Natural Gardens of North Carolina
ISBN: 9780807849934 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For seventy years, The Natural Gardens of North Carolina has been a must-read volume for anyone interested in wildflowers, native plants, ecology, or conservation in the state. This handsome revised edition features new line drawings and color photographs, an appendix that updates the botanical nomenclature, an introduction that focuses on B. W. Wells and his passion for the state's landscape, and an afterword that discusses the continuing relevance of Wells's ideas.
One of the first scientists to write and lecture about ecology, Wells introduced North Carolinians to the... For seventy years, The Natural Gardens of North Carolina has been a must-read volume for anyone interested in wildflowers, native plants, ecolo...
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150,44 zł |
The Poconos: An Illustrated Natural History Guide
ISBN: 9780813538310 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Poconos, a rich plateau nestled in northeastern Pennsylvania between the Delaware River and the Moosic Mountains, encompass a variety of alluring features - forests and lakes, abundant wildlife, ski slopes, waterfalls, and honeymoon resorts. This classic guide offers a window into the natural history and ecology of the region, less than two hours drive from New York City and Philadelphia, whose scenery attracts some ten million visitors each year. The perfect reference for amateur naturalists, outdoor enthusiasts, tourists, and others who wish to explore the area, "The Poconos" clearly...
The Poconos, a rich plateau nestled in northeastern Pennsylvania between the Delaware River and the Moosic Mountains, encompass a variety of alluring ...
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141,28 zł |
City at the Water's Edge: A Natural History of New York
ISBN: 9780813539157 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Concrete floors and concrete walls, buildings that pierce the sky, taxicabs and subway corridors, a steady din of noise. These things, along with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums, galleries, performance venues, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges make New York City not only the cultural and financial capital of the United States, but one of the largest and most impressive urban conglomerations in the world. With distinctions like these, is it possible to imagine the city as any more than this? City at the Water's Edge invites readers to do just...
Concrete floors and concrete walls, buildings that pierce the sky, taxicabs and subway corridors, a steady din of noise. These things, along with a vi...
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191,80 zł |
Trees, Truffles, and Beasts: How Forests Function
ISBN: 9780813542263 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In today's world of specialization, people are attempting to protect the Earth's fragile state by swapping limousines for hybrids and pesticide-laced foods for organic produce. At other times, environmental awareness is translated into public relations gimmicks or trendy commodities. Moreover, simplistic policies, like single-species protection or planting ten trees for every tree cut down, are touted as bureaucratic or industrial panaceas.
Because today's decisions are tomorrow's consequences, every small effort makes a difference, but a broader understanding of our environmental... In today's world of specialization, people are attempting to protect the Earth's fragile state by swapping limousines for hybrids and pesticide-laced ...
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196,84 zł |
Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land
ISBN: 9780813926568 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In western culture, the separation of humans from nature has contributed to a schism between the conscious reason and the unconscious dreaming psyche, or internal human -nature.- Our increasing lack of intimacy with the land has led to a decreased capacity to access parts of the psyche not normally valued in a capitalist culture. In Out of the Shadow: Ecopsychology, Story, and Encounters with the Land, Rinda West uses Jung's idea of the shadow to explore how this divorce results in alienation, projection, and often breakdown. Bringing together ideas from analytical psychology,... In western culture, the separation of humans from nature has contributed to a schism between the conscious reason and the unconscious dreaming psyc... |
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161,34 zł |
A Naturalist's Guide to Seashore Plants: An Ecology for Eastern North America
ISBN: 9780815607786 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work provides an illustrated ecology of eastern seashore habitats, including the ocean and continental shelf, the intertidal zone, sand dunes and beaches, and salt marshes. It explores the origins of the oceans, tides, wind belts, and land plants.
This work provides an illustrated ecology of eastern seashore habitats, including the ocean and continental shelf, the intertidal zone, sand dunes and...
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83,37 zł |
Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States
ISBN: 9780815631125 / Angielski / Twarda / 373 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a comprehensive field guide to the mushrooms of the southeastern United States. Although it will stand on its own, it is intended to complement and serve as a companion to "Mushrooms of Northeastern North America", also published by Syracuse University Press. Together these volumes form a foundation and reference for identifying mushrooms found in eastern North America from Canada to the subtropics of Florida and Texas. Featuring more than 450 species, this volume includes detailed descriptions and rich color photographs. The photographs were selected for high-quality color...
