1998, ISBN: 9780231105033

Paperback, Hardcover

American Society of Photogrammetry. , 1985. Journal. Very Good. No Binding. Inscribed by Author(s). Reprint/Offprint of journal article; no covers; in very good condition. ., American Soc… More...

American Society of Photogrammetry. , 1985. Journal. Very Good. No Binding. Inscribed by Author(s). Reprint/Offprint of journal article; no covers; in very good condition. ., American Society of Photogrammetry., 1985, 3, American Society of Photogrammetry. , 1985. Journal. Very Good. No Binding. Inscribed by Author(s). Reprints/Offprints of journal article; no covers; in very good condition. ., American Society of Photogrammetry., 1985, 3, GIS Data Conversion Handbookby Glenn E Montgomery & Harold C. SchuchPublisher: GIS World, 1993ISBN is 9780962506345 / 0962506346Hardcover7.1 x 9.15 inches, 292 pagesA geographic information system (GIS) is a type of database containing geographic data (that is, descriptions of phenomena for which location is relevant), combined with software tools for managing, analyzing, and visualizing those data. In a broader sense, one may consider such a system to also include human users and support staff, procedures and workflows, body of knowledge of relevant concepts and methods, and institutional organizations.The uncounted plural, geographic information systems, also abbreviated GIS, is the most common term for the industry and profession concerned with these systems. It is roughly synonymous with geoinformatics and part of the broader geospatial field, which also includes GPS, remote sensing, etc. Geographic information science, the academic discipline that studies these systems and their underlying geographic principles, may also be abbreviated as GIS, but the unambiguous GIScience is more common. GIScience is often considered a subdiscipline of geography within the branch of technical geography.Geographic information systems are utilized in multiple technologies, processes, techniques and methods. They are attached to various operations and numerous applications, that relate to: engineering, planning, management, transport/logistics, insurance, telecommunications, and business. For this reason, GIS and location intelligence applications are at the foundation of location-enabled services, which rely on geographic analysis and visualization.GIS provides the capability to relate previously unrelated information, through the use of location as the "key index variable". Locations and extents that are found in the Earth's spacetime are able to be recorded through the date and time of occurrence, along with x, y, and z coordinates; representing, longitude (x), latitude (y), and elevation (z). All Earth-based, spatialtemporal, location and extent references should be relatable to one another, and ultimately, to a "real" physical location or extent. This key characteristic of GIS has begun to open new avenues of scientific inquiry and studies., GIS World, 1993, 3, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. , 1978. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. ORIGINAL 1978 PUBLICATION; softcovers; ex-corporate library; light creasing of corners of covers and leaves; o/w in very good condition. ., U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station., 1978, 3, A report of Sierra Club wilderness studies of the Idaho and Salmon River Breaks Primitive Areas and adjacent lands. Forest Ecologist: Peter Morrison Peter Morrisons work first came to prominent public attention, and kicked off a career-change, in the 1980s, when he was a seasonal employee of the U.S. Forest Service in Twisp. Peter Morrison, executive director of the Pacific Biodiversity Institute in Winthrop, mapped the roadless areas of the United States.This was back when battles still raged about the survival of both the old growth-forest dependent Northern spotted owl and the timber industry. When not on the governments payroll, Morrison worked as a consultant for the Wilderness Society. And in that capacity, he used the Forest Services own data, plus aerial photos, to map - and thus try to settle - the argument about how much old growth really was left in the Northwest woods. His startling findings were widely reported. Trouble was, Morrison discovered that the amount left was drastically less than Forest Service officials had been claiming. It affected my career, Morrison recalls. The head of the agency, Dale Robertson, was not amused, and Morrison was called in by his superiors in Twisp, who chewed me out a lot. I was told I was never to do anything like that again. But he did. And, as head of the Pacific Biodiversity Institute in Winthrop, hes still doing it - on an even grander scale. I wasnt trying to make the Forest Service look bad, says Morrison. I was just reporting the facts. The upshot was that he was offered a full-time job with the Wilderness Society that paid four times what hed been making with the Forest Service. Morrison, 61, was hardly a novice at ecological mapping and analysis when the old growth controversy occurred. His first effort, in 1972, had been an ecological survey and mapping of what became Idahos Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness while working for the Sierra Club, and he wrote the original report proposing it become a wilderness. We asked for 2.4 million acres. We got 2.3 million, he says. Its the single largest wilderness outside Alaska. He grew up in Colorado, where both his parents were geologists. He attended Haverford College in Pennsylvania, received his bachelors degree in biology and forest management practices from the University of Oregon and holds a masters degree in forest ecology from the University of Washington. With his wife, Aileen Jeffries, who has a masters degree in physics, he moved to the Methow in 1975. We didnt come with the idea of doing science, he recalls. They just wanted to live in the rural west. We liked what we saw, he explains. They bought 80 acres on the West Chewuck and tried farming but soon discovered they couldnt make a living. So they started an alternative energy business installing solar panels. We put in the first solar electric systems in the valley, he says. In 1982 he decided to get his masters degree in forest ecology. This eventually led to a stint working for the Sierra Biodiversity Institute in California, and in 1994 he and his wife moved back to start the Methow Research Station, affiliated with that institute. In 1998, Morrison established the Pacific Biodiversity Institute as an independent non-profit organization. Depending on the season, the institute has up to seven part-time employees. Typically it works on contract for agencies such as state parks departments in Oregon and Washington, public utility districts and federal agencies, as well as conservation organizations such as the Sierra Club and Conservation Northwest. His organization makes use of volunteers to help get the work done. A lot of people want to get involved. Weve been trying to make the most of that, he says. In addition, the institute offers internships to college students. Among the institutes recent local projects was mapping the whereabouts of the Western gray squirrel, which the state of Washington, but not the federal government, has listed as a threatened species. Its not a charismatic