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- Arizona Wildlife: The Territorial Years 1863-1912
ISBN–13: 978-0-917563-54-6
Publisher: Arizona Game and Fish Department
Edited by Dave E. Brown, with Neil Carmony, Harley Shaw and W.L.Minckley
A book about the history and future of Arizona’s wildlife and a sequel to Man and Wildlife in Arizona, Arizona Wildlife continues the true story of wildlife in early Arizona told through the historic accounts of scientists and settlers, hunters and history makers. This volume chronicles from 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln signed the law creating Arizona Territory until statehood in 1912 and investigates the pursuits and concerns of Arizona’s pioneers to the evolution of game laws, introduction of cattle and non-native fish - a saga of the territory’s wildlife as it happened (excerpt from Arizona Game and Fish).
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- Ecology and Conservation of the San Pedro River
ISBN–10: 0816527520, ISBN–13: 978-0816527526
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Edited by Juliet C. Stromberg and Barbara Tellman
The Ecology and Conservation of the San Pedro examines one of the last undammed perennial rivers in the Southwest and illustrates important processes common to many desert riparian ecosystems. Although historic land uses and climatic extremes have led to aquifer depletion, river entrenchment, and other changes, the river still sustains a rich and varied selection of life. Resilient to many factors, portions of the San Pedro have become increasingly threatened by groundwater pumping and other impacts of population growth. An interdisciplinary team of fifty-seven contributors-biologists, ecologists, geomorphologists, historians, hydrologists, lawyers, political scientists-weave together threads from their diverse perspectives to reveal the processes that shape the past, present, and future of the San Pedro’s riparian and aquatic ecosystems. (excerpt from University of Arizona online review).
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- Voice and Vision: A Guide to Writing History and Other Serious Nonfiction
ISBN–10: 0674033302, ISBN–13: 978-0674033306
Publisher: Harvard University Press
By Stephen J. Pyne
It has become commonplace these days to speak of “unpacking” texts. Voice and Vision is a book about packing that prose in the first place. While history is scholarship, it is also art-that is, literature. And while it has no need to emulate fiction, slump into memoir, or become self-referential text, its composition does need to be conscious and informed.
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- Nature in Common? Environmental Ethics and the Contested Foundations of Environmental Policy
ISBN–10: 1592137040, ISBN–13: 978-1592137046
Publisher: Temple University Press
Edited by Ben A. Minteer
This important book brings together leading environmental thinkers to debate a central conflict within environmental philosophy: Should we appreciate nature mainly for its ability to advance our interests or should we respect it as having a good of its own, apart from any contribution to human well being?
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- Extinction in Our Times: Global Amphibian Decline
ISBN–10: 0195316940, ISBN–13: 978-0195316940
Publisher: Oxford University Press
By James P. Collins and Martha L. Crump
For over 350 million years, thousands of species of amphibians have lived on earth, but since the 1980s they have been disappearing at an alarming rate, in many cases quite suddenly and mysteriously. What is causing these extinctions? What role do human actions play in them? What do they tell us about the overall state of biodiversity on the planet? In Extinction in Our Times, James Collins and Martha Crump explore these pressing questions and many others as they document the first modern extinction event across an entire vertebrate class, using global examples that range from the Sierra Nevada of California to the rainforests of Costa Rica and the Mediterranean coast of North Africa. Joining scientific rigor and vivid storytelling, this book is the first to use amphibian decline as a lens through which to see more clearly the larger story of climate change, conservation of biodiversity, and a host of profoundly important ecological, evolutionary, ethical, philosophical, and sociological issues.
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- Form and Function in Developmental Evolution
ISBN–10: 0521872685, ISBN–13: 978-0521872683
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
By Manfred D. Laubichler and Jane Maienschein (Editors)
This book represents a new effort to understand very old questions about biological form, function, and the relationships between them. The essays collected here reflect the diversity of approaches in evolutionary developmental biology (Evo Devo), including not only studies by prominent scientists whose research focuses on topics concerned with evolution and development, but also historically and conceptually oriented studies that place the scientific work within a larger framework and ask how it can be pushed further. Topics under discussion range from the use of theoretical and empirical biomechanics to understand the evolution of plant form, to detailed studies of the evolution of development and the role of developmental constraints on phenotypic variation. The result is a rich and interdisciplinary volume that will begin a wider conversation about the shape of Evo Devo as it matures as a field.
