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Spring Publications,U.S. The Greening of Psychology The Vegetable World in
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Field Museum of Natural History,U.S. Rapid Biological Inventories 18
Book SynopsisIn August of 2006, scientists conducted a rapid inventory of the Nanay-Mazan-Arabela Headwaters, three watersheds in the northwestern Peruvian Amazon. This report collects their research on the plants and animals of the region as well as the social and cultural assets of local villages and their use and management of natural resources.
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Field Museum of Natural History,U.S. Rapid Biological Inventories 19
Book SynopsisIn May of 2007, scientists conducted a rapid inventory in the Dureno Territory, part of the Cofan ancestral territories in the Amazon basin of eastern Ecuador. This report collects those scientists' research on the plants and animals of the region, as well as a history of the grassroots conservation efforts of the Cofan.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Flatfishes
Book SynopsisFascinating and instantly recognizable, flatfishes are unique in their asymmetric postlarval body form. With over 800 extant species recognized and a distribution stretching around the globe, these fishes are of considerable research interest and provide a major contribution to commercial and recreational fisheries worldwide.Table of ContentsList of contributors xv Series editor’s foreword xxi Preface to the second edition xxv Preface to the first edition xxvii Acknowledgements xxix 1 Introduction 1 Robin N. Gibson 1.1 The fascination of flatfishes 1 1.2 A brief history of flatfish research and its contribution to fish biology and fisheries science 3 1.3 Scope and contents of the book 4 1.4 Nomenclature 9 Acknowledgements 10 References 10 2 Systematic diversity of the Pleuronectiformes 13 Thomas A. Munroe 2.1 Introduction 13 2.2 Systematic profile of the Pleuronectiformes 18 2.3 Intrarelationships of the Pleuronectiformes 19 2.4 Brief synopses of the suborders and families 22 2.5 Diversity of the Pleuronectiformes 26 2.5.1 Overview 26 2.5.2 Flatfish species diversity 27 2.5.3 Diversity of species within families 28 2.5.4 Standing diversity estimate for species of Pleuronectiformes 29 2.5.5 Relative diversity of the Pleuronectiformes 31 2.6 Patterns of species discovery among pleuronectiform families 32 2.6.1 History 32 2.6.2 Factors contributing to new species discovery among the Pleuronectiformes 35 2.7 Conclusions 42 Acknowledgements 44 References 44 3 Distributions and biogeography 52 Thomas A. Munroe 3.1 Introduction 52 3.2 Geographic distribution of pleuronectiform lineages 56 3.3 Global patterns of species richness for the Pleuronectiformes 61 3.3.1 Latitudinal gradients in species richness 61 3.3.2 Tropical and subtropical regions 61 3.3.3 Temperate regions 62 3.3.4 Species richness on continental shelves 63 3.3.5 Insular versus continental regions 64 3.3.6 Continental versus oceanic islands 66 3.4 Species richness in specific environments 66 3.4.1 Freshwater environments 66 3.4.2 Antarctic Ocean 67 3.4.3 Arctic Ocean 68 3.4.4 Shallow-water versus deep-sea habitats 69 3.5 Historical biogeography 71 3.5.1 Pleuronectidae 71 3.5.2 Achiridae 72 3.5.3 Paralichthyidae 72 3.5.4 New World tropical flatfishes 73 3.5.5 Indo-west Pacific region 73 Acknowledgements 76 References 76 4 Life-history traits in flatfishes 83 Catarina Vinagre and Henrique N. Cabral 4.1 Introduction 83 4.2 Diversity in life-history traits of flatfishes 85 4.3 Variation according to geographical area, habitat use patterns and functional guilds 86 4.4 Intraspecies variability 89 4.4.1 Phenotypic plasticity, local adaptation, cogradient variation and parental effects 93 4.5 Anthropogenic impacts on life-history traits 94 4.6 Future directions 95 References 96 5 Ecology of reproduction 101 Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp, Cindy J.G. van Damme and Peter R. Witthames 5.1 Introduction 101 5.2 Spawning 102 5.2.1 Spawning behaviour 102 5.2.2 Spawning mode 102 5.2.3 Egg size 102 5.2.4 Spawning season 103 5.2.5 Duration of spawning 106 5.3 Gonad development 106 5.3.1 Testis 106 5.3.2 Ovary 107 5.3.3 Fecundity 110 5.3.4 Geographical pattern in fecundity 112 5.3.5 Batch spawning 113 5.3.6 Egg and sperm quality: maternal and paternal effects 113 5.4 Age and size at first maturation 114 5.5 Energetics 115 5.5.1 Energetics of reproduction and growth 115 5.5.2 Nonannual spawning 117 5.5.3 Spawning fast 118 5.5.4 Sexual dimorphism in reproduction and growth 119 5.6 Fisheries-induced evolution in reproduction and growth 120 5.7 Reproductive potential 121 References 123 6 The planktonic stages of flatfishes: physical and biological interactions in transport processes 132 Janet T. Duffy-Anderson, Kevin M. Bailey, Henrique N. Cabral, Hideaki Nakata and Henk W. van der Veer 6.1 Introduction 133 6.2 Variations in time and space in the plankton 134 6.3 Physical mechanisms of transport and retention 136 6.3.1 Wind-forcing & Ekman transport 136 6.3.2 Estuarine circulation 137 6.3.3 Fronts and eddies 138 6.3.4 Influence of climate and oceanographic shifts 138 6.3.5 Behaviour 141 6.3.6 Models 141 6.4 Adaptations to transport conditions: geographical and species comparisons 146 6.4.1 Comparisons among species within a geographic region 148 6.4.2 Congeneric comparisons in different regions 151 6.4.3 Conspecific comparisons in different geographic areas 151 6.4.4 Local adaptations 153 6.5 Transitioning from the plankton 154 6.5.1 Criticality of timing 154 6.5.2 Fidelity to initial touchdown sites 155 6.5.3 Importance of initial settlement areas 155 6.6 Implications 156 6.6.1 Population genetics 156 6.6.2 Recruitment 157 6.6.3 Connectivity 158 6.6.4 Management 159 6.6.5 Research needs 160 Acknowledgements 161 References 161 7 Development and regulation of external asymmetry during flatfish metamorphosis 171 Tohru Suzuki and Masaru Tanaka 7.1 Introduction 171 7.2 Development and evolution of flatfish external asymmetry 172 7.3 Regulation of flatfish eye-sidedness 174 7.4 Pigmentation 177 7.5 Hormonal regulation 180 7.6 Summary and future work 181 Acknowledgements 182 References 182 8 