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Ecology

Knowing Nature Conversations at the Intersection of Political Ecology and Science Studies

Goldman Mara J., Nadasdy Paul, Turner Matthew D.

ISBN: PB: 9780226301419, ISBN: HB: 9780226301402, University of Chicago Press, April 2011
376 pp., 22.6x15 cm, 6 tables, 22 halftones, 8 line illus.

Political ecology and science studies have found fertile meeting ground in environmental studies. While the two distinct areas of inquiry approach the environment from different perspectives – one focusing on the politics of resource access and the o...

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Mammals

Ecology

Amboseli Elephants A Long-Term Perspective on a Long-Lived Mammal

Moss Cynthia J., Croze Harvey, Lee Phyllis C.

ISBN: HB: 9780226542232, University of Chicago Press, March 2011
400 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 119 line drawings, 50 tables, 88 halftones

Elephants have fascinated humans for millennia. Aristotle wrote of them with awe; Hannibal used them in warfare; and John Donne called the elephant "Nature's greatest masterpiece... The only harmless great thing". Their ivory has been sought after an...

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Ecology

Constructed Climates A Primer on Urban Environments

Wilson William G.

ISBN: PB: 9780226901466, ISBN: HB: 9780226901459, University of Chicago Press, February 2011
288 pp., 20.3x15.5 cm, 56 tables, 31 halftones

As our world becomes increasingly urbanized, an understanding of the context, mechanisms, and consequences of city and suburban environments becomes more critical. Without a sense of what open spaces such as parks and gardens contribute, it's difficu...

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Ecology

Art of Ecology Writings of G. Evelyn Hutchinson

Skelly David K., Post David M., Smith Melinda D.

ISBN: PB: 9780300154498, Yale University Press, January 2011
352 pp., 25.1x17.8 cm, 11 black&white illus.

During the twentieth century, ecology evolved from a collection of natural history facts to a rigorous, analytical discipline with a rich body of theory. No single person is more responsible for this change than G. Evelyn Hutchinson. This collection...

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Biography & Memoires

Ecology

G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the Invention of Modern Ecology

Slack Nancy G.

ISBN: HB: 9780300161380, Yale University Press, January 2011
448 pp., 23.9x16 cm, 46 black&white illus.

Stephen J. Gould declared Evelyn Hutchinson the most important ecologist of the twentieth century. E. O. Wilson pronounced him "one of the few scientists who could unabashedly be called a genius". In this fascinating book, Nancy Slack presents for th...

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Ecology

Fate of the Forest Developers, Destroyers, and Defenders of the Amazon (Updated Edition)

Hecht Susanna B., Cockburn Alexander

ISBN: PB: 9780226322728, University of Chicago Press, January 2011
408 pp., 21.3x14 cm, 7 maps, 6 halftones

The Amazon rain forest covers more than five million square kilometers, amid the territories of nine different nations. It represents over half of the planet's remaining rain forest. Is it truly in peril? What steps are necessary to save it? To under...

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Ecology

Ecology of Place Contributions of Place-Based Research to Ecological Understanding

Billick Ian, Price Mary V.

ISBN: PB: 9780226050430, ISBN: HB: 9780226050423, University of Chicago Press, January 2011
480 pp., 22.6x15.5 cm, 8 tables, 42 halftones, 32 line illus.

Ecologists can spend a lifetime researching a small patch of the earth, studying the interactions between organisms and the environment, and exploring the roles those interactions play in determining distribution, abundance, and evolutionary change....

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