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- Organization of Insect Societies: From Genome to Sociocomplexity
ISBN–10: 0674031253, ISBN–13: 978-0674031258
Publisher: Publisher Harvard University Press
Edited by Jürgen Gadau and Jennifer Fewell, Foreword by Edward O. Wilson
In this landmark volume, an international group of scientists from fields of molecular biology, evolutionary genetics, neurophysiology, behavioral ecology and evolutionary theory synthesize their collective expertise and insight into a newly unified vision of insect societies and what they can reveal about how sociality has arisen as an evolutionary strategy. A homage to Pulitzer Prize Award winning author and researcher Bert Hölldobler, this book will have broad-ranging significance to those interested in social evolution and complex systems.
Table of Contents (PDF)
Appendix:
Chapter 1: Boomsma et al. (PDF)
Chapter 4: Cole (PDF)
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- The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies
ISBN–10: 0393067041, ISBN–13: 978-0393067040
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
By Bert Hölldobler and E. O. Wilson
In their first major collaboration since their Pulitzer Prize-winning The Ants, Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson, two of the most renowned biologists in the world, present a brilliant new look at social evolution. Written in fine detail, but for a broad readership, the book chronicles the remarkable growth of knowledge concerning the social insects during the past two decades and provides a deep look in to a part of the living world hitherto glimpsed by only a very few.
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- Sequence Alignment: Methods, Models, Concepts, and Strategies
ISBN–10: 0520256972, ISBN–13: 978-0520256972
Publisher: University of California Press
By Michael S. Rosenberg (Editor)
The sequencing of the human genome involved thousands of scientists but used relatively few tools. Today, obtaining sequences is simpler, but aligning the sequences-making sure that sequences from one source are properly compared to those from other sources-remains a complicated but underappreciated aspect of comparative molecular biology. This volume, the first to focus on this crucial step in analyzing sequence data, is about the practice of alignment, the procedures by which alignments are established, and more importantly, how the outcomes of any alignment algorithm should be interpreted. Edited by Michael S. Rosenberg with essays by many of the field’s leading experts, Sequence Alignment covers molecular causes, computational advances, approaches for assessing alignment quality, and philosophical underpinnings of the algorithms themselves.
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- Bioimaging: Current Concepts in Light and Electron Microscopy
ISBN–10: 0763738743, ISBN–13: 978–0763738747
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
By Douglas E. Chandler, Robert W. Roberson
The development of microscopy revolutionized the world of molecular and cellular biology as we once knew it and will continue to play an important role in future discoveries. Bioimaging: Current Concepts in Light and Electron Microscopy is the optimal text for any undergraduate or graduate bioimaging course and will serve as an important reference tool for the research scientist. This unique text covers, in great depth, both light and electron microscopy, as well as other structure and imaging techniques such as x-ray crystallography and atomic force microscopy. Written in a user-friendly style and covering a broad range of topics, Bioimaging describes state-of-the-art technologies that have powered the field to the forefront of the molecular and cellular biological field.
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- Advances in Medical Physics 2008
Publisher: Medical Physics
ISBN: 978–1–930524–38–5
By Wolbarst AB, Mossman KL and Hendeer WR (eds).
This book provides reviews of recent advances and research directions in a broad range of medical physics topics including digital imaging, image display systems, computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, computer–aided detection and diagnosis, radiation therapy treatment planning and stereotactic radiosurgery.
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- Travellers’ Wildlife Guide: Brazil, Amazon And Pantanal (491 Pages)
Publisher: Interlink
ISBN–10: 1566565936, ISBN–13: 978–1566565936
By David L. Pearson and Les Beletsky
The Brazilian Amazon and Pantanal regions are important for the world–s nature lovers and travellers. Visitors here will want to experience tropical forests and other stunning habitats and catch glimpses of wildlife: toucans and parrots, monkeys and anteaters, frogs and toads, crocodiles and snakes. This book has all the information you need to find, identify and learn about the more common species of Brazil’s magnificent animal and plant life. Visitors here will want to experience tropical forests and other stunning habitats and catch glimpses of wildlife: toucans and parrots, monkeys and anteaters, frogs and toads, crocodiles and snakes. This book has all the information you need to find, identify and learn about the more common species of Brazil’s magnificent animal and plant life. Visitors here will want to experience tropical forests and other stunning habitats and catch glimpses of wildlife: toucans and parrots, monkeys and anteaters, frogs and toads, crocodiles and snakes. This book has all the information you need to find, identify and learn about the more common species of Brazil’s magnificent animal and plant life.