Recruitment level and variability 185 Henk W. van der Veer, Vania Freitas and William C. Leggett 8.1 Introduction 185 8.2 Range of distribution 187 8.3 Average recruitment levels 189 8.4 Recruitment variability 192 8.4.1 Processes influencing recruitment variability 194 8.4.2 Recruitment variability in flatfishes relative to other marine fish species 198 8.5 Future perspectives 199 References 200 9 Age and growth 207 Richard D.M. Nash and Audrey J. Geffen 9.1 Introduction 207 9.2 Age estimation 209 9.2.1 Larvae and juveniles 209 9.2.2 Adults 211 9.3 Growth of larvae 211 9.3.1 Variation in growth 212 9.3.2 Factors affecting larval growth 212 9.4 Growth during metamorphosis 213 9.5 Growth on the nursery grounds 217 9.5.1 Growth models and growth experiments 218 9.5.2 Maximum achievable growth and evidence for deviations from maximum growth 218 9.5.3 Growth compensation and depensation 220 9.5.4 Nursery ground quality and the use of growth as an indicator of habitat quality 221 9.6 Growth of adults 222 9.6.1 Factors affecting adult growth rates 223 9.6.2 Tradeoff between growth and reproduction 223 9.7 Longevity 225 References 227 10 Distribution and dynamics of habitat use by juvenile and adult flatfishes 242 Kenneth W. Able and F. Joel Fodrie 10.1 Introduction 242 10.2 Distribution of habitat associations 243 10.2.1 Effects of spatial scale on habitat use and selection 245 10.3 Nursery role of juvenile habitats 247 10.4 Dynamics of habitat associations 252 10.4.1 Settlement 253 10.4.2 Ontogeny 253 10.4.3 Long-term changes 256 10.4.4 Tidal, diel and seasonal cycles 257 10.4.5 Migrations and site fidelity 259 10.4.6 Episodic events 261 10.5 Future emphasis 262 Acknowledgements 264 References 264 11 The trophic ecology of flatfishes 283 Jason S. Link, Brian E. Smith, David B. Packer, Michael J. Fogarty and Richard W. Langton 11.1 Introduction 283 11.2 Major flatfish feeding groups 284 11.2.1 Polychaete and crustacean eaters 292 11.2.2 Piscivores 293 11.2.3 Specialists 295 11.2.4 Other considerations 296 11.3 Flatfish predators 297 11.4 Flatfish competitors 298 11.5 Flatfish trophic dynamics: a case study of Georges Bank 300 11.5.1 Shifts in abundance and species composition 300 11.5.2 Potential competitive interactions 301 11.5.3 Predation by flatfishes 302 11.5.4 Have changes in flatfish populations influenced the Georges Bank ecosystem? 304 11.6 Summary and conclusions 304 Acknowledgements 305 References 305 12 The behaviour of flatfishes 314 Robin N. Gibson, Allan W. Stoner and Clifford H. Ryer 12.1 Introduction 314 12.2 Locomotion and related behaviour 315 12.2.1 Locomotion 315 12.2.2 Burying 316 12.3 Reproduction 317 12.4 Feeding 317 12.4.1 Flatfish feeding types 317 12.4.2 Feeding behaviour 318 12.4.3 External factors modifying feeding behaviour 321 12.5 Predation and reactions to predators 323 12.5.1 Burial and the role of sediment 323 12.5.2 Cryptic colouration and behaviour 324 12.5.3 Escape from predators following attack 325 12.5.4 Predator avoidance through habitat choice 325 12.5.5 Effect of size on vulnerability and avoidance of ingestion 326 12.6 Movements, migrations and rhythms 326 12.7 Behaviour in relation to fishing 329 12.7.1 Reactions to mobile fishing gear 329 12.7.2 Reactions to fixed gear 331 12.8 Behaviour in relation to aquaculture and stock enhancement 331 12.9 Conclusions 332 References 333 13 Atlantic flatfish fisheries 346 Stephen J. Walsh, Juan M. Díaz de Astarloa and Jan-Jaap Poos 13.1 Introduction 346 13.2 Main species and nature of the fisheries 348 13.2.1 North-west Atlantic 348 13.2.2 North-east Atlantic 351 13.2.3 Southern Atlantic 355 13.3 History of exploitation 360 13.3.1 North-west Atlantic 360 13.3.2 North-east Atlantic 366 13.3.3 Southern Atlantic 367 13.4 Economic importance 371 13.4.1 North-west Atlantic 371 13.4.2 North-east Atlantic 375 13.4.3 Southern Atlantic 377 13.5 Management 378 13.5.1 North-west Atlantic 378 13.5.2 North-east Atlantic 384 13.5.3 Southern Atlantic 386 13.6 Notes 387 Acknowledgements 388 References 388 14 Pacific flatfish fisheries 395 Thomas Wilderbuer, Bruce Leaman and Chang Ik Zhang 14.1 Introduction 395 14.2 Main species and nature of fisheries 396 14.3 History of exploitation 401 14.3.1 General account 401 14.3.2 Republic of Korea 403 14.3.3 Japan 403 14.3.4 Russia (including the former Soviet Union) 404 14.3.5 Canada 404 14.3.6 United States 405 14.3.7 New Zealand 406 14.3.8 Australia 407 14.4 Economic importance 407 14.5 Management 408 14.5.1 Western North Pacific 408 14.5.2 Eastern North Pacific 409 14.5.3 Australia and New Zealand 411 14.5.4 Data collection 412 14.5.5 Ecosystem-based fisheries management 413 References 414 15 Tropical flatfish fisheries 418 Thomas A. Munroe 15.1 Introduction 418 15.2 Main species and nature of the fisheries 420 15.2.1 Habitats 420 15.2.2 Commercially important species and/or taxa 422 15.2.3 Nature of the fisheries 425 15.2.4 Types of gear employed 428 15.2.5 Harvest on spawning concentrations, migrating stocks and impacts on recruitment 428 15.2.6 Industrial versus artisanal characteristics of the fisheries 429 15.3 History of exploitation 430 15.3.1 Commercial landings 430 15.3.2 Geographic occurrence and historical landings 433 15.4 Importance 441 15.4.1 Economic importance 441 15.4.2 Human importance 443 15.5 Management and conservation 443 15.5.1 Fishery conflicts, regulations and management 443 15.5.2 Conservation 448 Acknowledgements 450 References 450 16 Assessment and management of flatfish stocks 461 Steven X. Cadrin, William G. Clark and Daniel Ricard 16.1 Concepts and terms 461 16.2 Population dynamics, assessment, and management 464 16.2.1 Stock and recruitment 467 16.2.2 Recruitment, environment, assessment and management 475 16.2.3 Assessment, management, and uncertainty 477 16.3 Assessment and management summary 478 16.3.1 North-east Pacific 478 16.3.2 North-west Atlantic 478 16.3.3 North-east Atlantic 483 16.4 Conclusions 484 Acknowledgements 484 References 485 17 Synergies between aquaculture and fisheries 491 Audrey J. Geffen, Karin Pittman and Albert K. Imsland 17.1 Introduction 491 17.2 Species 492 17.3 Population structure and genomics 494 17.4 Life history stages 497 17.4.1 Egg and larval stages 498 17.4.2 Metamorphosis 499 17.4.3 Growth 502 17.4.4 Reproduction 502 17.5 Future directions for common goals and synergies between fisheries and aquaculture 505 References 508 Appendix A: List of scientific and common names of living flatfishes used in the book 519 Appendix B: Common synonyms of Pleuronectidae used in the text 523 Index of scientific and common names 525 Subject index 535
