Island Press: 819 books
by Robert A. Mello
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Here is a vitally important book for anyone who is concerned with acid rain and the fate of our forests. In his fascinating investigation into the decline of the red spruce on Camel Hump in Vermont, Robert A. Mello explores an ecological mystery. He presents, in clear, concise, non-technical language,...
by James K Agee
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
The structure of mvirgin forests in the western United States reflects a past disturbance history that includes forest fire. James K. Agee, an expert in the emergfield of fire ecology, analyzes the ecological role of fire in the creation and maintenance of natural western forests, focusing primarily...
by Dale Richard McCullough, Jonathan Ballou, Bradley Stith
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Developmof rural landscapes is converting once-vast expanses of open space into pockets of habitat where wildlife populations exist in isolation from other members of their species. The central concept of metapopulation dynamics -- that a constellation of partially isolated patches can yield overall...
Revolution on the Range
The Rise of a New Ranch in the American West
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
In the final decade of the twentieth century, the American West was at war. Battle lines had hardened, with environmentalists squarely on one side of the fence, and ranchers on the other. By the mid-1990s, debates over the region’s damaged land had devolved into political wrangling, bitter lawsuits,...
Wildlife-Habitat Relationships
Concepts and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Wildlife-Habitat Relationships goes beyond introductory wildlife biology texts to provide wildlife professionals and students with an understanding of the importance of habitat relationships in studying and managing wildlife. The book offers a unique synthesis and critical evaluation of data, methods,...
Beyond the Numbers
A Reader on Population, Consumption and the Environment
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Beyond the Numbers presents a thought-provoking series of essays by leading authorities on issues of population and consumption. The essays both define the poles of debate and explore common ground beyond the polarized rhetoric.Specific chapters consider each of the broad topics addressed at the International...
A Pivotal Moment
Population, Justice, and the Environmental Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Through a series of essays by leading demographers, environmentalists and reproductive health advocates, A Pivotal Moment offers a new perspective on the complex connection between population dynamics and environmental quality. It presents the latest research on the relationship between population...
Repeat Photography
Methods and Applications in the Natural Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
First developed in the 1880s as a way to monitor glaciers in Europe, repeat photography —the practice of taking photographs at differpoints in times from the same physical vantage point—remains an essential and cost-effective technique for scientists and researchers working to track and study...
Lake Effect
Two Sisters and a Town's Toxic Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
On her deathbed, Sue asked her sister for one thing: to write about the connection between the industrial pollution in their hometown and the rare cancer that was killing her. Fulfilling that promise has been Nancy Nichols’ mission for more than a decade.
Lake Effect is the story of her...
Restoring the Pacific Northwest
The Art and Science of Ecological Restoration in Cascadia
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
The Pacific Northwest is a global ecological "hotspot" because of its relatively healthy native ecosystems, a high degree of biodiversity, and the number and scope of restoration initiatives that have been undertaken there. Restoring the Pacific Northwest gathers and presents the best examples of...
Restoring Streams in Cities
A Guide for Planners, Policymakers, and Citizens
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Conventional engineering solutions to problems of flooding and erosion are extremely destructive to natural environments. Restoring Streams in Cities presents viable alternatives to traditional practices that can be used both to repair existing ecological damage and to prevsuch damage from happening.Ann...
Seeds of Sustainability
Lessons from the Birthplace of the Green Revolution in Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Seeds of Sustainability is a groundbreaking analysis of agricultural developmand transitions toward more sustainable managemin one region. An invaluable resource for researchers, policymakers, and students alike, it examines new approaches to make agricultural landscapes healthier for both the environmand...
The Global Carbon Cycle
Integrating Humans, Climate, and the Natural World
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
While a number of gases are implicated in global warming, carbon dioxide is the mimportant contributor, and in one sense the entire phenomena can be seen as a human-induced perturbation of the carbon cycle. The Global Carbon Cycle offers a scientific assessmof the state of currknowledge of the carbon...
Resilience for All
Striving for Equity Through Community-Driven Design
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
In the United States, people of color are disproportionally more likely to live in environments with poor air quality, in closeproximity to toxic waste, and in locations more vulnerable to climate change and extreme weather events.
In many vulnerable neighborhoods, structural racism and classism...