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- Travellers’ Wildlife Guide: Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands (475 Pages)
Publisher: Interlink
ISBN–10: 1566565308, ISBN–13: 978–1566565301
By David L. Pearson and Les Beletsky
Travellers to Ecuador want to experience tropical forests and see tropical animals and plants. On the Galapagos Islands, curious visitors want to see with their own eyes the exotic, unique, tame wildlife that stimulated Charles Darwin to formulate the theory of evolution. In this book is the information you need to find, identify, and learn about the more common species of Ecuador’s magnificent wildlife.
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- Travellers’ Wildlife Guide: Peru (492 Pages)
Publisher: Interlink
ISBN–10: 1844370348, ISBN–13: 978–1844370344
By David L. Pearson and Les Beletsky
From the world–famous Machu Picchu Incan ruins high in the Andes Mountains, to Lake Titicaca in southern Peru, to the Iquitos area of Amazonian northeastern Peru, travellers want to experience tropical forests and other stunning habitats and catch glimpses of exotic wildlife. In this book is information you need to find, identify, and learn about the more common species of Peru's magnificent animal and plant life.
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- Travellers’ Wildlife Guide: Thailand
Publisher: Interlink
ISBN–10: 1566566940, ISBN–13: 978–1566566940
By David L. Pearson and Les Beletsky
Thailand holds a special place in the minds of the world’s nature–lovers as a paradise of splendid tropical forests, untrammeled ocean beaches, and spectacular underwater coral grottos. Nature travellers to Thailand want to experience these stunning habitats and catch glimpses of exotic wildlife–gibbons and elephants, hornbills and storks, gliding lizards and cobras, brightly colored reef fishes and marine invertebrates. In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Thailand’s magnificent animal and plant life.
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- Radiation Risks in Perspective
Publisher: CRC
ISBN–10: 0849379776, ISBN–13: 978–0849379772
By Kenneth L. Mossman
“Radiation Risks in Perspective” considers a factual, balanced approach to assessing, prioritizing, and managing risk. Public misperception of radiological risk consistently directs limited regulatory resources toward managing minimal or even phantom risks. The result is great cost to government and industry with no measurable benefit to overall public health. The public’s inability to comprehend small, theoretical risks arrived at through inherently uncertain formulae, coupled with an irrational push to eliminate all risk with no contextual understanding of overall benefit, results in a forfeiture of valuable advances in technology in favor of an illusion of safety.
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- Arbitrary & Capricious
Publisher: AEI Press
ISBN–10: 0844741892, ISBN–13: 978–0844741895
By Gary E. Marchant and Kenneth L. Mossman
The precautionary principle is one of the most significant and controversial innovations in international environmental, health and safety policy over the past quarter century. Although it now appears in more than twenty international treaties and is used in more than twenty countries, the precautionary principle has been criticized as excessive, counterproductive, ill–defined and arbitrary. This book examines how the European Union (EU), the principle’s leading proponent, has used the precautionary principle in legal decisions.
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- A Guide to the Mammals of China
Publisher: Princeton University Press 2008
ISBN–10: 0691099847, ISBN–13: 978–0691099842
By Andrew T. Smith and Yan Xie (eds).
Some books really are landmarks. Not just another guidebook, this 527-page volume describes every mammal found in the fourth largest country on earth. Containing 61 plates, six maps, and 25 habitat photos (all in color), a glossary and a key to the orders of Chinese mammals, this book is a comprehensive compilation of the systematics, identification, distribution, natural history and conservation status of more than 550 species. Highly readable, beautifully illustrated and easy to use
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- An Awful Splendour: A Fire History of Canada
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press, 2007
ISBN: 9780774813914 hardback
By Stephen J. Pyne
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Fire is a defining element in Canadian land and life. With few exceptions, Canada’s forests and prairies have evolved with fire. Its peoples have exploited fire and sought to protect themselves from its excesses, and since Confederation, the country has devised various institutions to connect fire and society. The choices Canadians have made says a great deal about their national character. Awful Splendour narrates the history of this grand saga. It will interest geographers, historians, and members of the fire community.
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- From Embryology to Evo–Devo: A History of Developmental Evolution
Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 2007
ISBN: 9780262122832 hardback
By Manfred D. Laubichler and Jane Maienschein, Eds.