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Management of Marine Protected Areas
Book SynopsisWith the health of the world's oceans threatened as never before, it is becoming increasingly apparent that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) play a vitally important role in protecting marine and coastal habitats. Management of Marine Protected Areas: A Network Perspectivedraws on the results of a major EU-sponsored research project related to the establishment of networks of MPAs in the Mediterranean and Black Seas that transpired from February 2011 to January 2016. Featuring contributions by leading university- and national research institute-based scientists, chapters utilize the latest research data and developments in marine conservation policy to explore issues related to ways in which networks of MPAs may amplify the effectiveness and conservation benefits of individual areas within them. Topics addressed include the broader socio-economic impacts of MPAs in the Mediterranean and Black Seas; the use of Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) to resolve conflicts between mariTable of ContentsList of Contributors vii Foreword xi Editor’s Preface xv 1 From Marine Protected Areas to MPA Networks 1Ferdinando Boero 2 Ecological Effects and Benefits of Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas: Management Implications 21Antoni Garcia‐Rubies, Emma Cebrian, Patrick J. Schembri, Julian Evans and Enrique Macpherson 3 Typology, Management and Monitoring of Marine Protected Area Networks 49Stephen Beal, Paul D. Goriup and Thomas Haynes 4 Marine Protected Area Governance and Effectiveness Across Networks 69Nigel Dudley and Marc Hockings 5 Marine Protected Areas as Spatial Protection Measures under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive 89Daniel Braun 6 Socioeconomic Impacts of Networks of Marine Protected Areas 103Elena Ojea, Marta Pascual, David March, Isabella Bitetto, Paco Melià, Margaretha Breil, Joachim Claudet and Anil Markandya 7 Multi‐criteria Decision‐Making for Marine Protected Area Design and Management 125Paco Melià 8 Ecosystem‐Based Management for Marine Protected Areas: A Systematic Approach 145Rafael Sardá, Susana Requena, Carlos Dominguez‐Carrió and Josep Maria Gili 9 Developing Collaboration among Marine Protected Area Managers to Strengthen Network Management 163Chloë Webster 10 Eyes Wide Shut: Managing Bio‐Invasions in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas 18Bella Galil 11 Marine Protected Areas and Marine Spatial Planning, with Special Reference to the Black Sea 207Eva Schachtner 12 Black Sea Network of Marine Protected Areas: European Approaches and Adaptation to Expansion and Monitoring in Ukraine 227Boris Alexandrov, Galina Minicheva and Yuvenaliy Zaitsev 13 Prospects for Marine Protected Areas in the Turkish Black Sea 247Bayram Öztürk, Bettina A. Fach, Çetin Keskin, Sinan Arkin, Bülent Topaloğlu and Ayaka Amaha Öztürk 14 Marine Protected Areas and Offshore Wind Farms 263Natalie Sanders, Thomas Haynes and Paul D. Goriup Index 281
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Picador USA Footprints
Book SynopsisA profound meditation on climate change and the Anthropocene and an urgent search for the fossils-industrial, chemical, geological-that humans are leaving behindWhat will the world look like in ten thousand years-or ten million? What kinds of stories will be told about us?In Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils, the award-winning author David Farrier explores the traces we will leave for the very distant future. Modern civilization has created objects and landscapes with the potential to endure through deep time, whether it is plastic polluting the oceans and nuclear waste sealed within the earth or the 30 million miles of roads spanning the planet. Our carbon could linger in the atmosphere for 100,000 years, and the remains of our cities will still exist millions of years from now as a layer in the rock. These future fossils have the potential to reveal much about how we lived in the twenty-first century.Crossing the boundaries of lit
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Herald Press (VA) Tending Tomorrow
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Alfred A. Knopf Ledger: Poems
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Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S. Fundamentals of Ecology Laboratory Manual
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Basic Books A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. The Deep Ecology Movement: An Introductory
Book SynopsisDeep ecology, a term coined by noted Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess, is a worldwide grassroots environmental movement that seeks to redress the shallow and piecemeal approache of technology-based ecology. Its followers share a profund respect for the earth's interrelated natural systems and a sense of urgency about the need to make profound cultural and social changes in order to respore and sustain the long-term health of the planet. This comprehensive introduction to the Deep Ecology movement brings tgether Naess' groundbreaking work with essays by environmental thinkers and activists responding to and expanding on its philosophical and practical aspects.Contributors include George Sessions, Gary Snyder, Alan Drengson, Dll Devall, Freya Matthews, Warwick Fox, David Rothenberg, Michael E. Zimmerman, Patsy Hallen, Dolores LaChapelle, Pat Fleming, Joanna Macy, John Rodman, and Andrew Mclaughlin. The Authrs offer diverse viewpoints- from ecofeminist, scientific, and purely philosophical approaches to Christian, Buddhist, and Gandhian-based principles. Their essays show how social, technological, psychological, philosophical, and institutional issues are aall fundamentally related to our attitudes and values toward the natural world.
