein, along with recreational opportunities for visitors to these preserves. I cannot imagine the amount of time that went into exploring all these places! Anyone with a general interest in the outdoors, including hikers, birders, campers and fishermen, will find this book useful." -Johnny Molloy, author of Top Trails Great Smoky Mountains National ParkTable of ContentsForeword by James Alexander ThomPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionNatural Area EtiquettePart 1. The Land StewardsPart 2. The Southern Indiana landscapePart 3. DestinationsSection 1Section 2Section 3Section 4Part 4. Supplementary MaterialsSpecies listGlossaryResourcesIndex
£20.89
MIT Press Ltd Rewilding
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£23.96
MIT Press Ltd Paths to a Green World The Political Economy of
Book SynopsisA new edition of a book that takes a comprehensive look at the ways economic processes affect global environmental outcomes. This comprehensive and accessible book fills the need for a political economy view of global environmental politics, focusing on the ways international economic processes affect environmental outcomes. It examines the main actors and forces shaping global environmental management, particularly in the developing world. Moving beyond the usual emphasis on international agreements and institutions, it strives to capture not only academic theoretical debates but also views on politics, economics, and the environment within the halls of global conferences, on the streets during antiglobalization protests, and in the boardrooms of international agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and industry associations. The book maps out an original typology of four contrasting worldviews of environmental change—those of market liberals, institutionalists, bioen
£31.35
MIT Press Natura Urbana
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£29.70
University of Washington Press The Trees Are Speaking
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£24.00
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin The River of the Mother of God and Other Essays
Book SynopsisA collection of 59 essays aiming to demonstrate the thinking and development of Aldo Leopold, who propelled the US conservation movement from garden to government agencies. He was one of the first to recognize the importance of ecology while it was emerging as a new scientific discipline.
£24.95