creature, Morrison says of the squirrel. Nonetheless, 30 local volunteers have spent time tracking its habits and movements over the last two-and-a- half years, and Morrison has produced a report and created a map that pinpoints all the locations in the upper Methow Valley where it has been observed. The red dots on this Pacific Biodiversity Institute map document where the Western gray squirrel has been found in the upper Methow Valley. He has worked on a wide variety of conservation issues the relationship between fire and forest management, the Loomis Forest campaign, salmon habitat assessment in Puget Sound and the Upper Columbia Basin, rare plant surveys, Puget Sound harbor seal distribution, watershed analysis. His mapping work correlated the distribution of old-growth redwoods with marble murrelet sightings in Northern California and led to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that increased protection for both species. A botanist and forest ecologist, hes an expert in remote GIS sensing techniques. Among his signal achievements is mapping, at the behest of the Pew Charitable Trusts Campaign for Americas Wilderness, the remaining roadless areas in the entire United States, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. It shows that the nations existing roads would circle the earth 280 times. Recently Morrison has taken on the mother of all ecological inventory and mapping projects: the continent of South America. For much of the rest of my life I want to work on what we call The Big Wild, he explains. In the United States, he notes, Were protecting these little, itty bitty scraps. But in South America its a markedly different story. The conservation opportunities that are present in South America are immense, way beyond anything we have here, Morrison says. In just Chile and Argentina, where hes been working, on foot, ground-truthing the landscape and documenting whats on it with GPS-enabled cameras, there are 30 wildernesses of more than 2.4 million acres. Why South America? Its the lungs of the planet, Morrison says. Its important to all life on Earth. This is the place where biodiversity makes its maximum expression, biota maxima, as he calls it. Its vitally important to the climate of the planet. If you look at global conservation priorities, South America is just critical. The good news is that even though some parts of the continent are being ravaged by mining, logging, slash-and-burn farming, its wilderness is so huge that theres still time to avoid a planetary disaster, he says. At the current rate of destruction, it will take 200 years to completely destroy it, according to Morrison. The institute initiated this daunting conservation challenge with its own funding, he says. Hes working not only with local conservation and education entities in South America but is also trying to persuade U.S. environmental organizations to support this conservation effort, which he argues will benefit humans everywhere on the planet.  Some of these areas ought to be made into national parks, bi-national or tri-national parks, Morrison says. But only the people who live there can make it happen., Sierra Club, 1972, 0, American Society of Photogrammetry., 1977. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). Softcovers; ex-corporate library; light soiling of covers; light creasing of upper corners of leaves; o/w in very good condition.., American Society of Photogrammetry., 1977, 3, New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. the book has been covered in contact, has an ownership signature on the front end paper and a very slight bend in the middle which has no impact on the print. A clean, unmarked and solid copy. xvii, 615 pages, indexed. A ttle in the series " Complexity in Ecological Systems". "This book synthesizes a diverse literature on scale in ecology. David L. Peterson and V. Thomas Parker gather contributions from scholars and resource managers representing a wide range of disciplines, including soil science, plant ecology, animal ecology, and aquatic ecology. They assist ecologists in developing new strategies for more accurate interpretations of data using a variety of scales. The distinguished contributors in "Ecological Scale" address the theoretical and methodological relevance of scale within a broad multidisciplinary context. Together, the chapters present convincing evidence that the integration of scale concepts into ecological study is of imminent global concern. Indeed, the understanding of such issues as global warming, the protection of biological diversity, and ecosystem management is affected by interpretation of scale. "Ecological Scale" provides invaluable perspectives on the application of the concepts of measurement, analysis, and inference in both theoretical and applied ecology, ultimately providing a broad-based understanding for resource managers and other ecological professionals." (Back Cover) CONTENTS: Foreword /? T. F. H. Allen and David W. Roberts Pt. I. Integrating Pattern, Process, and Scale. 1. Homage to St. Michael; or, Why Are There So Many Books on Scale? /? R. V. O'Neill and A. W. King. 2. Pattern, Process, and the Analysis of Spatial Scales /? Robert H. Gardner. 3. The Landscape "Level" Is Dead: Persuading the Family to Take It Off the Respirator /? T. F. H. Allen. 4. A Hierarchical View of Habitat and Its Relationship to Species Abundance /? Jurek Kolasa and Nigel Waltho Pt. II. Interpreting Multiple Scales in Ecological Systems. 5. Paleoecological Perspectives on Ecological Scale /? Peter K. Schoonmaker. 6. Space and Time in the Soil Landscape: The Ill-Defined Ecological Universe /? R. David Hammer. 7. Ecosystem Organization Across a Continuum of Scales: A Comparative Analysis of Lakes and Rivers /? Claudia Pahl-Wostl. 8. Historical Contingency and Multiple Scales of Dynamics Within Plant Communities /? V. Thomas Parker and Steward T. A. Pickett. 9. Spatial Scaling and Animal Population Dynamics /? Brett J. Goodwin and Lenore Fahrig. 10. Time, Space, and Beyond: Scale Issues in Food-Web Research /? Neo D. Martinez and Jennifer A. Dunne. 11. Defining Ecologically Relevant Change in the Process of Scaling Up: Implications for Monitoring at the "Landscape" Level / G. A. Bradshaw Pt. III. Moving Across Scales: Ecological Inference and Applications. 12. Applied Scaling Theory / David C. Schneider. 13. Remote Sensing Applications in Ecosystem Analysis /? John Vande Castle. 14. Field Studies of Large Mobile Organisms: Scale, Movement, and Habitat Utilization / S. Jonathan Stern. 15. Scaling and Integration in Trees / T. M. Hinckley, D. G. Sprugel and J. R. Brooks. 16. From Forest Stands to Landscapes: Spatial Scales and the Roles of Disturbances / Ken Lertzman and Joseph Fall. 17. Incorporating Scale in Ecological Experiments: Study Design / Pierre Dutilleul. 18. Incorporating Scale in Ecological Experiments: Data Analysis / Pierre Dutilleul Pt. IV. Incorporating Scale Concepts in Ecological Applications. 19. Measuring Environmental Change / John L. Innes. 20. Managing Ecological Systems and Processes / Richard J. Hobbs. 21. Relationships of Scale to Policy and Decision Making /? Edward J. Rykiel, Jr. 22. Dimensions of Scale in Ecology, Resource Management, and Society /? David L. Peterson and V. Thomas Parker., Columbia University Press, 1998, 3<