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Chicago Review Press Feral Cities: Adventures with Animals in the
Book SynopsisWe tend to think of cities as a realm apart, somehow separate from nature, but nothing could be further from the truth. In Feral Cities, Tristan Donovan digsbelow the urban gloss to uncover the wild creatures that we share our streets and homes with, and profiles the brave and fascinating people who try to manage them. Along the way readers will meet the wall-eating snails that are invading Miami, the boars that roam Berlin, and the monkey gangs of Cape Town. From feral chickens and carpet-roaming bugs to coyotes hanging out in sandwich shops and birds crashing into skyscrapers, Feral Cities takes readers on a journey through streets and neighborhoods that are far more alive than we often realize, shows how animals are adjusting to urban living, and asks what messages the wildlife in our metropolises have for us.Trade Review"An entertaining jaunt through city wildlife." Kirkus Reviews"Donovan not only shows readers how territorial boundaries between humans and wild animals constantly shift, but also how such encounters with birds, coyotes, and snakes should come as no great surprise." Publishers Weekly"Surprising, entertaining, sometimes frightening, Donovan's worldwide exploration of urban wildlife will be enjoyed by all types of readers including young adults, animal lovers, and those interested in ecology." Library Journal"In Feral Cities , journalist Tristan Donovan explores the conflict zone of cities and wild animals, and he seems to have a good time doing it." Science News"Donovan entertainingly exposes ecological experiments gone hopelessly awry and offers thoughtful input on how such tipping points can be avoided in the future." Booklist"Even those of us who have intensely studied urban wildlife for decades can learn a bit from some of Donovan's many sources, and Donovan can be praised for drawing out nuggets of information and perspective from sources who by reputation tend to be reticent." Animals 24-7" This interdisciplinary understanding of the issue is certainly apparent in the excellent Feral Cities . Although not an analytical, scientific text, the book provides a unique look into the lives of both urban wildlife and its human counterpart. For anyone interested in any of the many aspects of urban wildlife, Feral Cities will be a vastly entertaining read." The Nature of Cities"Wild creatures are having a people problem these days, and Donovan takes us on a global frolic to find all sorts of untamed critters and de-natured people cohabiting badly." Jim Sterba, author of Nature Wars and Frankie's Place
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology,
Book SynopsisAs in past installments of “The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology” series, this year’s volume contains a diverse collection of timely reviews in conservation biology and scientific, policy, and management implications, including reviews in the following areas: The Marine Mammal Protection Act at 40: Status, recovery, and future of U.S. marine mammals; translocation of imperiled species under changing climates; ecology and conservation of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) in a changing world; risks to biodiversity from hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the Marcellus and Utica Shales; species-area relationships and extinction forecasts; and Bounded Ranges of Variation as a framework for future conservation and fire management. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit http://ordering.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/subs.asp?ref=1749-6632&10.1111/(ISSN)1749-6632 ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy Science receive full-text access to Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit http://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspx for more information about becoming a member.Table of ContentsRisks to biodiversity from hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the Marcellus and Utica Shales 1 Erik Kiviat Translocation of imperiled species under changing climates 15 Mark W. Schwartz and Tara G. Martin The Marine Mammal Protection Act at 40: status, recovery, and future of U.S. marine mammals 29 Joe Roman, Irit Altman, Meagan M. Dunphy-Daly, Caitlin Campbell, Michael Jasny, and Andrew J. Read Species-area Relationships and extinction forecasts 50 John M. Halley, Vasiliki Sgardeli, and Nikolaos Monokrousos Ecology and conservation of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) in a changing world 62 James B. McGraw, Anne E. Lubbers, Martha Van der Voort Emily H. Mooney, Mary Ann Furedi, Sara Souther, Jessica B. Turner, and Jennifer Chandler Bounded ranges of variation as a framework for a future conservation and fire management 92 Max A. Moritz, Matthew D. Hurteau, Katherine N. Suding, and Carla M. D’Antonio
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Chelsea Green Publishing Co Farming on the Wild Side: The Evolution of a
Book SynopsisOne farm’s decades-long journey into regenerative agriculture—and how these methods enhance biodiversity, pollinators, and soil health Northern Vermont’s Nancy and John Hayden have spent the last 25 years transforming their draft horse–powered, organic vegetable and livestock operation into an agroecological, regenerative, biodiverse, organic fruit farm, fruit nursery, and pollinator sanctuary. In Farming on the Wild Side they explain the philosophical and scientific principles that influenced them as they phased out sheep and potatoes and embraced apples, pears, stone fruits, and a wide variety of uncommon berry crops; turned much of their property into a semi-wild state; and adapted their marketing and sales strategies to the new century. As the Haydens pursued their goals of enhancing biodiversity and regenerating their land, they incorporated agroforestry and permaculture principles into perennial fruit polycultures, a pollinator sanctuary, repurposed greenhouses for growing fruit, hügelkultur, and ecological “pest” management. Beyond the practical techniques and tips, this book also inspires readers to develop greater ecological literacy and respect for the mysteries of the global ecosystem. Farming on the Wild Side tells a story about new ways to manage small farms and homesteads, about nurturing land, about ecology, about economics, and about things that we can all do to heal both the land and ourselves.Trade ReviewPublishers Weekly— "Married couple Nancy and John Hayden bring together her degrees in biology, ecology, and creative writing and his in entomology in this remarkable biography of The Farm Between, their 18 acres in the foothills of Northern Vermont’s Green Mountains . . . [They] will delight anyone interested in modern-day organic agriculture with this detailed history of one farm's progress."“I love this book, which is an incredible and inspiring ray of hope. Farming on the Wild Side shows both experienced and aspiring farmers how to build a highly productive, biodiverse, and profitable family farm and have a fulfilling lifestyle. This is the future of farming.”—André Leu, international director, Regeneration International; author of Poisoning Our Children“As a fellow farmer and longtime member of the organic community, the journey Nancy and John Hayden take us on with their new book resonates in my mind and carries me back through similar transitions with my own farm. While the book touches gently on many topics, I appreciate the realistic view of farming and rural life and their very real commitment to the concepts of soil health.”—Jeff Moyer, executive director, Rodale Institute“With Farming on the Wild Side, Nancy and John Hayden have delivered an inspiring story of shepherding an old, tired Vermont dairy into a new, diversified organic farm that serves the needs of the twenty-first century. It covers their journey step-by-step with new crops, new markets, and new farming methods, modeling an ecological balance that farms must achieve in the future. But the book is more than their personal experience with innovation over three decades; it’s also a philosophical and practical guide to restoring land to health, which benefits the farmer, one’s community, and all living things. Given the pace of climate change and the importance of regenerative agriculture as a key solution, this book is very timely!”—Will Raap, founder and chairman, Gardener’s Supply“This amazing book details how Nancy and John are living the new farming paradigm, one that maximizes ecosystem functionality and values soil, biodiversity, human well-being, and long-term resiliency. Their farming journey and philosophical evolution provide practical and science-based solutions for how the backyard gardener, hobby farmer, or large-scale grower can be part of the pollinator, food, and climate solution.”—Heather Holm, pollinator educator; author of Bees and Pollinators of Native Plants“Good farmers learn how to listen to the land. Nancy and John Hayden work with Nature to produce wholesome food for their family and community. Life doesn’t get better than this. Farming on the Wild Side provides plenty of practical advice and green inspiration to up your growing game.”—Michael Phillips, author of The Holistic Orchard and Mycorrhizal Planet“An inspiration—Farming on the Wild Side lays down an ecologically justified path for others to follow for a biodiverse farm.”