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Rescuing the planet : protecting half the land to heal the earth / by Hiss, Tony,author.; Wilson, Edward O.,writer of introduction.;
Getting to half -- Solitudes -- All of life inside and nowhere else -- The science of 50 percent -- The animal as storyteller -- A planetary feeling -- A planetary perspective -- Next steps -- Spark bird.Beginning in the North American Boreal Forest that stretches through Canada, and roving across the continent from the Northern Sierra to Alabama's Paint Rock Forest to a ranch in Mexico, Hiss sets out on a journey to take stock of the "superorganism" that is the earth: its land, its elements, its occupants, its greatest threats, and what we can do to keep it, and ourselves, alive. He invites us to understand not only the scope and gravity of the problems we face in this challenge, but just why protecting half the land is the way to fix them, introducing us to the many institutions and organizations already involved in the fight. -- adapted from jacket
Subjects: Biodiversity conservation.; Nature conservation.; Conservation of natural resources.;
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Rewilding North America : a vision for conservation in the 21st century / by Foreman, Dave,1946-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-280) and index.Bad news -- The extinction crisis -- The pleistocene-holocene event: forty thousand years of extinction -- The first wave -- The second and third waves -- Ecological wounds of North America : direct killing and habitat loss -- Ecological wounds of North America : fragmentation, loss of ecological processes, exotic species, pollution, and climate change -- Good news -- Conservation biology -- Rewilding North America -- Selecting and designing protected areas: the early days -- Selecting and designing protected areas: the past two decades -- The importance of wilderness areas -- Taking action -- Putting the pieces together: building a North American Wildlands network -- An ecological approach to wilderness area selection and design -- Land management reforms for implementing the North American Wildlands network -- Hope for the future.Annotation
Subjects: Wilderness areas; Biodiversity conservation; Extinction (Biology);
© ©2004., Island Press,
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Rewilding our hearts : building pathways of compassion and coexistence / by Bekoff, Marc.;
"In wildlife conservation work, rewilding - to make wild once again - refers to the creation of corridors between preserved lands that allow declining populations to rebound. Marc Bekoff, one of our most engaging animal experts and activists, here applies the concept to human attitudes. He argues that unless we rewild ourselves, becoming profoundly reconnected to nature and fundamentally shifting our consciousness, our conservation efforts will have but limited impact. Bekoff shows that when we make the effort to not just see, but to empathetically become "the seen," our perspective on animals and their habitats changes in profound ways. As we shift to acting from the inside out, our efforts move beyond simply reacting to current crises and become powerfully proactive. Ultimately, Rewilding Our Hearts invites readers to become re-enchanted with our world, and by dissolving false boundaries, to truly connect with both nature and ourselves. "--Back cover.""A call to reverse the loss of global biodiversity and habitat by changing human attitudes, such as our sense of connection to nature and our enchantment with the world. Author is a professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology."--Publisher information.Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : What is "rewilding our hearts"? -- Global problems, personal unwilding -- Compassion and coexistence mean it's not all about us -- Making it real : hard choices and bottom lines -- Rewilding the media : our mirror up to nature -- Rewilding the future : wild play and humane education -- Afterword : Rewild as you go.
Subjects: Human ecology; Nature conservation; Biodiversity conservation; Nature;
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Evolution : the view from the cottage / by Rogel, Jean-Pierre.; Spencer, Nigel,1945-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-160) and index.Pt. 1. Connected by an invisible thread -- "Mystery of mysteries" : the view from the cottage -- The tree of life and the two "D"s -- And what's your bar code? -- Hippos on the St. Lawrence -- Pt. 2. All parts included : some assembly required -- The fly and the butterfly tell all -- Of finches and their beaks -- Stuck in the mud and how to get out in under 10 million years -- The thumb and the baby panda -- A very brainy animal -- Pt. 3. When humans interfere with evolution -- Parasites in high gear -- Salmon under the influence -- Mr. O'Connor's stubborn struggle -- Avatars of the white bear -- Sign of the loon.