2007, ISBN: 9780231105033

Hardcover

New York: Sterling, (2007). First Edition. Square octavo, brown cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, full-color illus. endpapers. xi, 371 pp. Illustrated in full color throughout. Fine in… More...

New York: Sterling, (2007). First Edition. Square octavo, brown cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, full-color illus. endpapers. xi, 371 pp. Illustrated in full color throughout. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: Ask most Americans about the revolution that gave birth to their nation and theyll conjure a handful of iconic ideas and images -- life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; the shot heard round the world; George Washington crossing the Delaware. And when we do purue a deeper understanding of the American Revolution, were often confronted with extreme perspectives, from flag-waving narratives that depict the whole affair as an idealistic struggle against a distant and despotic king to cynical revisionist treatments that say it was all the work of a disgruntled bunch of rich colonial merchants who got tired of paying taxes. The Real History of the American REovlution is a riveting tour de force that is meant to enlighten anyone who wants to learn the true story about the causes, conduct, and outcome of a conflict that was in many ways unique in world history. Acclaimed historian Alan Axelrod puts the facts above political interpretation, deftly weaving a story that is as engrossing and multifaceted as a great novel. In a refreshingly fearless, colloquial voice, Axelrod recounts the events of the Revolution with unflagging humanity and drama: Life in colonial America, where most people were proud to consider themselves British subjects. The French and Indian War and the first stirrings of resentment caused by Britains attempt to defray that wars costs through taxes imposed on the colonies. The outbreak of war at Lexington and Concord. The near rout of Washingtons Continental army in the New York -- New Jersey region and his inspiring victory at Trenton. The brutal winter at Valley Forge and the Alliance with France that gave the cause of independence a second wind. The bravery and treachery of Benedict Arnold and the remarkable naval exploits of John Paul Jones. The often overlooked other war in the western frontier regions. Interspersed through the narrative are special features and sidebars -- Reality Checks, Alternate Takes, Pop Culture, Medical Matters, Links, Eyewitness accounts, and more -- that dig beneath classically taught history to make the Revolution come alive. The book is filled with spectacular illustrations and maps -- most created during the Revolution. The American Revolution brought something unique into the world: an entirely new kind of nation, founded on a set of ideas. As we continue today and in the future with his bold historical experiment, its essential to look back on the great struggle that won the country its independence and set it on its path. This unique volume is the perfect place to start., Sterling, (2007). First Edition., 2007, 0, New York: A Dutton Paperback - E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1973. Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. SUB-TITLE: A Critical Anthology. BOOK NUMBER: D361. CONTENTS: Preface to Revised Edition; Introduction; Dore Ashton: End of an Age; Gregory Battcock: Humanism and Reality - Thek and Warhol; Gregory Battcock: The Warhol Generation; John Cage: Jasper Johns: Stories and Ideas; Marcel Duchamp: The Creative Act; Henry Geldzahler: The Art Audience and the Critic; E. C. Goossen: The Big Canvas; Clement Greenberg: Modernist Painting; John Hendricks, Poppy Johnson, and Jean Toche: Toward a New Humanism; Thomas B. Hess: A Tale of Two Cities; Sam Hunter: New Directions in American Painting; Ada Louise Huxtable: Anyone Dig the Art of Building?; Kenneth King: Toward a Trans-Literal and Trans-Technical Dance-Theater; Allen Leepa: Anti-Art and Criticism; Lucy Lippard: The Dilemma; Howard Press: Marxism and Aesthetic Man; Ad Reinhardt: Writings; Harold Rosenberg: De-Aestheticization; Alan Solomon: The New Art; Leo Steinberg: Contemporary Art and the Plight of Its Public; Marcia Tucker: The Structure of Color; William S. Wilson III: Art: Energy and Attention. SYNOPSIS: Today's critic is beginning to seem almost as essential to the development - indeed, the identification - of art as the artist himself. The purpose of this volume is to bring together some of the best recent critical essays on the new art in the United States. Most of these articles date from after 1960, and were originally published in periodicals and museum catalogues. But in keeping with the new role of the critic as interpreter, the pieces included in this anthology do more than simply describe, or even define their subject; their authors are actively and consciously engaged in the preparation of a new aesthetic. This is a unique collection that will be indispensable to all who wish to understand more about the new art in America. Gregory Battcock is editor of several anthologies of criticism in the fine arts, including The New Art, Minimal Art, The New American Cinema, and The New Music. He is Special Correspondent for Arts Magazine and New York