—Jo Ann Baumgartner, executive director, Wild Farm Alliance“This intelligent book is written by two people who have a pure love and appreciation for the land and its inhabitants. Farming on the Wild Side serves as an authentic account of the farmers’ personal transformation, a practical guide to agroecological transition, and an inspiration to live in greater harmony with nature. The farm that was created and described in detail here truly embodies the concept of a multifunctional landscape, supporting productive, ecological, and cultural functions.”—Dr. Sarah Lovell, H.E. Garrett Endowed Chair Professor and director of the Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri“Nancy and John use a forensic but accessible approach to explore their personal journey from scientists to farmers. New crops and enterprises are approached with careful planning, and their successes, or otherwise, are carefully observed to inform future decisions. Even non-farmers will enjoy reading about how they gradually adapted their farm to create a diverse farming system suited to their character and their geography. Farming on the Wild Side is a masterclass in working with nature to create abundance.”—Ben Raskin, Head of Horticulture, Soil Association“In telling the history of a farm and its farmers, Farming on the Wild Side addresses issues of great relevance to the future of agriculture. John and Nancy Hayden remind us that an ecologically based and socially just agriculture needs to involve deep and diverse relationships between people and landscapes. The Haydens present a true example of co-evolution between the Farm Between and its stewards, documenting their use of agroecological principles to transform a conventional dairy into a diversified farm, which takes full advantage of its ecological processes. Each one of the stages of transformation—from dairy to organic vegetables to a regenerative fruit farm and nursery—offer valuable lessons to reflect on. I have been working on research and education with the Haydens for a decade, and they have generously taught me and my students how to fully integrate the science and practice dimensions of agroecology.”—V. Ernesto Méndez, PhD, professor of agroecology and environmental studies, University of Vermont“We need many, many more farmers like Nancy and John Hayden, and this book will go a long way toward inspiring them. In these pages the Haydens share twenty years of wisdom, weaving together equal measures of story, philosophy, and practice about resilient and sustainable farming.”—Taylor Ricketts, director, Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont“It’s no secret that the way in which we feed ourselves and inhabit the land must change, but few of us truly know how to make that happen. The beauty of this book is that John and Nancy Hayden do know; even better, they’ve graciously shared their knowledge in these pages.”—Ben Hewitt, author of The Nourishing Homestead“I love this book. It takes me back to a time and a place my grandparents used to talk about—a good time and place—when farmers and growers worked with nature instead of against it. Farming on the Wild Side inspires, informs, and fills me with hope that we can heal our relationship with the wild. Just reading this book is healing, and I can’t wait to put some of Nancy and John Hayden’s ways into practice on our own little plot of land.”—Brigit Strawbridge Howard, author of Dancing with Bees“This lavishly illustrated book follows the Hayden family as they bring nature back to their farm, and in the process, it tells a story of learning, testing, observing, and creating an agroecological model of how to farm with nature, not against her. They combine the science of biodiversity management, the practices of good farming, and the transformative change humans need in order to return to the kinds of food systems that will feed the land as well as feed us.”—Steve Gliessman, professor emeritus of agroecology, UC Santa Cruz“In easy, conversational prose, Nancy and John Hayden offer the aspiring regenerative farmer a compendium of wisdom on the practicalities of establishing, developing, surviving, enjoying, and profiting from the small farm without losing sight of bigger ecological and political issues. Their warts-and-all history of their own farming practice rings true and is full of inspiration for those seeking a better future while dealing with present realities—which is hopefully all of us. We need more books like this.”—Chris Smaje, writer, Small Farm Future; farmer, Somerset, UK
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J Ross Publishing Niche Hierarchy: Structure, Organization, and
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University of Utah Press,U.S. The Utah Prairie Dog: Life among the Red Rocks
Book SynopsisA prairie dog town is a busy place. As author and field researcher Theodore Manno explains, a prairie dog’s life can be full of mischief, romantic trysts, antipredator behavior, fighting, kissing, and infanticide that can all be witnessed over the course of a few months. In this definitive book on Utah prairie dogs, he vividly recounts the daily ups and downs of prairie dog life as well as his own trials and triumphs while observing these rare rodents in Bryce Canyon National Park. As part of John Hoogland’s long-term study, Manno and other members of the “Dog Squad” recorded the behavior of the “town” residents from the vantage point of a nine-foot-tall tower. Over time, the researchers came to know the personalities and social structure of the town’s inhabitants. Demonstrating an unbridled passion for research, Manno communicates the satisfaction, excitement, and sadness that comes with watching marked individuals over time. His narrative, accompanied by more than 150 photos by wildlife photographer Elaine Miller Bond, provides a full overview of what is currently known about Utah prairie dogs, a species that is threatened with extinction.
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University of Iowa Press Ecological Restoration in the Midwest: Past,
Book SynopsisMost people do not realize it, but the Midwest has been at the forefront of ecological restoration longer than perhaps any other region in the United States, dating back to the 1930s. Because of its industrial history, agricultural productivity, and natural features such as the Great Lakes, the Midwest has always faced a unique set of ecological challenges.Focusing on six cutting-edge case studies that highlight thirty restoration efforts and research sites throughout the region— Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio— editors Christian Lenhart and Peter “Rocky” Smiley Jr. bring together a group of scholars and practitioners to show how midwestern restoration efforts have developed, as well as where they are headed. Whether cleaning up contamination from auto plants in Ohio, or restoring native prairie grasses along the Iowa highway, the contributors uncover a vast network of interested citizens and volunteer groups committed to preserving the region’s environment.This study, intended for researchers, students, and practitioners, also provides an updated synthesis of restoration theory and practice, and pinpoints emerging issues of importance in the Midwest, such as climate change and the increase in invasive species it will bring to the region. Though focusing exclusively on the Midwest, the contributors demonstrate how these case studies apply to restoration efforts across the globe.
£37.00
Michigan State University Press Northern White-Cedar: The Tree of Life
Book SynopsisIf trees had personalities, the northern white-cedar would be an introvert. It is unassuming, tending to be small in stature with narrow crowns. It is patient, growing slowly beneath the canopy of larger trees. It is fragile, with weak wood prone to decay when living. But just as people have hidden depths, so too does the northern white-cedar. It is persistent, growing quickly to take advantage of canopy openings when they occur. It is tenacious, living for centuries or even a millennium. It is resilient, thriving even with a high proportion of rotten wood, and resourceful, finding places to live where other trees don’t prosper. It is constantly reinventing itself with branches that grow roots when resting on the moist ground. And people have long valued the tree. Native Americans used its lightweight, rot-resistant wood to make woven bags, floor coverings, arrow shafts, and canoe ribs. They extracted medicine from the leaves and bark to treat a variety of illnesses. A Haudenosaunee decoction of northern white-cedar is credited with saving the French explorer Jacques Cartier’s crew from scurvy, and the French dubbed it l’arbre de vie: the tree of life. This tree similarly gives life to many creatures in North American forests, while providing fence posts, log homes, and shingles to people. But the northern white-cedar’s future is uncertain. Here scientists Gerald L. Storm and Laura S. Kenefic describe the threats to this modest yet essential member of its ecosystem and call on all of us to unite to help it to thrive.
£26.96
Workman Publishing Oregon and Washington's Roadside Ecology: 33 Easy
Book SynopsisDiscover natural history secrets hiding in plain sight Have you ever seen a raging river disappear completely into a lava tube? Petrified subtropical plants in the middle of a high desert? Do you know how a 10,000-year-old argillite boulder can wind up 800 miles away from any similar rocks? In this insightful guide, environmental journalist and photographer Roddy Scheer reveals the hidden stories of the Pacific Northwest’s unique ecosystems and teaches you how to “read a landscape,” as you explore 33 spectacular natural areas. All hikes are within easy walking distance of the road, less than two miles long, and include clues to deciphering the terrain—making Oregon and Washington’s Roadside Ecology a must-have guide to some of the area’s most spectacular and unusual natural sights.
