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Ecology

Unfreezing the Arctic Science, Colonialism, and the Transformation of Inuit Lands

Stuhl Andrew

ISBN: HB: 9780226416649, University of Chicago Press, November 2016
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 13 halftones, 1 line drawing

In recent years, journalists and environmentalists have pointed urgently to the melting Arctic as a leading indicator of the growing effects of climate change. While climate change has unleashed profound transformations in the region, most commentato...

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Christianity

To Care for Creation The Emergence of the Religious Environmental Movement

Ellingson Stephen

ISBN: PB: 9780226367385, ISBN: HB: 9780226367248, University of Chicago Press, August 2016
216 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 line drawings, 2 tables

Controversial megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll proclaimed from a conference stage in 2013, "I know who made the environment and he's coming back and going to burn it all up. So yes, I drive an SUV". The comment, which Driscoll later explained away as...

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Birds

Ecology

Why Birds Matter Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Services

Sekercioglu Cagan H., Wenny Daniel G., Whelan Christopher J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226382630, ISBN: HB: 9780226382463, University of Chicago Press, August 2016
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 31 halftones, 6 line drawings, 8 tables

For over one hundred years, ornithologists and amateur birders have jointly campaigned for the conservation of bird species, documenting not only birds' beauty and extraordinary diversity, but also their importance to ecosystems worldwide. But while...

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Ecology

America

Alaska's Greatest Outdoor Legends Colorful Characters Who Built the Fishing and Hunting Industries

Kelly Doug

ISBN: PB: 9781602232990, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, August 2016
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 100 halftones, 1 map

Outdoor tourism is one of Alaska's biggest industries, and the thousands of people who flock to the state's dramatic landscapes and pristine waters to hunt and fish are supported by a large and growing network of guides, lodges, outfitters, and wildl...

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Earth Sciences

Stormwater A Resource for Scientists, Engineers, and Policy Makers

Wilson William G.

ISBN: PB: 9780226365008, ISBN: HB: 9780226364957, University of Chicago Press, August 2016
400 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 277 halftones

As cities grow and climates change, precipitation increases, and with every great storm – from record-breaking Boston blizzards to floods in Houston – come buckets of stormwater and a deluge of problems. In "Stormwater", William G. Wilson brings us t...

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Ecology

Social Lives of Forests Past, Present, and Future of Woodland Resurgence

Hecht Susanna B., Morrison Kathleen D., Padoch Christine

ISBN: PB: 9780226322681, ISBN: HB: 9780226322667, University of Chicago Press, May 2016
512 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 34 halftones, 13 line drawings, 19 tables

Forests are in decline, and the threats these outposts of nature face – including deforestation, degradation, and fragmentation – are the result of human culture. Or are they? This volume calls these assumptions into question, revealing forests' past...

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Ecology

Why Ecology Matters

Krebs Charles J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226318158, ISBN: HB: 9780226318011, University of Chicago Press, April 2016
208 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 68 halftones, 12 line drawings, 3 tables

Global temperatures and seawater levels rise; the world's smallest porpoise species looms at the edge of extinction; and a tiny emerald beetle from Japan flourishes in North America – but why does it matter? Who cares? With this concise, accessible,...

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Birds

Ecology

Snowbird Integrative Biology and Evolutionary Diversity in the Junco

Ketterson Ellen D., Atwell Jonathan W.

ISBN: HB: 9780226330778, University of Chicago Press, April 2016
416 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 8 colour plates, 20 halftones, 14 line drawings, 6 tables

At birdfeeders and in backyards across North America, the dark-eyed junco, or snowbird, can be found foraging for its next meal. With an estimated population of at least 630 million, juncos inhabit forests, parks, and even suburban habitats, making t...

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Ecology

Costa Rican Ecosystems

Kappelle Maarten

ISBN: PB: 9780226278933, ISBN: HB: 9780226121505, University of Chicago Press, March 2016
744 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 244 colour plates, 82 halftones, 10 line drawings, 25 tables

In the more than thirty years since the publication of Daniel H. Janzen's classic "Costa Rican Natural History", research in this small but astonishingly biodiverse, well-preserved, and well-studied Latin-American nation has evolved from a species-le...

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Ecology

Environmental Law for Biologists

Kimbrell Tristan

ISBN: PB: 9780226333854, ISBN: HB: 9780226333687, University of Chicago Press, February 2016
384 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 11 halftones, 1 table

Environmental law has an unquestionable effect on the species, ecosystems, and landscapes that biologists study – and vice-versa, as the research of these biologists frequently informs policy. But because many scientists receive little or no legal tr...

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