This volume serves as a history of evolutionary thought and offers historic markers for the complex process by which two once connected and then independent theories of evolution and development have again became synthesized into the relatively new science of evolutionary developmental (Evo-Devo) biology. A compilation of papers developed at a forum of historians, biologists and philosophers gathered at the Dibner Institute at MIT, Evo–Devo challenges the reader to step outside black and white static worlds and acknowledge that everything under the sun is subject to adaptation and change, including the very way we think about change.
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- Der Hochsitz des Wissens, Das Allgemeine als wissenschaftlicher Wert
Publisher: Diaphanes Press, 2006
ISBN–10: 3935300794, ISBN–13: 978–3935300797
By Manfred Laubichler
This volume investigates the epistemological and cultural significance of the category “general” in the sciences of the 19th and early 20th century. It analyzes how, in several scientific disciplines – from biology and physics, to history and medicine – ideas about generality and universality emerged as a focus for scientific theorizing. It demonstrates that “general” as a scientific value has its own history that is rooted in the specific trajectories of respective scientific disciplines and their cultural milieu. This study provides important insights for similar attempts to integrate an ever-increasing number of scientific disciplines and subdisciplines within a framework of inte–, multi–, or transdisciplinarity
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- Embryology, Epigenesis, and Evolution: Taking Development Seriously
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004
ISBN: 0521824672 hardback
By Jason Scott Robert
A contribution to the philosophy of biology literature, this book explores the nature of development against current trends in biological theory and practice and looks at the interrelations between development and evolution (evo–devo), an area of resurgent biological interest.
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- Ecological Stoichiometry: The Biology of Elements from Molecules to the Biosphere
Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2002
ISBN: 0–691–07490–9
By Sterner, Robert W. and James J. Elser
Ecological stoichiometry is the study of the balance of multiple chemical elements in ecological interactions. This book attempts to unify ecology and evolution by showing how an understanding of the shared chemical core of organisms from microbes to metazoa provides the key to making sense of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
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- FIRE: A Brief History
Publishers: University of Washington Press and British Museum, 2001
Paper: 0–295–98144-X
By Stephen J. Pyne
Noted environmental historian Stephen J. Pyne describes the evolution of fire through prehistoric and historic times down to the present, examining contemporary attitudes from a long–range, informed perspective. Pyne describes how fire’s role in cities, suburbs, exurbs, and wildlands has been shaped by an industrialized, urban way of thinking. This book is of value to readers interested in the environment from the standpoint of anthropology, geography, forestry, science and technology, history, or the humanities.
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- Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910
Publisher: Viking Press, 2001
Paper: 9780142001172
By Stephen J. Pyne
The wildfires of the summer of 1910 scorched millions of acres in the western states, depositing soot as far away as Greenland. Through the experiences and words of rangers, soldiers, politicians, scientists, and the volunteers who fought the fires and were forever scarred by them, acclaimed historian and former forest fire fighter Stephen Pyne tells the story of that catastrophic year and its indelible legacy on the firefighting policies of today. More than a memorable adventure tale, this is the story of a profound event that continues to shape American life.
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- Smokechasing
Publisher: University of Arizona Press, 2003
ISBN: 0816522855 paperback
By Stephen J. Pyne
Among this new collection are thirty–two original articles that address many issues that have sparked public concern in the wake of disastrous wildfires in the West, such as fire ecology, federal fire management, and questions relating to fire suppression. Pyne makes it clear that humans and fire interact at particular places and times to profoundly shape the world, and that understanding the contexts in which fire occurs can tell us much about the world’s natural and cultural landscapes.
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- Tending Fire: Coping with America’s Wildland Fires
Publisher: Island Press, 2004
ISBN: 1–55963–565–7
By Stephen J. Pyne
A brilliant discussion of the politics of fire by one of the country’s most knowledgeable writers on the subject, Stephen J. Pyne. Once a fire fighter himself (for fifteen seasons, on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon) Pyne gives us for the first time a book-length discussion of fire policy, of how we have come to this pass, and where we might go from here.