Correspondent for Art and Artists. Critical essays by Mr. Battcock have been published in Art in America, Domus, and The Art Journal. He teaches at William Paterson College in New Jersey and is general editor of the Dutton series called "Documents in Modern Art Criticism.". Second Edition 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall., A Dutton Paperback - E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1973, 3, London New York, NY : Blandford ; Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub., 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 159 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-156) and index. Subjects; Arthur King. Artus. Arthurian romances History and criticism. Knights and knighthood in literature. Mythology, Celtic, in literature. Kings and rulers in literature. Britons in literature. Legends England. Grail ; Legends. Arthurian romances. Britons in literature. Grail. Kings and rulers in literature. Knights and knighthood in literature. Legends. Mythology, Celtic, in literature. Britons Kings and rulers Legends. Arthurian romances. Mythology, Celtic. Knights and knighthood Legends. Grail Legends History and criticism. England. Tales. England. Genres; Arthurian romances. Bibliography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Illustrated. Legends., London New York, NY : Blandford ; Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub., 1994, 0, New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. the book has been covered in contact, has an ownership signature on the front end paper and a very slight bend in the middle which has no impact on the print. A clean, unmarked and solid copy. xvii, 615 pages, indexed. A ttle in the series " Complexity in Ecological Systems". "This book synthesizes a diverse literature on scale in ecology. David L. Peterson and V. Thomas Parker gather contributions from scholars and resource managers representing a wide range of disciplines, including soil science, plant ecology, animal ecology, and aquatic ecology. They assist ecologists in developing new strategies for more accurate interpretations of data using a variety of scales. The distinguished contributors in "Ecological Scale" address the theoretical and methodological relevance of scale within a broad multidisciplinary context. Together, the chapters present convincing evidence that the integration of scale concepts into ecological study is of imminent global concern. Indeed, the understanding of such issues as global warming, the protection of biological diversity, and ecosystem management is affected by interpretation of scale. "Ecological Scale" provides invaluable perspectives on the application of the concepts of measurement, analysis, and inference in both theoretical and applied ecology, ultimately providing a broad-based understanding for resource managers and other ecological professionals." (Back Cover) CONTENTS: Foreword /? T. F. H. Allen and David W. Roberts Pt. I. Integrating Pattern, Process, and Scale. 1. Homage to St. Michael; or, Why Are There So Many Books on Scale? /? R. V. O'Neill and A. W. King. 2. Pattern, Process, and the Analysis of Spatial Scales /? Robert H. Gardner. 3. The Landscape "Level" Is Dead: Persuading the Family to Take It Off the Respirator /? T. F. H. Allen. 4. A Hierarchical View of Habitat and Its Relationship to Species Abundance /? Jurek Kolasa and Nigel Waltho Pt. II. Interpreting Multiple Scales in Ecological Systems. 5. Paleoecological Perspectives on Ecological Scale /? Peter K. Schoonmaker. 6. Space and Time in the Soil Landscape: The Ill-Defined Ecological Universe /? R. David Hammer. 7. Ecosystem Organization Across a Continuum of Scales: A Comparative Analysis of Lakes and Rivers /? Claudia Pahl-Wostl. 8. Historical Contingency and Multiple Scales of Dynamics Within Plant Communities /? V. Thomas Parker and Steward T. A. Pickett. 9. Spatial Scaling and Animal Population Dynamics /? Brett J. Goodwin and Lenore Fahrig. 10. Time, Space, and Beyond: Scale Issues in Food-Web Research /? Neo D. Martinez and Jennifer A. Dunne. 11. Defining Ecologically Relevant Change in the Process of Scaling Up: Implications for Monitoring at the "Landscape" Level / G. A. Bradshaw Pt. III. Moving Across Scales: Ecological Inference and Applications. 12. Applied Scaling Theory / David C. Schneider. 13. Remote Sensing Applications in Ecosystem Analysis /? John Vande Castle. 14. Field Studies of Large Mobile Organisms: Scale, Movement, and Habitat Utilization / S. Jonathan Stern. 15. Scaling and Integration in Trees / T. M. Hinckley, D. G. Sprugel and J. R. Brooks. 16. From Forest Stands to Landscapes: Spatial Scales and the Roles of Disturbances / Ken Lertzman and Joseph Fall. 17. Incorporating Scale in Ecological Experiments: Study Design / Pierre Dutilleul. 18. Incorporating Scale in Ecological Experiments: Data Analysis / Pierre Dutilleul Pt. IV. Incorporating Scale Concepts in Ecological Applications. 19. Measuring Environmental Change / John L. Innes. 20. Managing Ecological Systems and Processes / Richard J. Hobbs. 21. Relationships of Scale to Policy and Decision Making /? Edward J. Rykiel, Jr. 22. Dimensions of Scale in Ecology, Resource Management, and Society /? David L. Peterson and V. Thomas Parker., Columbia University Press, 1998, 3<