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Biodiversity.; Nature; Nature conservation.; Nature;
© c2010., Ronsdale Press,
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The Darwinian tourist : viewing the world through evolutionary eyes / by Wills, Christopher.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-334) and index.Wills shares with us some of the extraordinary sights he has seen, exploring each time the evolutionary processes that underlie the beauty and diversity of the wildlife.The living world. Shape-shifters ; The inner workings of evolution ; The shifting earth ; Crucibles of speciation ; Rainforests, diseases, and speciation -- The human story. How domesticated animals changed the world ; The great migration ; The San and the Hobbits -- A final postcard.
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Ecology; Biodiversity conservation; Human evolution; Human beings; Human ecology; Wills, Christopher; Biological Evolution;
© 2010., Oxford University Press,
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Sustaining life : how human health depends on biodiversity / by Chivian, Eric.; Bernstein, Aaron,1976-; Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.; United Nations Development Programme.; United Nations Environment Programme.; IUCN--The World Conservation Union.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-514) and index.Foreword / Edward O Wilson -- Prologue / Kofi Annan -- 1: What Is Biodiversity? / Stuart L Pimm, Maria Alice S Alves, Eric Chivian, Aaron Bernstein -- Determining rates of species extinction -- Secondary extinctions -- Loss of populations and genes -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 2: How Is Biodiversity Threatened By Human Activity? / Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein -- Habitat loss: on land -- Habitat loss: in the oceans -- Habitat loss: fresh water -- Overexploitation -- Introduced species -- Infectious diseases -- Pollution -- Ultraviolet radiation -- War and conflict -- Global climate change -- Suggested readings -- 3: Ecosystem Services / Jerry Melillo and Osvaldo Sala -- Character of ecosystem services -- Economic value of ecosystem services -- Threats to ecosystem services -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 4: Medicines From Nature / David J Newman, John Kilama, Aaron Bernstein and Eric Chivian -- Why natural medicines? -- History of natural products as medicines -- Role of traditional medicine in drug discovery -- South American indigenous medicines -- Review of some medicines derived from nature -- Herbal medicines in industrialized countries -- Potential medicines in food -- Natural products as insecticides and fungicides -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 5: Biodiversity And Biomedical Research / Eric Chivian, Aaron Bernstein, and Joshua P Rosenthal -- Brief history of biomedical research -- Role of animals and microbes in biomedical research -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 6: Threatened Groups Of Organisms Valuable To Medicine / Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein -- Amphibians -- Bears -- Primates -- Gymnosperms -- Cone snails -- Sharks -- Horseshoe crabs -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 7: Ecosystem Disturbance, Biodiversity Loss, And Human Infectious Disease / David H Molyneux, Richard S Ostfeld, Aaron Bernstein and Eric Chivian -- Ecosystem disturbances and their effects on infectious diseases -- Vector, pathogen, and host diversity and human infectious disease -- Biological controls -- Species exploitation and the consumption of bushmeat -- Climate change and its effects on infectious diseases -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 8: Biodiversity And Food Production / Daniel Hillel and Cynthia Rosenzweig -- Historical background -- Agriculture -- Livestock production -- Food from aquatic systems -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 9: Genetically Modified Foods And Organic Farming / Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein -- Genetically modified foods -- Organic farming -- Integrated farming -- Conclusion -- Suggested readings -- 10: What Individuals Can Do To Help Conserve Biodiversity / Jeffrey A McNeely, Eleanor Sterling and Kalemani Jo Mulongoy -- What are we doing to our planet? -- Why do we consume so much? -- How can we conserve biodiversity? -- Some collective actions that have made a difference -- Individuals who have made a difference -- Ten things we all can do that can help conserve biodiversity -- Suggested readings -- Appendix A: Co-sponsors of sustaining life: how human health depends on biodiversity -- Appendix B: Treaties, conventions, and intergovernmental organizations for the conservation of biodiversity -- Appendix C: Nongovernmental