£19.00
Timber Press (OR) Wild Dfw: Explore the Amazing Nature in and
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Workman Publishing Southwest Canyon Countrys Best Nature Walks
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£19.00
Catapult The World As We Knew It: Dispatches From a
Book SynopsisNineteen leading literary writers from around the globe offer timely, haunting first-person reflections on how climate change has altered their lives—including essays by Lydia Millet, Alexandra Kleeman, Kim Stanley Robinson, Omar El Akkad, Lidia Yuknavitch, Melissa Febos, and moreIn this riveting anthology, leading literary writers reflect on how climate change has altered their lives, revealing the personal and haunting consequences of this global threat. In the opening essay, National Book Award finalist Lydia Millet mourns the end of the Saguaro cacti in her Arizona backyard due to drought. Later, Omar El Akkad contemplates how the rise of temperatures in the Middle East is destroying his home and the wellspring of his art. Gabrielle Bellot reflects on how a bizarre lionfish invasion devastated the coral reef near her home in the Caribbean—a precursor to even stranger events to come. Traveling through Nebraska, Terese Svoboda witnesses cougars running across highways and showing up in kindergartens. As the stories unfold—from Antarctica to Australia, New Hampshire to New York—an intimate portrait of a climate-changed world emerges, captured by writers whose lives jostle against incongruous memories of familiar places that have been transformed in startling ways.
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University of Nevada Press A Guide to Common Plants of Lake Mead National
Book SynopsisA Guide to Common Plants of Lake Mead National Recreation Area is the definitive book for weekend explorers and botanists alike who venture into LMNRA ready to discover the many wonders of the local flora. The authors highlight 183 plants that hikers are most likely to encounter along popular trails, washes, and surrounding hot springs, helping the area's millions of annual visitors identify and enjoy these common plants. This guide includes photos and descriptions of each plant, along with a map of LMNRA.The authors also provide a primer on plant ecology, including a guide to plant structures, desert adaptations and life forms, plant-to-plant interactions, and plant-animal interactions. Plants are grouped by life forms, such as tree, shrub, cactus, or grass, and by flower color within the wildflower section. The guide will encourage readers to pause and look carefully at each plant they encounter, giving them an enriched experience during their exploration.Trade Review"The authors are eminently qualified to offer this guidebook, and their knowledge about the plants of LMNRA emerges throughout its pages."—James M. André, director of the University of California's Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center, author of Floras of the Mojave National Preserve and Owens Valley"Powell, Landau, and Walker have written a concise book that will be useful to millions of annual visitors to the LMNRA."—David Charlet, professor of biology at the College of Southern Nevada, author of Atlas of Nevada Conifers: A Phytogeographic ReferenceTable of Contents Cover Page Title page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Preface Lake Mead National Recreation Area Plant Ecology Plant Communities Life Forms Organizational Notes Trees Desert Willow Western Honey Mesquite Smoketree Turbinella Oak (Shrub Live Oak) Singleleaf Pinyon Pine Tree Tobacco Athel Shrubs White Bursage (Burrobush) Woolly Bursage Seepwillow (Mulefat) Parish's Goldeneye Sweetbush (Chuckwalla's Delight) Virgin River Brittlebush Sticky Snakeweed Pygmy Cedar Paperflower (Paper-Daisy) Spiny Goldenbush Four-Wing Saltbush Shadscale Winterfat Torrey Ephedra Sand Croton Spiny Senna Pima Rhatany Desert Sage Thurber's Sandpaper Plant Globemallow (Desert Mallow) Desert Almond Desert Rue (Turpentine Broom) Saltcedar Creosotebush Cacti Teddybear Cholla (Jumping Cholla)Silver Cholla (Golden Cholla) Hedgehog Cactus Devil Cholla (Parish's Club-Cholla) Fishhook Cactus Pygmy Barrel Cactus (Johnson's Bee-Hive Cactus) Yuccas Beargrass (Bigelow's Nolina) Mojave Yucca Sedges and Grasses California Sawgrass (Twig Rush) Red Brome Fluffgrass Sixweeks Fescue (Sixweeks Grass) Common Reed Mediterranean Grass Southern Cattail Aquatic Plants Spiny Naiad (Holly-Leaved Water-Nymph) Wildflowers - White/Cream Woolly Bluestar (Small-Leaved Amsonia) Pebble Pincushion White Woolly Daisy (Woolly Sunflower) Rock Daisy (Emory's Rock Daisy) Odora (Slender Poreleaf) Nevada Cryptantha Winged-Nut Cryptantha Flattened Combseed (Wide-Toothed Pectocarya) White-Margined Spurge (Rattlesnake Weed) Smallseed Sandmat Rock Nettle Dune Primrose (Birdcage Oenothera) White Desert Gold Yerba Mansa (Lizard Tail) Sacred Datura (Jimson Weed) Sunray Woolly Daisy (Wallace's Woolly Daisy) Desert Dandelion Nevada Goldenrod (Showy Goldenrod) Fiddleneck (Desert Fiddleneck) Sahara Mustard Prince's Plume Desert Birdfoot Trefoil (Deervetch) White-Stemmed Blazing Star (White-Stemmed Stick-Leaf) Las Vegas Bearpoppy (Bearpaw Poppy) Little Gold Poppy Little Desert Trumpet Trailing Milkweed Spanish Needles Wire Lettuce Tumbleweed (Russian thistle) Filaree (Cranesbill, Redstem Filaree) Weakstem Mariposa Sand Verbena Giant Four O'Clock Palmer's Penstemon (Beardtongue) Rock Gili Notchleaf Phacelia (Scorpionweed) Yellowthroats (Fremont's Phacelia) Palmer's Phacelia Desert Larkspur (Mojave Larkspur) Honeysweet Peppergrass Woolly Plantain Spiny Herb (Devil's Spineflower) Desert Mistletoe Flower Color Cross-Reference Guide Leaf Shapes Leaf Arrangements Flowers Inflorescence Types Glossary Suggested Reading Index >About the Authors
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University of Arkansas Press Exploring the Big Woods: A Guide to the Last
Book SynopsisExploring the Big Woods: A Guide to the Last Great Forest of Eastern Arkansas is both a natural history and a guide to one of the last remnants of Mississippi bottomland forest, an ecosystem that once stretched from southern Illinois to the Gulf Coast.Crossed by the White River and its tributaries, which periodically flood and release nutrients, the Big Woods is one of the few places in the Mississippi River Valley where this life-giving flood cycle persists. As a result, it is home to an unusual abundance of animals and plants.Immense cypresses, hickories, sweetgums, oaks, and sycamores; millions of migrating waterfowl; incredible scenery; and the complex relationship between humans and nature are all to be discovered here.Exploring the Big Woods will introduce readers to the natural features, plants, animals, and hiking and canoeing trails going deep into the forests and swamps of this rare and beautiful natural resource.