2007, ISBN: 9780231105033

Hardcover

USA : The Belknap of Harvard University Press, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Quarto. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine … More...

USA : The Belknap of Harvard University Press, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Quarto. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers and inside covers are faintly foxed, text is not foxed Edges mostly clean with a few faint spots Every bright monarch butterfly or striking luna moth started out in a far subtler form of nature's mosaic, a humble caterpillar. It is this early stage of life - crafted by natural selection into machines for converting a vast array of plant matter, mostly leaves, into the beautiful adults that have captivated humans for millennia - that this book brings to dazzling light. Unobtrusive as they go about their business, these caterpillars are rarely seen by humans - and are virtually never seen from the perspective presented in this sumptuous volume: photographed in extreme close-ups at a resolution that captures in sharp detail the exquisite colours and features eluding the casual observer. Gathered by biologists Daniel Janzen, Winifred Hallwachs and Jeffrey Miller in the tropical dry forests, cloud forests and rain forests of north-western Costa Rica, over 100 large-format photographs of caterpillars document the dizzying variety of shapes, vivid colours, and cryptic markings among these species. The pictures are accompanied by capsule species accounts - revealing life histories as diverse as their forms - and magnificent images of the adult butterfly or moth.Throughout, the authors convey an intimate sense of these creatures - studied over 25 years - by focusing on how their features figure in their behaviour and ecology, and on the beauty of nature in this life stage, as well as the nature of that beauty. The story of the caterpillars is also the success story of Area de Conservacion Guanacaste - where the long-term work of Janzen and Hallwachs, and a team of gusaneros (caterpillar collectors and rearers), along with the participation of neighbouring farming communities, has deepened understanding of Costa Rica's Lepidoptera and has brought about advances in restoration ecology of tropical habitats, biodiversity prospecting, biological control of pests, biotechnology, residents' bio literacy, and ecotourism development. Colour photos, The Belknap of Harvard University Press, 2006, 2.5, Tallahassee: Tall Timbers Research Station, 1968. Paper bound, first edition, proceedings of the California Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference held November 9-10 in Hoberg, California. Illustrated with numerous photos, 258pp. Very good. 500 grams. Contents include: Some thoughts on the Role of Fire in California by John Zivnuska; The Nature of Lightning Fires by Komarek Sr., Forest Fire in Perspective by Biswell; The Fire Ecology of Sequoia Regeneration by Hartesveldt and Harvey; Fire Adaptations of Some Southern California Plants by Richard Vogl; Ecology of Some 'Fire Type' Vegetations in Northern California by James Sweeney; fire and Its Relationship to Ponderosa Pine by Harold Weaver; Controlled Burning on California Wildlands by Raymond; Organize, Plan and Prepare for control Brush Burning by Walter Emrick; Evaluation of the Wildlife Results from Fuel Breaks, Browseways, and Type Conversions by Dasmann, Hubbard, MacGregor and Smith; Prescribed Burning on Arizona Watersheds by Malcolm Zwolinski and John Ehrenreich; Experimental Burning in Park Management by Ray Murphy; Fire Suppression, Faunal Changes and Condor Diets by Raymond Cowles; Prescribed Burning and Brush Type Conversion in California National forests by Everett Doman; Controlled Burning in the Public Domain in California by George Burma; Controlled Burning in Chamise Chaparral by Alfred Murphy. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba., Tallahassee: Tall Timbers Research Station, 1968, 0, University of California Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A compelling story of place, Steward's Fork explores northwest California's magnificent Klamath Mountains-a region that boasts a remarkable biodiversity, a terrain so rugged that significant landscape features are still being discovered there, and a wealth of natural resources that have been used, and more recently abused, by humans for millennia. James K. Agee, a forest ecologist with more than fifty years experience in the Klamaths, provides a multidimensional perspective on this region and asks: how can we most effectively steward this spectacular landscape toward a sustainable future? In