This book is a comprehensive field guide to the mushrooms of the southeastern United States. Although it will stand on its own, it is intended to comp...
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430,35 zł |
The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game
ISBN: 9780820319810 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In what may be his boldest and most controversial book, Paul Shepard presents an account of human behavior and ecology in light of our past. In it, he contends that agriculture is responsible for our ecological decline and looks to the hunting and gathering lifestyle as a model more closely in tune with our essential nature. Shepard advocates affirming the profound and beautiful nature of the hunter and gatherer, redefining agriculture and combining technology with hunting and gathering to recover a livable environment and peaceful society.
In what may be his boldest and most controversial book, Paul Shepard presents an account of human behavior and ecology in light of our past. In it, he...
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184,03 zł |
Virgin Forest: Meditations on History, Ecology, and Culture
ISBN: 9780820322001 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With this remarkable book Eric Zencey changes the way we think about nature by changing how we think about history. The ecological crisis is also a historical crisis, he writes. If we are out of place in nature, we are also out of place in time, and the two kinds of exile are related. Zencey s way home takes us many places: to a starlit mountaintop, where a nineteenth-century sect awaits the second coming; to the northern woods during hunting season; to the salt marshes of a Delaware childhood; to the softball games and abandoned mill ponds of his adopted Vermont. Always we are shown a... With this remarkable book Eric Zencey changes the way we think about nature by changing how we think about history. The ecological crisis is also a... |
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95,91 zł |
Georgia's Amazing Coast: Natural Wonders from Alligators to Zoeas
ISBN: 9780820325330 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fun and learning come together in "Georgia's Amazing Coast," an inviting collection of one hundred short, self-contained features about the flora, fauna, and natural history of that fascinating place where land meets sea. Each page includes a full-color illustration and breezy, fact-filled commentary on coastal wildlife from fifty-foot-long northern right whales to single-cell plankton, from shy coyotes to overbearingly sociable sand gnats. Readers will learn about the lifespan of the gopher tortoise, the acting talents of the hognose snake, the health benefits of eating pawpaws, the... Fun and learning come together in "Georgia's Amazing Coast," an inviting collection of one hundred short, self-contained features about the flora, ... |
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154,41 zł |
Cultivating Success in Uganda: Kigezi Farmers and Colonial Policies
ISBN: 9780821417799 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kigezi, a district in southwestern Uganda, is exceptional in many ways. In contrast to many other parts of the colonial world, this district did not adopt cash crops. Soil conservation practices were successfully adopted, and the region maintained a remarkably developed and individualized land market from the early colonial period.
Grace Carswell presents a comprehensive study of livelihoods in Kigezi. Following the lead of groundbreaking studies by Tiffen, Fairhead, and Leach, her case study confirms recent research suggesting that the usual assumptions about population pressure,... Kigezi, a district in southwestern Uganda, is exceptional in many ways. In contrast to many other parts of the colonial world, this district did not a...
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363,41 zł |
Soil and Environmental Analysis: Physical Methods
ISBN: 9780824704148 / Angielski / Twarda / 637 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Reviews a wide range of methods for soil physical analysis. Considers applications, accuracy, measurement time, and cost of equipment. Provides examples of applications."
"Reviews a wide range of methods for soil physical analysis. Considers applications, accuracy, measurement time, and cost of equipment. Provides examp...
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Fauna in Soil Ecosystems: Recycling Processes, Nutrient Fluxes, and Agricultural Production
ISBN: 9780824797867 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers an integrated presentation of the microbial, agronomic and recycling aspects of soil faunal potentials, emphasizing agricultural ecosystems and furnishing methods for modelling food webs. The text covers morphology, reproduction, abundances, basic requirements, competition, predation, parasitism, nutrient cycling and phytopathological interactions, soil physics and agricultural management, plus methods to quantify soil faunal groups.
Offers an integrated presentation of the microbial, agronomic and recycling aspects of soil faunal potentials, emphasizing agricultural ecosystems and...