organizations working to conserve biodiversity -- References -- Chapter authors -- Contributing authors -- Reviewers -- Index.From the Publisher: The Earth's biodiversity-the rich variety of life on our planet-is disappearing at an alarming rate. And while many books have focused on the expected ecological consequences, or on the aesthetic, ethical, sociological, or economic dimensions of this loss, Sustaining Life is the first book to examine the full range of potential threats that diminishing biodiversity poses to human health. Edited and written by Harvard Medical School physicians Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein, along with more than 100 leading scientists who contributed to writing and reviewing the book, Sustaining Life presents a comprehensive-and sobering-view of how human medicines, biomedical research, the emergence and spread of infectious diseases, and the production of food, both on land and in the oceans, depend on biodiversity. The book's ten chapters cover everything from what biodiversity is and how human activity threatens it to how we as individuals can help conserve the world's richly varied biota. Seven groups of organisms, some of the most endangered on Earth, provide detailed case studies to illustrate the contributions they have already made to human medicine, and those they are expected to make if we do not drive them to extinction. Drawing on the latest research, but written in language a general reader can easily follow, Sustaining Life argues that we can no longer see ourselves as separate from the natural world, nor assume that we will not be harmed by its alteration. Our health, as the authors so vividly show, depends on the health of other species and on the vitality of natural ecosystems. With a foreword by E.O. Wilson and a prologue by Kofi Annan, and more than 200 poignant color illustrations, Sustaining Life contributes essential perspective to the debate over how humans affect biodiversity and a compelling demonstration of the human health costs.
Subjects: Biodiversity.; Environmental health.; Biodiversity.; Environmental Health.; Biological Products.; Conservation of Natural Resources.; Ecology.;
© 2008., Oxford University Press,
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Endangered species : protecting biodiversity / by Evans, Kim Masters.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184) and index.Extinction and endangered species -- The endangered species act -- Marine mammals -- Fish -- Clams, snails, crustaceans, and corals -- Amphibians and reptiles -- Terrestrial mammals -- Birds -- Insects and spiders -- Plants.Discusses what has been done to protect endangered species in the United States and around the world, and examines the debate over what future actions are warranted.
Subjects: Endangered species.; Endangered species; Extinction (Biology); Wildlife conservation.; Wildlife conservation; Nature conservation.;
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Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia [electronic resource] : evolution / by Grzimek, Bernhard.; Hutchins, Michael,editor.; Geist, Valerius,editor.; Pianka, Eric R.,editor.; Wildlife Society.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Scientific methods and human knowledge -- Creation stories : the human journey to understand the origins of life on Earth -- History of evolutionary thought -- Charles Darwin : a life of discovery -- mechanisms of evolutionary change -- Origins of the universe -- Origins of life on Earth -- Speciation : the origins of diversity -- Sexual reproduction -- Species nomenclature, classification and problems of application -- The fossil record : a window to the past -- What does the fossil record tell us about evolution? -- Biogeography : the distribution of life -- Genetics : the blueprint of life -- Genes and development -- Evolutionary ecology -- Adaptation and evolutionary change -- Sexual selection -- Kin selection -- Coevolution -- Optimal reproductive tactics and life history theory -- Evolutionary physiology -- Industrial melanism in moths -- Galapagos finches -- Artificial selection -- Convergent evolution and ecological equivalence -- Evolution of the animal eye -- Evolution of flight -- Evolution of limblessness -- Candid evolution : from wolf to dog -- Dinosaurs -- Megafauna -- Non-human primate and human evolution -- Evolution of the brain and nervous system -- Evolution of language -- Evolutionary medicine and the biology of health -- Evolution and biodiversity conservation -- Further reading -- Organizations -- Glossary -- Index.Covers evolution in detail and explores it from a scientific viewpoint. Includes comprehensive coverage of recent ideas and discoveries in the field of evolution.Description based on print version record.