an engaging narrative laced with personal anecdotes, he introduces the dynamics of the Klamath's ecosystems, including its geology and diverse flora and fauna, and then discusses its native cultures and more recent inhabitants, laying out the effects of industries such as logging, mining, water development, and fishing. Assuming that people will continue to have a close tie to the Klamaths, Agee introduces the principles of restoration ecology to offer a vision of how we can responsibly meet the needs of both people and natural organisms, including plants, fish, and wildlife. This debate over the future of the Klamath's rich landscape widens into a provocative meditation on nature, culture, and our relationship with the earth itself., University of California Press, 2007, 5, New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. the book has been covered in contact, has an ownership signature on the front end paper and a very slight bend in the middle which has no impact on the print. A clean, unmarked and solid copy. xvii, 615 pages, indexed. A ttle in the series " Complexity in Ecological Systems". "This book synthesizes a diverse literature on scale in ecology. David L. Peterson and V. Thomas Parker gather contributions from scholars and resource managers representing a wide range of disciplines, including soil science, plant ecology, animal ecology, and aquatic ecology. They assist ecologists in developing new strategies for more accurate interpretations of data using a variety of scales. The distinguished contributors in "Ecological Scale" address the theoretical and methodological relevance of scale within a broad multidisciplinary context. Together, the chapters present convincing evidence that the integration of scale concepts into ecological study is of imminent global concern. Indeed, the understanding of such issues as global warming, the protection of biological diversity, and ecosystem management is affected by interpretation of scale. "Ecological Scale" provides invaluable perspectives on the application of the concepts of measurement, analysis, and inference in both theoretical and applied ecology, ultimately providing a broad-based understanding for resource managers and other ecological professionals." (Back Cover) CONTENTS: Foreword /? T. F. H. Allen and David W. Roberts Pt. I. Integrating Pattern, Process, and Scale. 1. Homage to St. Michael; or, Why Are There So Many Books on Scale? /? R. V. O'Neill and A. W. King. 2. Pattern, Process, and the Analysis of Spatial Scales /? Robert H. Gardner. 3. The Landscape "Level" Is Dead: Persuading the Family to Take It Off the Respirator /? T. F. H. Allen. 4. A Hierarchical View of Habitat and Its Relationship to Species Abundance /? Jurek Kolasa and Nigel Waltho Pt. II. Interpreting Multiple Scales in Ecological Systems. 5. Paleoecological Perspectives on Ecological Scale /? Peter K. Schoonmaker. 6. Space and Time in the Soil Landscape: The Ill-Defined Ecological Universe /? R. David Hammer. 7. Ecosystem Organization Across a Continuum of Scales: A Comparative Analysis of Lakes and Rivers /? Claudia Pahl-Wostl. 8. Historical Contingency and Multiple Scales of Dynamics Within Plant Communities /? V. Thomas Parker and Steward T. A. Pickett. 9. Spatial Scaling and Animal Population Dynamics /? Brett J. Goodwin and Lenore Fahrig. 10. Time, Space, and Beyond: Scale Issues in Food-Web Research /? Neo D. Martinez and Jennifer A. Dunne. 11. Defining Ecologically Relevant Change in the Process of Scaling Up: Implications for Monitoring at the "Landscape" Level / G. A. Bradshaw Pt. III. Moving Across Scales: Ecological Inference and Applications. 12. Applied Scaling Theory / David C. Schneider. 13. Remote Sensing Applications in Ecosystem Analysis /? John Vande Castle. 14. Field Studies of Large Mobile Organisms: Scale, Movement, and Habitat Utilization / S. Jonathan Stern. 15. Scaling and Integration in Trees / T. M. Hinckley, D. G. Sprugel and J. R. Brooks. 16. From Forest Stands to Landscapes: Spatial Scales and the Roles of Disturbances / Ken Lertzman and Joseph Fall. 17. Incorporating Scale in Ecological Experiments: Study Design / Pierre Dutilleul. 18. Incorporating Scale in Ecological Experiments: Data Analysis / Pierre Dutilleul Pt. IV. Incorporating Scale Concepts in Ecological Applications. 19. Measuring Environmental Change / John L. Innes. 20. Managing Ecological Systems and Processes / Richard J. Hobbs. 21. Relationships of Scale to Policy and Decision Making /? Edward J. Rykiel, Jr. 22. Dimensions of Scale in Ecology, Resource Management, and Society /? David L. Peterson and V. Thomas Parker., Columbia University Press, 1998, 3<