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1362,78 zł |
Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution
ISBN: 9780824821906 / Angielski / Twarda / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Not since Willam A. Bryan's 1915 landmark compendium, Hawaiian Natural History, has there been a single-volume work that offers such extensive coverage of this complex but fascinating subject. Illustrated with more than two dozen color plates and a hundred photographs and line drawings, Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution updates both the earlier publication and subsequent works by compiling and synthesizing in a uniform and accessible fashion the widely scattered information now available. Readers can trace the natural history of the Hawaiian Archipelago through the... Not since Willam A. Bryan's 1915 landmark compendium, Hawaiian Natural History, has there been a single-volume work that offers such extensive cove... |
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361,28 zł |
The Natural World of Lewis and Clark
ISBN: 9780826217660 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On their journey westward, Lewis and Clark demonstrated an amazing ability to identify the new plants and animals they encountered, and their observations enriched science's understanding of the trans-Mississippi West. Others have written about their discoveries and have faithfully cataloged their findings; now a twenty-first-century biologist reexamines some of those discoveries in the light of modern science to show for the first time their lasting biological significance. The Natural World of Lewis and Clark interprets the expedition's findings from a modern perspective to... On their journey westward, Lewis and Clark demonstrated an amazing ability to identify the new plants and animals they encountered, and their obser... |
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260,07 zł |
Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains
ISBN: 9780826336675 / Angielski / Spiralna / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each year over 2 million visitors to New Mexico's Sandia Mountains enjoy more than 100 miles of trails, hiking, climbing, running, biking, skiing, and birding, as well as viewing the mountains from hang gliders and hot air balloons. This guide will assist visitors in discovering the diverse natural features of the Sandias. Field Guide to the Sandia Mountains includes sections on ecology, including weather and fire, geology, flora (grasses, flowers, trees) and fauna (arthropods, reptiles and amphibians, birds, mammals), and recreational opportunities. Plant keys and fauna... Each year over 2 million visitors to New Mexico's Sandia Mountains enjoy more than 100 miles of trails, hiking, climbing, running, biking, skiing, ... |
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104,27 zł |
Threads from the Web of Life : Stories in Natural History
ISBN: 9780826515094 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Selection of the Discovery Channel Book Club In sixteen stories Steve Daubert pulls the reader into the mystery and immediacy of ecological processes spanning a range from microscopic to tectonic, from microscopic to cosmic forces. Each tale brings the reader into the moment to witness an episode of survival in the wild first-hand. The material is presented on a level of intimacy and detail not usually encountered in other styles of natural history writing. These creative non-fiction stories provide not just a bird's eye view (though that's true for the owls, warblers,...
A Selection of the Discovery Channel Book Club In sixteen stories Steve Daubert pulls the reader into the mystery and immediacy of ecologic...
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474,05 zł |
Wildlife Science: Linking Ecological Theory and Management Applications
ISBN: 9780849374876 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. < P> A compilation of the scientific papers presented at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute's 25th Anniversary Conference of April 2006, Wildlife Science: Linking Ecological Theory and Management Applications elucidates the theoretical underpinnings of wildlife management and applies evolving ecological concepts to changes and adaptations in management practices. Divided into five parts, the first two parts deal with the landscape ecology of birds and mammals respectively. Part three highlights the importance of climate when applying ecological theory to habitat management....
< P> A compilation of the scientific papers presented at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute's 25th Anniversary Conference of April 2006, W...
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883,29 zł |
Predator-Prey Dynamics: The Role of Olfaction
ISBN: 9780849392702 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Humans, being visually oriented, are well versed in camouflage and how animals hide from predators that use vision to locate prey. However, many predators do not hunt by sight; they hunt by scent. This raises the question: do survival mechanisms and behaviors exist which allow animals to hide from these olfactory predators? If so, what are they, and how do they work?
Predator-Prey Dynamics: The Role of Olfaction examines environmental as well as biological and behavioral elements of both predators and prey to answer gaps in our current knowledge of the survival dynamics of species.... Humans, being visually oriented, are well versed in camouflage and how animals hide from predators that use vision to locate prey. However, many preda...
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Ecotourism in the Less Developed World
ISBN: 9780851992235 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ecotourism is the result of increasing interest amongst consumers in developed countries in exploring the natural world as an alternative to more conventional holidays, along with a desire to reduce the environmental and cultural impact of their activities. It is, therefore, a relatively new sector of the tourism industry. This book is unique in defining, describing and analysing ecotourism in the less developed countries and its effects, in all parts of the world.
The first three chapters set the broader industry context and geographical scope of the book. This is followed by... Ecotourism is the result of increasing interest amongst consumers in developed countries in exploring the natural world as an alternative to more conv...
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527,58 zł |