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The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature by David George Haskell Publisher Comments A biologist reveals the secret world hidden in a single square meter of forest. In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one- square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Nature's Second Chance: Restoring the Ecology of Stone Prairie Farm by Steven Apfelbaum Publisher Comments Renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold once wrote, "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it does otherwise." Few have taken Leopold's vision more to heart than Steven I... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Our Dying Planet: An Ecologist's View of the Crisis We Face by Peter Sale Publisher Comments Coral reefs are on track to become the first ecosystem actually eliminated from the planet. So says leading ecologist Peter F. Sale in this crash course on the state of the planet. Sale draws from his own extensive work on coral reefs, and from recent... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Linking Social and Ecological Systems: Management Practices and Social Mechanisms for Building Resilience by Fikret Berkes Publisher Comments Investigates how management systems and their dynamics can improve stewardship of selected ecosystems.... (read more) List Price $75.95 Your price: $32.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Living with Fire: Fire Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-First Century by Sara Jensen Publisher Comments Fire, both inevitable and ubiquitous, plays a crucial role in North American ecosystems. But as necessary as fire is to maintaining healthy ecosystems, it threatens human lives and livelihoods in unacceptable ways. This volume explores the rich yet... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $19.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Forest Ecosystems by David A Perry Publisher Comments "Fresh, exciting, and more comprehensive than many other texts. Perry introduces a whole new view of forest ecosystems. This will challenge, stimulate, and redefine current understanding and management." -- Michael Amaranthus, U.S. Forest... (read more) List Price $52.00 Your price: $19.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Essentials of Ecology by Colin R Townsend Publisher Comments Essentials of Ecologypresents introductory ecology in an accessible, state-of-the-art format designed to cultivate the novice student's understanding of, and fascination with, the natural world. A significantly updated new edition of this popular... (read more) List Price $121.25 Your price: $37.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Vedic Ecology: Practical Wisdom for Surviving the 21st Century by Ranchor Prime Publisher Comments Drawing on India's ancient roots, Prime explores the possibility of applying old-world knowledge to new-world problems. Discover the environmental perspective put forth by the Vedas and how environmental activists and thinkers are applying it today. The... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Ecocriticism (04 - Old Edition) by Greg Garrard Publisher Comments This volume offers one of the first introductory guides to the emergent field of literary ecological criticism. With an accessible and animated approach to the subject, Greg Garrard presents the reader with the theoretical background of the genre and... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $16.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Landscape Ecology in Asian Cultures (Ecological Research Monographs) by Sun Kee Hong Publisher Comments Cultural landscapes are a product... (read more) List Price $189.00 Your price: $130.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Ecological World View by Charles Krebs Publisher Comments This new textbook fills an important niche by offering a lively overview of the principles of ecology for a broad audience including college level science and biology students as well as readers interested in the fundamentals of ecological science... (read more) List Price $59.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Annual Review of Ecology & Systematics 2 by Douglas J. Futuyma Book News Annotation Contains 25 contributions of great diversity written by an international group of ecologists. Topics covered include saproxylic insect ecology and the sustainable management of forests; the Mesozoic radiation of birds; the causes and consequences of... (read more) Your price: $16.00 Used - Hardcover
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Integral Ecology: Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World by Sean Esbjorn-hargens Publisher Comments Today there is a bewildering diversity of views on ecology and the natural environment. With more than two hundred distinct and valuable perspectives on the natural world—and with scientists, economists, ethicists, activists, philosophers, and... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Trade Paper
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Ecological Ethics: An Introduction by Patrick Curry Publisher Comments This book is a major new introduction to the field of ecological ethics. Taking issue with the common assumption that existing human ethics can be 'extended' to meet the demands of the ongoing ecological crisis, Patrick Curry shows that a new and truly... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $19.50 Used - Trade Paper
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After the Fires: The Ecology of Change in Yellowstone National Park by Linda L Wallace Publisher Comments The ravaging fires in Yellowstone National Park in 1988 caused grave concern among scientists about the possible short- and longterm repercussions. This book provides the first comprehensive scientific summary of the actual response of the Yellowstone... (read more) Your price: $49.25 New - Trade Paper
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Living with Fire: Fire Ecology and Policy for the Twenty-first Century by Sara E. Jensen Publisher Comments Living with Fire is a breath of fresh air that does an excellent job highlighting the many misconceptions associated with wildland fire. The clarity with which the authors emphasize two key conceptsathe importance of weather in wildfires and why the 'one-... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $31.06 Google eBooks - Electronic
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First Ecology by Alan Beeby Publisher Comments How much do we know about the living world and our impact upon it? Enough to make effective predictions about its future? This volume explores key scientific concepts underlying ecology and presents the story of environmental change from a human... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $9.98 Used - Trade Paper
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Ecology and Socialism by Chris Williams Publisher Comments Around the world, consciousness of the threat to our environment is growing. The majority of solutions on offer, from using efficient light bulbs to biking to work, focus on individual lifestyle changes, yet the scale of the crisis requires far deeper... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Evolutionary Ecology: Concepts and Case Studies by Charles W Fox Publisher Comments Evolutionary Ecology simultaneously unifies conceptual and empirical advances in evolutionary ecology and provides a volume that can be used as either a primary textbook or a supplemental reading in an advanced undergraduate or graduate course. The focus... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price: $24.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Biological Invasions: Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species by David Pimentel Publisher Comments Bioinvasion is fast becoming one of the world's most costly ecological problems, as it disrupts agriculture, drastically alters ecosystems, spreads disease, and interferes with shipping. The economic and environmental damages from alien plant, animals... (read more) Your price: $162.95 Google eBooks - Electronic
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