1998, ISBN: 9780231105033

University of Toronto Press, 1996. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Slight wear to cover corners. A nice, sturdy, unmarked copy. An exploration of the dynamic relationship between urban lif… More...

University of Toronto Press, 1996. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Slight wear to cover corners. A nice, sturdy, unmarked copy. An exploration of the dynamic relationship between urban life and form in the Canadian context. The book critically examines the complexities of Canadian urbanism, delving into issues such as governance, social justice, and environmental sustainability. Through a multidisciplinary lens, the authors offer insightful perspectives on the challenges and opportunities shaping the urban landscape in Canada, providing a comprehensive analysis of the interplay between city life and its physical forms. ., University of Toronto Press, 1996, 3, New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. the book has been covered in contact, has an ownership signature on the front end paper and a very slight bend in the middle which has no impact on the print. A clean, unmarked and solid copy. xvii, 615 pages, indexed. A ttle in the series " Complexity in Ecological Systems". "This book synthesizes a diverse literature on scale in ecology. David L. Peterson and V. Thomas Parker gather contributions from scholars and resource managers representing a wide range of disciplines, including soil science, plant ecology, animal ecology, and aquatic ecology. They assist ecologists in developing new strategies for more accurate interpretations of data using a variety of scales. The distinguished contributors in "Ecological Scale" address the theoretical and methodological relevance of scale within a broad multidisciplinary context. Together, the chapters present convincing evidence that the integration of scale concepts into ecological study is of imminent global concern. Indeed, the understanding of such issues as global warming, the protection of biological diversity, and ecosystem management is affected by interpretation of scale. "Ecological Scale" provides invaluable perspectives on the application of the concepts of measurement, analysis, and inference in both theoretical and applied ecology, ultimately providing a broad-based understanding for resource managers and other ecological professionals." (Back Cover) CONTENTS: Foreword /? T. F. H. Allen and David W. Roberts Pt. I. Integrating Pattern, Process, and Scale. 1. Homage to St. Michael; or, Why Are There So Many Books on Scale? /? R. V. O'Neill and A. W. King. 2. Pattern, Process, and the Analysis of Spatial Scales /? Robert H. Gardner. 3. The Landscape "Level" Is Dead: Persuading the Family to Take It Off the Respirator /? T. F. H. Allen. 4. A Hierarchical View of Habitat and Its Relationship to Species Abundance /? Jurek Kolasa and Nigel Waltho Pt. II. Interpreting Multiple Scales in Ecological Systems. 5. Paleoecological Perspectives on Ecological Scale /? Peter K. Schoonmaker. 6. Space and Time in the Soil Landscape: The Ill-Defined Ecological Universe /? R. David Hammer. 7. Ecosystem Organization Across a Continuum of Scales: A Comparative Analysis of Lakes and Rivers /? Claudia Pahl-Wostl. 8. Historical Contingency and Multiple Scales of Dynamics Within Plant Communities /? V. Thomas Parker and Steward T. A. Pickett. 9. Spatial Scaling and Animal Population Dynamics /? Brett J. Goodwin and Lenore Fahrig. 10. Time, Space, and Beyond: Scale Issues in Food-Web Research /? Neo D. Martinez and Jennifer A. Dunne. 11. Defining Ecologically Relevant Change in the Process of Scaling Up: Implications for Monitoring at the "Landscape" Level / G. A. Bradshaw Pt. III. Moving Across Scales: Ecological Inference and Applications. 12. Applied Scaling Theory / David C. Schneider. 13. Remote Sensing Applications in Ecosystem Analysis /? John Vande Castle. 14. Field Studies of Large Mobile Organisms: Scale, Movement, and Habitat Utilization / S. Jonathan Stern. 15. Scaling and Integration in Trees / T. M. Hinckley, D. G. Sprugel and J. R. Brooks. 16. From Forest Stands to Landscapes: Spatial Scales and the Roles of Disturbances / Ken Lertzman and Joseph Fall. 17. Incorporating Scale in Ecological Experiments: Study Design / Pierre Dutilleul. 18. Incorporating Scale in Ecological Experiments: Data Analysis / Pierre Dutilleul Pt. IV. Incorporating Scale Concepts in Ecological Applications. 19. Measuring Environmental Change / John L. Innes. 20. Managing Ecological Systems and Processes / Richard J. Hobbs. 21. Relationships of Scale to Policy and Decision Making /? Edward J. Rykiel, Jr. 22. Dimensions of Scale in Ecology, Resource Management, and Society /? David L. Peterson and V. Thomas Parker., Columbia University Press, 1998, 3<