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- Brittlebush Valley
Publisher: Patsons Printing, 2005, a self–published work of fiction
By Stephen J. Pyne
To purchase: Send $10 in cash or check (payable to Steve Pyne) to:
Brittlebush Valley
15221 North 61st Ave
Glendale, AZ 85306
Price includes shipping
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- Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology: Methods and Applications
Publisher: Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2006
ISBN: 1–4020–4662–6
By Wu, J., B. Jones, H. Li, and O. L. Loucks (Eds)
This book presents a comprehensive and up–to–date review and synthesis of concepts, theories, methods and case studies in scaling and uncertainty analysis in ecology and related fields. It is the first of its kind to explicitly consider uncertainty and error analysis as an integral part of scaling. Topics covered include population and ecosystem processes, biodiversity and landscape patterns, and management and policy–making issues.
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- Key Topics in Landscape Ecology. Key Issues in Theory, Methodology, and Applications
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK., 2006
ISBN–10: 0521616441 hardback, ISBN–13: 9780521616447 paperback
By Wu, Jianguo and Richard Hobbs (Eds).
This book brings together leading scientists to provide an up–to–date survey of recent advances and identify key research topics for the rapidly evolving field of landscape ecology. It provides in-depth reviews of the principles and methods for understanding landscape patterns and processes, and is an essential reference for graduate students and professionals in ecology, environmental science, and landscape planning and design.
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- Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics (Paperback)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000
ISBN: 0195135857
By Masatoshi Nei and Sudhir Kumar
This book presents the statistical methods that are useful in the study of molecular evolution and illustrates how to use them in actual data analysis. It is appropriate for graduate students and researchers (assuming a basic knowledge of evolution, moecular biology, and elementary statistics), allowing many investigators to incorporate refined statistical analysis of large-scale data in their own work.
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- Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol. I. and Vol. II.
Publisher: Lichen Unlimited: Tempe, AZ., 2002. and 2004
By Nash III, T.H., B.D. Ryan, C. Gries and F. Bungartz (eds.)
The Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region is the first comprehensive account of all species known from the North American Southwest including large parts of northwest Mexico. Volume I provides a a substantial introduction to terminology used with lichens, included keys to most groups, and descriptions for almost 600 lichen species. Volume II extends the coverage and completes the coverage of the macrolichens and almost all of the lichenicolous fungi (species occurring on lichens). Volume II is dedicated to Bruce Douglas Ryan who died in January 2004 loosing his battle with liver cancer. You can order this book directly from the ASU Lichen Herbarium. Please send an e-mail to Dr. Thomas Nash at tom.nash@asu.edu.
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- Big Fleas Have Little Fleas, How Discoveries of Invertebrate Diseases Are Advancing Modern Science
Publisher: University of Arizona Press, 2006
ISBN: 0816526125 cloth, ISBN: 0816525447 paper
By Elizabeth W. Davidson
Why microorganisms associated with invertebrates are important to mankind. Every living thing is associated with a host of microorganisms that contribute to its health or disease, feast upon its wastes, decompose it when it dies, or simply go along for the ride. These are stories of the scientists who were clever enough not only to use diseases to control pest populations, but also to use modern biology to make products based on invertebrate diseases which hold promise for even greater benefits in the future.
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- Living with the Genie: Essays on Technology and the Quest for Human Mastery
Publisher: Island Press, Washington, DC., 2003
ISBN: 1–55963–419–7
By Lightman, A., Sarewitz, D. & Desser, C. (Eds.)
Science and technology continually transform our experience and society in ways that often seem to be beyond our control. Today, different areas of research and innovation are advancing synergistically, multiplying the rate and magnitude of technological and societal change, with consequences that no one can predict. This book explores the origins, nature, and meaning of such change, and our capacity to govern it. Leading writers and thinkers come together to confront this question from many perspectives.
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- Prediction: Science, Decision Making, and the Future of Nature
Publisher: Island Press, Washington, DC., 2000
ISBN: 1–55963–775–7
By Sarewitz, D., Pielke Jr., R.A. – Byerly, R.
Prediction offers a fascinating and wide–ranging look at the interdependent scientific, political, and social factors involved in using science–based predictions to guide policy making. It is the first book to look at the numerous and varied scientific, social, and political factors involved in making and using predictions relevant to a wide range of current environmental controversies and challenges. It provides much–needed context for understanding predictions and scientific pronouncements, and is an important work for anyone concerned with interactions between science and policy making.
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- An Enthusiasm for Orchids: Sex and Deception in Plant Evolution
Publisher: Oxford, University Press, 2005
ISBN: 019518274X
By John Alcock
Regents’ Professor and animal behaviorist, John Alcock, takes the reader orchid hunting in Australia and delves into the bizarre, unusual and downright weird “relationships” of orchids with their pollinators. A fascinating read, with appeal to orchid lovers and devotees of evolutionary adaptation alike.
