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Cheatgrass: Fire and Forage on the Range
by James A Young
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Young, a retired senior scientist from the USDA Agricultural Research
Services, has teamed with Clement, who is still a rangeland scientist
with the agency, to provide this ecological study of cheatgrass, a
highly invasive grass that covers millions... ( read more)
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Ecology
by Michael L Cain
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In this new introductory ecology text, the authors (associated with Bowdoin College, U. of Colorado, and Oregon State U.) emphasize community ecology, ecosystem ecology, and applied aspects of ecology within discussion of principles. The 24 chapters are... ( read more)
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The Earth's Blanket: Traditional Teachings for Sustainable Living (Culture, Place, and Nature)
by Nancy J. Turner
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New in Paperback--A thought-provoking look at indigenous stories, cultural institutions, and ways of knowing, and what they can teach us about living sustainably.... ( read more)
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The Ecological World View
by Charles J Krebs
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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)
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Green Planet: How Plants Keep the Earth Alive
by Stanley A. Rice
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Plants are not just a pretty part of the landscape; they keep the entire planet, with all of its human and nonhuman inhabitants, alive. Stanley Rice documents the many ways in which plants do this by making oxygen, regulating the greenhouse effect... ( read more)
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Linking Social and Ecological Systems: Management Practices and Social Mechanisms for Building Resilience
by Fikret Berkes
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Investigates how management systems and their dynamics can improve stewardship of selected ecosystems.... ( read more)
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Ecology (Science 101)
by Smithsonian
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< p> The Ultimate Illustrated Guide for Nonscientists < /p> < p> < i> Science 101: Ecology< /i> shows how every living and nonliving thing has a unique role to play on Earth. < /p> < p> Learn why most plants and... ( read more)
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A Critique of Silviculture: Managing for Complexity
by Klaus Puettmann
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The discipline of silviculture is at a crossroads. Silviculturists are under increasing pressure to develop practices that sustain the full function and dynamics of forested ecosystems and maintain ecosystem diversity and resilience while still providing... ( read more)
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Nature's Second Chance: Restoring the Ecology of Stone Prairie Farm
by Steven Apfelbaun
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Foreword by Nina Bradley Leopold From an internationally recognized restoration ecologist, the twenty-first-century sequel to the best-selling classic A Sand County Almanac Renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold once wrote, “A thing is right when it... ( read more)
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Nature's Economy
by Donald Worster
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This wide-ranging investigation of ecology's past traces the origins of the concept, discusses the thinkers who have shaped it, and shows how it in turn has shaped the modern perception of our place in nature. Donald Worster focuses on the dramatic... ( read more)
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Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications (Aquatic Ecology Series)
by Walter K Dodds
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ems *Written for undergraduate students, with explanations of complex contemporary concepts in freshwater ecology *Self-contained and succinct chapters suited to specific applications as well as to use as a... ( read more)
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Green Psychology: Transforming Our Relationship to the Earth
by Ralph Metzner
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A visionary ecopsychologist examines the rift between people and nature and explores ways to heal it.... ( read more)
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Ecological Design
by Sim Van Der Ryn and Stuart Cowan
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Sim Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan present a vision of how the living world and the human world can be rejoined by taking ecology as the basis for design. Ecological design intelligence-effective adaptation to and integration with nature's processes-can be... ( read more)
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Water, Weather and the Mountain West (Rmb Alliance)
by Robert Sanford
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Growing populations, increasing industrial use and heavy agricultural demand are beginning to tax water supplies in many regions of Canada's west. Future economic and social development will depend upon how much we know about our surface and ground water... ( read more)
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Learning from the Land: Teaching Ecology Through Stories and Activities
by Brian Fox Ellis
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Travel through time and space entering the worlds of molecules and woolly mammoths through engaging stories that whether used for read-alouds or silent reading make abstract scientific concepts concrete and palpable. Hands-on science and creative-writing... ( read more)
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Road Ecology: Science and Solutions
by Richard T Forman
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A central goal of transportation is the delivery of safe and efficient services with minimal environmental impact. In practice, though, human mobility has flourished while nature has suffered. Awareness of the environmental impacts of roads is increasing,... ( read more)
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Millipedes and Moon Tigers: Science and Policy in an Age of Extinction
by Steve Nash
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Nash reports on the controversies over genetically modified pines and poplars - "science fiction trees" - and how fears of their escape into wild forests has prompted some environments [illegible] to go so far as to sabotage corporate laboratories. The... ( read more)
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Bronx Ecology: Blueprint for a New Environmentalism
by Allen Hershkowitz
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"The Bronx Community Paper Company teaches us that we have the power, if we muster the will, creativity, and cooperation, to recover lost pieces ofAmerica's environment, return them to good health, protect other lands andresources from being destroyed... ( read more)
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Pattern and Process in Macroecology
by Kevin Gaston
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Macroecology is the study of large-scale community structure and the influence this has on small-scale process. In recent years there has been a definite trend towards the large-scale approach, and this work is therefore timely and relevant. As John... ( read more)
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Annual Review of Ecology & Systematics 2
by Douglas J. Futuyma
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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
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