1998, ISBN: 0231105037

[EAN: 9780231105033], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Columbia University Press, New York], the book has been covered in contact, has an ownership signature on the front end paper and… More...

[EAN: 9780231105033], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Columbia University Press, New York], the book has been covered in contact, has an ownership signature on the front end paper and a very slight bend in the middle which has no impact on the print. A clean, unmarked and solid copy. xvii, 615 pages, indexed. A ttle in the series " Complexity in Ecological Systems". "This book synthesizes a diverse literature on scale in ecology. David L. Peterson and V. Thomas Parker gather contributions from scholars and resource managers representing a wide range of disciplines, including soil science, plant ecology, animal ecology, and aquatic ecology. They assist ecologists in developing new strategies for more accurate interpretations of data using a variety of scales. The distinguished contributors in "Ecological Scale" address the theoretical and methodological relevance of scale within a broad multidisciplinary context. Together, the chapters present convincing evidence that the integration of scale concepts into ecological study is of imminent global concern. Indeed, the understanding of such issues as global warming, the protection of biological diversity, and ecosystem management is affected by interpretation of scale. "Ecological Scale" provides invaluable perspectives on the application of the concepts of measurement, analysis, and inference in both theoretical and applied ecology, ultimately providing a broad-based understanding for resource managers and other ecological professionals." (Back Cover) CONTENTS: Foreword /? T. F. H. Allen and David W. Roberts Pt. I. Integrating Pattern, Process, and Scale. 1. Homage to St. Michael; or, Why Are There So Many Books on Scale? /? R. V. O'Neill and A. W. King. 2. Pattern, Process, and the Analysis of Spatial Scales /? Robert H. Gardner. 3. The Landscape "Level" Is Dead: Persuading the Family to Take It Off the Respirator /? T. F. H. Allen. 4. A Hierarchical View of Habitat and Its Relationship to Species Abundance /? Jurek Kolasa and Nigel Waltho Pt. II. Interpreting Multiple Scales in Ecological Systems. 5. Paleoecological Perspectives on Ecological Scale /? Peter K. Schoonmaker. 6. Space and Time in the Soil Landscape: The Ill-Defined Ecological Universe /? R. David Hammer. 7. Ecosystem Organization Across a Continuum of Scales: A Comparative Analysis of Lakes and Rivers /? Claudia Pahl-Wostl. 8. Historical Contingency and Multiple Scales of Dynamics Within Plant Communities /? V. Thomas Parker and Steward T. A. Pickett. 9. Spatial Scaling and Animal Population Dynamics /? Brett J. Goodwin and Lenore Fahrig. 10. Time, Space, and Beyond: Scale Issues in Food-Web Research /? Neo D. Martinez and Jennifer A. Dunne. 11. Defining Ecologically Relevant Change in the Process of Scaling Up: Implications for Monitoring at the "Landscape" Level / G. A. Bradshaw Pt. III. Moving Across Scales: Ecological Inference and Applications. 12. Applied Scaling Theory / David C. Schneider. 13. Remote Sensing Applications in Ecosystem Analysis /? John Vande Castle. 14. Field Studies of Large Mobile Organisms: Scale, Movement, and Habitat Utilization / S. Jonathan Stern. 15. Scaling and Integration in Trees / T. M. Hinckley, D. G. Sprugel and J. R. Brooks. 16. From Forest Stands to Landscapes: Spatial Scales and the Roles of Disturbances / Ken Lertzman and Joseph Fall. 17. Incorporating Scale in Ecological Experiments: Study Design / Pierre Dutilleul. 18. Incorporating Scale in Ecological Experiments: Data Analysis / Pierre Dutilleul Pt. IV. Incorporating Scale Concepts in Ecological Applications. 19. Measuring Environmental Change / John L. Innes. 20. Managing Ecological Systems and Processes / Richard J. Hobbs. 21. Relationships of Scale to Policy and Decision Making /? Edward J. Rykiel, Jr. 22. Dimensions of Scale in Ecology, Resource Management, and Society /? David L. Peterson and V. Thomas Parker., Books<