Ecology category: 3266 books
Going Home
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Like his contemporaries Robert Bringhurst, Ronald Wright, Dennis Lee, Don McKay, and Jan Zwicky, Tim Lilburn has long been a deep thinker on issues of ecology and writing, and on how the two fit together philosophically, morally, and ethically.
In Going Home, Lilburn addresses how we relate...
Metaphor Island
Patterns for Survival from the Nilgiri Highlands
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2018
The Ecological and social crises that engulf the planet are intensifying. As we deny the consequences of the disruptions we cause, and promote inadequate solutions, we lose grip on the extent of change needed globally. Perhaps we will only listen if a voice from nature speaks out explicitly.
Based...
by Morgan Bulkeley Sr., Morgan Bulkeley Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2004
Morgan Bulkeley first saw the Berkshires on a golden fall day in 1928. A school outing brought him to Bear Mountain, where he ate a sandwich ashis eyes feasted on the natural beauty spread before him. He was fourteen and suddenly found himself in love with a place. In more than 100 pithy, beautiful,...
Undermining
A Wild Ride Through Land Use, Politics, and Art in the Changing West
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2006
“A marvelous slim book [that] weaves . . . ideas, facts, images, and histories into a whole about . . . the ecology of the manmade world.” —Rebecca Solnit
In Undermining, the award-winning author, art historian and social critic Lucy R. Lippard delivers “another trademark work” that...
Vladimir Krajina
World War II Hero and Ecology Pioneer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
In 1939 the botanist Vladimir Krajina joined the Czech Resistance and quickly became one of its leaders. Incredible escapes from the Gestapo followed while some 20,000 radio messages were sent by his group to London, among them those about the pending invasion of the Balkans and of the Soviet Union....
by Edward E. Rochon
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2014
I note the derivation of my idea in the preface. The first chapter suggests that we provide mosquitoes with blood or equivalents to breed with, dispensed from mosquito feeders. Their predators will keep the population down. Little predators will be eaten by bigger predators and all regulated by man....
by Joe Kraynak, Kim W. Tetrault
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2003
Although our oceans are some of the most beautiful and diverse environments in the world, most people know very little about the ocean's ecology or just how much humans depend on the oceans for survival.
The Complete Idiot's Guide' to the Oceans will be a marine-lover's reference for mapping...
The Ptarmigan's Dilemma
An Exploration into How Life Organizes and Supports Itself
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
**Winner of the 2010 Lane Anderson Award
Drawing on breakthrough research in evolution, genetics, and on their extensive work in the field and lab, wildlife biologists John and Mary Theberge explain for non-scientists the real facts of life.**
Birds that suddenly grow gall bladders,...
The Atlantic Coast
A Natural History
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Winner of the Lane Anderson Award for Best Science Writing
An authoritative and fascinating exploration of the natural history of the east coast of North America.
The North Atlantic coast of North America -- commonly known as the Atlantic Coast -- extends from Newfoundland and Labrador...
by Tim Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
Award-winning author, naturalist, and conservationist Tim Palmer presents the world of California rivers in this practical and inspiring field guide. Loaded with tips on where to hike, fish, canoe, kayak, and raft, it offers an interpretive approach that reveals geology, plant and wild life, hydrologic...
The Seven Pillars of Creation
The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2010
In their highly selective and literal reading of Scripture, creationists champion a rigidly reductionistic view of creation in their fight against "soulless scientism." Conversely, many scientists find faith in God to be a dangerous impediment in the empirical quest for knowledge. As a result...
Boreal Birds of North America
A Hemispheric View of Their Conservation Links and Significance
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Reaching from interior Alaska across Canada to Labrador and Newfoundland, North America’s boreal forest is the largest wilderness area left on the planet. It is critical habitat for billions of birds; more than 300 species regularly breed there. After the breeding season, many boreal birds migrate...
Great Lakes, The
The Natural History of a Changing Region
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Five immense lakes lie at the heart of North America. They comprise the world's largest freshwater system, containing 95 percent of the continent's fresh water, and one-fifth of the planet's total supply. The Great Lakes drainage basin is home to 40 million people and is the hub of industry and agriculture...
What Should a Clever Moose Eat?
Natural History, Ecology, and the North Woods
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
How long should a leaf live? When should blueberries ripen? And what *should*a clever moose eat? Questions like these may seem simple or downright strange—yet they form the backbone of natural history, a discipline that fostered some of our mimportant scientific theories, from natural selection...