£21.56
Bucknell University Press,U.S. Eighteenth-Century Environmental Humanities
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking new volume unites eighteenth-century studies and the environmental humanities, showcasing how these fields can vibrantly benefit one another. In eleven chapters that engage a variety of eighteenth-century texts, contributors explore timely themes and topics such as climate change, new materialisms, the blue humanities, indigeneity and decoloniality, and green utopianism. Additionally, each chapter reflects on pedagogical concerns, asking: How do we teach eighteenth-century environmental humanities? With particular attention to the voices of early-career scholars who bring cutting-edge perspectives, these essays highlight vital and innovative trends that can enrich both disciplines, making them essential for classroom use.Trade Review“A welcome teaching tool for the undergraduate course in eighteenth-century studies—if you want to integrate environmental studies into your class but don’t know where to begin, start here.” -- Lucinda Cole * author of Imperfect Creatures: Vermin, Literature, and the Sciences of Life, 1600-1740 *“A field-defining collection, Eighteenth-Century Environmental Humanities demonstrates how the emergent methodologies of the environmental humanities illuminate and are in turn enriched by the study of eighteenth-century history and cultural production.” -- Peter Remien * author of The Concept of Nature in Early Modern English Literature *"This innovative collection brilliantly addresses the challenge of studying and teaching the eighteenth century from an Anthropocene vantage. The wide-ranging essays explore the meaning of environmental justice for eighteenth-century writers reckoning with the socio-ecological violence of transatlantic empire." -- Tobias Menely * author of Climate and the Making of Worlds: Toward a Geohistorical Poetics *“A provocative and compelling case for centering the eighteenth century within environmental humanities. This interdisciplinary collection of essays will be of great interest and lasting value to literary scholars and teachers, and it will serve as a touchstone for all future work at the intersections of eighteenth-century studies and the environmental humanities.” -- Seth Reno * editor of The Anthropocene: Approaches and Contexts for Literature and the Humanities *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Eighteenth Century + Environmental HumanitiesJeremy ChowPart I: Eighteenth Century + Climate ChangeChapter 1: Towards a Genealogy of Geoengineering: Erasmus Darwin and the Little Ice AgeElliot Patsoura Chapter 2: Storm ApostropheAnnette Hulbert Chapter 3: “When Stormy Winds Happen”: Divine Providence, Climate Change Discourse, and the Cause of Weather DisastersAdam W. SweetingPart II: Eighteenth Century + New Materialisms Chapter 4: Phillis Wheatley Peters’ Niobean SoundscapesShelby Johnson Chapter 5: Syphilis and Natural History: The Ethical Limits of Human MasteryMariah Crilley Part III: Eighteenth Century + Blue HumanitiesChapter 6: Shore/Lines: Drawing Environmental Change on Eighteenth-Century Prince Edward Island Claire Campbell Chapter 7: Of Water, Wind, and Storms: The Elemental Regimes of the Buccaneer JournalJason PaytonPart IV: Eighteenth Century + Indigeneity and DecolonialityChapter 8: “Supporting Sinking Nations”: John Dennis’s Indigenous Women and their DisastersMatt DuquèsChapter 9: Imagining Decolonial Futures in William Gilbert’s The HurricaneAmi YoonPart V: Eighteenth Century + Green UtopiasChapter 10: Slavery and Plantation Stewardship: The Eighteenth-Century Caribbean Georgics of James Grainger and Philip FreneauChristopher Allan BlackChapter 11: John Thelwell and L.M. Montgomery Write the Green CityKate ScarthAcknowledgmentsBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex
£33.25
Bucknell University Press,U.S. Planet Work: Rethinking Labor and Leisure in the
Book SynopsisLabor and labor norms orient much of contemporary life, organizing our days and years and driving planetary environmental change. Yet, labor, as a foundational set of values and practices, has not been sufficiently interrogated in the context of the environmental humanities for its profound role in climate change and other crises. This collection of essays demonstrates the urgent need to rethink models and customs of labor and leisure in the Anthropocene. Recognizing the grave traumas and hazards plaguing planet Earth, contributors expose fundamental flaws in ideas of work and search for ways to redirect cultures toward more sustainable modes of life. These essays evaluate Anthropocene frames of interpretation, dramatize problems and potentials in regimes of labor, and explore leisure practices such as walking and storytelling as modes of recasting life, while a coda advocates reviving notions of work as craft.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Denaturalizing the Slow Violence of WorkRyan HedigerSection One: Questioning “Anthropocene” FramesChapter 1: What’s Past is Prologue: The Dragon, the Phoenix, and the Golden SpikeDavid L. RodlandChapter 2: Anthropocene Performance: Work without EndsTed GeierSection Two: Rethinking Work in the AnthropoceneChapter 3: Unfree Labor: Slavery and the Anthropocene in the AmericasRyan HedigerChapter 4: The Rise of the Novel and the Narrative Labor of Horses in the English Novel of the Early AnthropoceneSinan AkıllıChapter 5: Reconstruction Agrarianism in Douglass and Burroughs: Relational Labor Against White Supremacist OwnershipDaniel ClausenChapter 6: The Work of the Globe: How the Unisphere, Icon of the 1964-65 World’s Fair, Illuminates the Nature of Modern WorkJames ArmstrongChapter 7: Leisure and Light Work: Coming of Age in Wendell Berry’s and Thomas Pynchon’s Novels of ExtractionMatt WanatSection Three: Learning from Leisure in the AnthropoceneChapter 8: Walking the Line between Leisure and Labor: Dorothy Wordsworth and Harriet Martineau in the English Lake DistrictAmanda AdamsChapter 9: Labor, Leisure and Love of Country: Rangering in the Age of the Alt-NPSJennifer K. LadinoChapter 10: Learning to Play in the Anthropocene: Winter Recreation and the Politics of Climate ChangeWill Elliot and Kevin MaierChapter 11: Weaving “Lifeworkings”: Goanna Walking between Humanism and Posthumanism, Dharug Women’s WayJo ReyCodaPedagogical Anthropo/Scenes: Reviving Craft in the AcademySharon O'DairAcknowledgementsNotesBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex
£36.00
Conservation International,U.S. A Biological Assessment of the Alto Madidi Region
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Conservation International,U.S. Ironwood: An Ecological and Cultural Keystone of
Book SynopsisThis volume presents the findings of four studies of the ironwood tree found in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and northwestern Mexico. Topics include perennial plants that depend on the shade of the ironwood for their survival, variation in the diversity and abundance of plant life under ironwood trees and elsewhere in the desert, the relationship between ironwood and a threatened species of cactus, and the harm done to ironwood trees by logging, the tourist trade, and misguided conservation efforts.
