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Ecology

Boll Weevil Blues Cotton, Myth, and Power in the American South

Giesen James C.

ISBN: HB: 9780226292878, University of Chicago Press, July 2011
240 pp., 22x15 cm, 4 maps, 10 figures, 7 tables, 5 halftones

Between the 1890s and the early 1920s, the boll weevil slowly ate its way across the Cotton South from Texas to the Atlantic Ocean. At the turn of the century, some Texas counties were reporting crop losses of over 70 percent, as were areas of Louisi...

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Ecology

Theory of Ecology

Scheiner Samuel M., Willig Michael R.

ISBN: PB: 9780226736860, ISBN: HB: 9780226736853, University of Chicago Press, July 2011
416 pp., 25x15 cm, 20 tables, 30 halftones, 26 line illus.

Despite claims to the contrary, the science of ecology has a long history of building theories. Many ecological theories are mathematical, computational, or statistical, though, and rarely have attempts been made to organize or extrapolate these mode...

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Business & Economics

Ecology

Economics of Climate Change Adaptations Past and Present

Libecap Gary D., Steckel Richard H.

ISBN: HB: 9780226479880, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2011
368 pp., 23.1x15.7 cm, 47 tables, 3 halftones, 86 line illus.

While debates over the consequences of climate change are often pessimistic, historical data from the past two centuries indicate many viable opportunities for responding to potential changes. This volume takes a close look at the ways in which econo...

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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

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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Nature

Ecology

Natural History of the New World The Ecology and Evolution of Plants in the Americas

Graham Alan

ISBN: PB: 9780226306803, ISBN: HB: 9780226306797, University of Chicago Press, December 2010
392 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 34 line drawings, 5 tables, 69 halftones

The paleoecological history of the Americas is as complex as the region is broad: stretching from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego, the New World features some of the most extraordinary vegetation on the planet. But until now it has lacked a com...

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Mammals

Ecology

Mind of the Chimpanzee Ecological and Experimental Perspectives

Lonsdorf Elizabeth V., Ross Stephen R., Matsuzawa Tetsuro

ISBN: PB: 9780226492797, University of Chicago Press, August 2010
464 pp., 28x21.5 cm, 31 line drawings, 19 tables, 144 halftones

Understanding the chimpanzee mind is akin to opening a window onto human consciousness. Many of our complex cognitive processes have origins that can be seen in the way that chimpanzees think, learn, and behave".The Mind of the Chimpanzee" brings tog...

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