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- Bird Coloration (Vol.1): Function and Evolution
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2006
Edited by Geoffrey E. Hill, Kevin J. McGraw
One cannot help being struck with wonder at the vivid pink of 10,000 flamingos rising from Lake Nakuru or the glowing red gorget of a ruby–throated hummingbird feeding outside the kitchen window. How birds produce the brilliant and striking coloration of their feathers and other body parts is the focus of Volume 1 of Bird Coloration. Sumptuously illustrated, including a synthesis of more than 1,500 technical paper in this field. This book is essential reading for biologists and a treasure for anyone curious about how birds produce and perceive their bold and brilliant color displays.
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- Bird Coloration (Vol.2): Function and Evolution
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2006
Edited by Geoffrey E. Hill, Kevin J. McGraw, Harvard University Press, 2006
One cannot help being struck with wonder at the vivid pink of 10,000 flamingos rising from Lake Nakuru or the glowing red gorget of a ruby–throated hummingbird feeding outside the kitchen window. In Volume 2 authors investigate the function of the colorful displays of the birds and the factors that shape the evolution fo color signals (Harvard Press).
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- A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles in Arizona
Publishers: Arizona Game and Fish Department, 2006
By Thomas C. Brennan/ Andrew T. Holycross
Brennan and Holycross survey all 82 species of amphibians and reptiles found in Maricopa County, and then extend their work to include all species in the state of Arizona. Compact, with extraordinary illustrations, these publications are both practical tools and colorful catalogs of the diversity of the wildlife found in Arizona and its counties.
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- A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles in Maricopa County
Publishers: Arizona Game and Fish Department, 2006
By Thomas C. Brennan/ Andrew T. Holycross
Brennan and Holycross survey all 82 species of amphibians and reptiles found in Maricopa County, and then extend their work to include all species in the state of Arizona. Compact, with extraordinary illustrations, these publications are both practical tools and colorful catalogs of the diversity of the wildlife found in Arizona and its counties.
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- A Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles of the United States and Canada: Identification, Natural History, and Distribution of the Cicindelidae
Publishers: Oxford University Press, 2005
ISBN: 0195181565
By David L. Pearson/ C. Barry Knisley/ Charles J. Kazilek
Tiger beetles are one of the most popular and widely distributed insect families found worldwide. This natural history guide colorfully illustrates all 107 known tiger beetle species found north of the Mexican border, with two distinctly different keys. A must for serious and amateur naturalists!
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- Whose View of Life? Embryos, Cloning and Stem Cells
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2003; paperback, 2005
2004 Independent Publisher Book Awards Finalist in the Science Category
ISBN: 0–674–01170–8 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0–674–01766–8 (paperback)
By Jane Maienschein
Regents’ Professor and director of the Center for Biology and Society, Maienschein “brings current debate into sharper focus by examining developments in stem cell research, cloning and embryology in historical and philosophical context and by exploring legal, social and ethical issues at the heart of what has become a political controversy” (Harvard Press)
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- Freshwater Fishes of Mexico
Publishers: University of Chicago Press, 2005
By Robert Rush Miller/ W. L. Minckley/ Steven Norris
A magnificent compendium of the more than 500 freshwater fish native to Mexico. Delving into the range, habitat, diversity and evolutionary history of each species, this reference not only illuminates the rich biota of Mexico, but allows a comprehensive understanding of the fishes found in Arizona.
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- The Landscape of Reform: Civic Pragmatism and Environmental Thought in America
ISBN: 0262134616
By Ben A. Minteer
A fresh and provocative read examining the intellectual foundations of American environmentalism, focusing on four early pioneers in conservation and planning: Liberty Hyde Bailey, Lewis Mumford, Benton MacKaye, and Aldo Leopold. A journey of discovery showing how the pragmatic roots of American environmentalism can play an active role in new, present–day civic–minded environmentalism.
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- The Still–Burning Bush
Publishers: Scribe Publications, Melbourne, Australia, 2006
ISBN: 1920769757
By Stephen Pyne
Author of a dozen books on fire, Pyne returns to focus on Australia, where he examines its enormous influence on the national consciousness and culture. “Pyne traces the environmental and social significance of the use of fire to shape the environment through Australian history, from Aboriginal usage into modern times” (Scribe).