£15.82
Conservation International,U.S. The Tambopata-Candamo-Rio Heath Region of
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£22.74
Conservation International,U.S. A Biological Assessment of the Aquatic Ecosystems
Book SynopsisThe Upper Rio Orthon Basin of Pando, Bolivia, is a transition zone between moister lowland Amazonian forests and dryer deciduous forests. This largely unexplored region potentially harbours one of the most richly biodiverse aquatic systems within Bolivia, if not within the Amazon River basin. A multinational and multidisciplinary team of scientists surveyed the area to provide a baseline assessment of its biological and conservation value as well as the current and future threats facing the region. In just over two intensive weeks, scientists surveyed water quality, zooplankton, benthic macroinvertebrates, crustaceans and genetics.
£22.37
Chelsea Green Publishing UK Hedgelands Us Edition
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£21.21
Missouri Botanical Garden Press Love Them to Death
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£30.00
West Virginia University Press Listening to the Land: Stories from the Cacapon
Book SynopsisThe Cacapon and Lost Rivers are located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia's eastern panhandle. Well loved by paddlers and anglers, these American Heritage Rivers are surrounded by a lush valley of wildlife and flora that is part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.Although still rural and mostly forested, development and land fragmentation in the Cacapon and Lost River Valley have increased over the last decades. Listening to the Land: Stories from the Cacapon and Lost River Valley is a conversation between the people of this Valley and their land, chronicling this community's dedication to preserving its farms, forests, and rural heritage.United around a shared passion for stewardship, the Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust and local landowners have permanently protected over 11,000 acres by incorporating local values into permanent conservation action. Despite the economic pressures that have devastated nearby valleys over the past twenty years, natives and newcomers alike have worked to protect this valley by sustaining family homesteads and buying surrounding parcels.This partnership between the Land Trust and the people of this Valley, unprecedented in West Virginia and nationally recognized for its success, greatly enriches historic preservation and conservation movements, bringing to light the need to investigate, pursue, and listen to the enduring connection between people and place.
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Schaffner Press Save The Planet: An Amazonian Tribal Leader
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University of Nevada Press Population Ecology of Roosevelt Elk: Conservation
Book SynopsisThe Roosevelt elk populate the parks along California’s north coast and comprise the largest land mammals in the parks, some weighing up to 1,200 pounds. They are a stable terrestrial land mammal population, a fixture in the parks, but still require ongoing stewardship and management. In a study spanning more than twenty years, Weckerly made key observations and conducted various investigations under a multitude of ecological conditions. Few authors have dedicated this much time and effort into a single research area. It is a testament to perseverance that his groundbreaking study of the Roosevelt elk was so successful. He was able to document the independent dynamics of several herds of female elk, experience the extinction of one of their subpopulations, and record scientific conclusions in the context of resiliency and redundancy of the elk population. This book will be of considerable interest to those who investigate the ecology of big game animals, including naturalists, hunters, and individuals with particular interest in Redwood State and National Parks. It is an important book that contributes substantially to the persistence and viability of Roosevelt elk in the parks and the surrounding area.Trade ReviewThe book is well written, interesting, and should be of interest to a wide array of people. Most scientific aspects of the book are spot on. I think this is a book that should be of value to a broad audience, including visitors to the parks, and not just scientists."" - Terry Bowyer, Idaho State University
£53.10
Belt Publishing Rust Belt Arcana: Tarot and Natural History in
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Rutgers University Press For the Birds: Protecting Wildlife through the
Book Synopsis2020 Award for Distinguished Book from the Animals & Society Section of the American Sociological Association One in five people in the United States is a birdwatcher, yet the popular understanding of birders reduces them to comical stereotypes, obsessives who only have eyes for their favorite rare species. In real life, however, birders are paying equally close attention to the world around them, observing the devastating effects of climate change and mass extinction, while discovering small pockets of biodiversity in unexpected places. For the Birds offers readers a glimpse behind the binoculars and reveals birders to be important allies in the larger environmental conservation movement. With a wealth of data from in-depth interviews and over three years of observing birders in the field, environmental sociologist Elizabeth Cherry argues that birders learn to watch wildlife in ways that make an invaluable contribution to contemporary conservation efforts. She investigates how birders develop a “naturalist gaze” that enables them to understand the shared ecosystem that intertwines humans and wild animals, an appreciation that motivates them to participate in citizen science projects and wildlife conservation. Trade Review"Without qualification, For the Birds will make a substantial and significant contribution to sociology. Cherry’s writing style and conversational tone take us through the training of a neophyte birder into a level of expertise all the while keeping the book extremely readable, lively and accessible." -- Lisa Jean Moore * author of Buzz: Urban Beekeeping and the Power of the Bee *“With its eagle-eyed sights on birders in their natural habitat, Elizabeth Cherry’s beautiful ethnography reveals the reverence and concern that citizen scientists feel for these charismatic creatures. Like the naturalist gaze itself, For the Birds is equal parts instructive and pleasurable.” -- David Grazian * author of American Zoo: A Sociological Safari *For the Birds by Elizabeth Cherry included in Publishers Weekly's Fall 2019 Adult Announcements * Publishers Weekly *"Recommended." * Choice *"With a wealth of data from in-depth interviews and over three years of observing birders in the field, environmental sociologist Elizabeth Cherry argues that birders learn to watch wildlife in ways that make an invaluable contribution to contemporary conservation efforts. She investigates how birders develop a 'naturalist gaze' that enables them to understand the shared ecosystem that intertwines humans and wild animals, an appreciation that motivates them to participate in citizen science projects and wildlife conservation." * ASA Environmental Sociology newsletter *"A major contribution." * Social Forces *"For the Birds provides both an interesting and accessible study of the birding community. Cherry provides deep and colorful description of birders and allows the community to speak directly to the reader by using interview quotes throughout the book. We have much to learn from birders about making the common uncommon and looking at our own backyards through a pair of binoculars." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1 Becoming a Birder 2 The Naturalist Gaze 3 Common Birds and the Social Construction of Nature 4 Wilderness, Wildness, and Mobility 5 Good Birds, Bad Birds, and Animal Agency 6 Birding and Citizen Science 7 Birding as a Conservation Movement Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£127.30
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Checklisten Der Fauna Osterreichs, No. 3
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Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Checklisten Der Fauna Osterreichs, Nr.4: Diplura
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Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Biosphere Reserves in the Mountains of the World:
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£31.35
Daimon Verlag Testament to the Wilderness: Ten Essays on an
Book SynopsisIn 1983, Swiss psychiatrist C.A. Meier delivered a fascinating paper at the 3rd World Wilderness Congress in Inverness, Scotland. ''Wilderness and the Search for the Soul of Modern Man'' addressed not only the tragedy of our vanishing natural wilderness and the need to preserve it, but also the necessity of preserving man''s ''inner wilderness''. A Testament to the Wilderness consists of Meier''s original address and thoughtful and provocative responses by nine concerned writers from around the world.
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