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Evolution (Biology);
© 2011., Gale,
On-line resources: https://libproxy.kirtland.edu/login?url=https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/9781414486703/GVRL?u=lom_kirtlandcc -- Available online. Click here to access.;
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Forest health : an integrated perspective / by Castello, John D.,1952-; Teale, Stephen A.;
"Forest Health: An Integrated Perspective is the first book to define an ecologically rational, conceptual framework that unifies and integrates the many sub-disciplines that comprise the science of forest health and protection. This new global approach applies to boreal, temperate, tropical, natural, managed, even-aged, un-even aged and urban forests, as well as plantations. Readers of the text can use real datasets to assess the sustainability of four forests around the world. Datasets for the case studies are at www.cambridge.org/9780521766692, and the text provides stepwise instructions for performing the calculations in Microsoft Excel. Readers can follow along as the editors perform the same calculations and interpret the results. Elevating forest health from a fuzzy concept to an ecologically sound paradigm, this is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students and professionals interested in forest health, protection, entomology, pathology and ecology"--Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. Forest Health and Mortality: -- 1. The past as key to the future: a new perspective on forest health / S. A. Teale and J. D. Castello -- 2. Mortality: the essence of a healthy forest / L. Zhang, B. D. Rubin and P. D. Manion -- 3. How do we do it, and what does it mean?: forest health case studies / J. D. Castello, S. A. Teale and J. A. Cale -- Part II. Forest Health and its Ecological Components: -- 4. Regulators and terminators: the importance of biotic factors to a healthy forest / S. A. Teale and J. D. Castello -- 5. Alien invasions: the effects of introduced species on forest structure and function / D. Parry and S. A. Teale -- 6. Out of sight, underground: forest health, edaphic factors, and mycorrhizae / R. D. Briggs and T. R. Horton -- 7. Earth, wind, and fire: abiotic factors and the impacts of global environmental change on forest health / J. E. Lundquist, ... [et al.] -- Part III. Forest Health and the Human Dimension: -- 8. Silviculture, forest management, and forest health: an axe does not a forester make / C. A. Nowak, R. H. Germain and A. P. Drew -- 9. Biodiversity, conservation, and sustainable timber harvest: can we have it all? / S. P. Campbell, D. A. Patrick and J. P. Gibbs -- 10. Seeing the forest for the trees: forest health monitoring / M. Fierke, D. Nowak and R. Hofstetter -- 11. What did we learn, and where does it leave us?: concluding thoughts / J. D. Castello and S. A. Teale.
Subjects: Forest health.; Forest ecology.;
© 2011., Cambridge University Press,
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Fire in the forest / by Thomas, Peter,1957-; McAlpine, Rob.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."How destructive or beneficial are forest fires to wildlife? Should we be trying to reduce or increase the amount of fire in forests? How are forest fires controlled, and why does this sometimes fail? What effect will climate change have? These and many other questions are answered in this richly illustrated book, written in non-technical language. The journey starts in the long geological history of fire leading up to our present love-hate relationship with it. Exploring the physics of how a single flame burns, the journey continues through how whole forests burn and the anatomy of firestorms. The positive and negative ecological effects of fires are explored, from plants and wildlife to whole landscapes. The journey ends with how fires are controlled, and a look to the future. This book will be of interest to ecologists, biogeographers and anyone with an interest in forest fires and the role they play"--1. In the beginning ... The nature of fire -- Just how widespread are forest fires? -- 2. Historical review -- The earliest beginnings of fire in geological time -- Tertiary and quaternary: the last 65 million years -- Holocene: the last 10,000 years -- The intervention of humans -- Uses of fire -- Control of fire: careful or careless? -- Effect of aboriginal people on the landscape -- Arrival of the Europeans -- Bambi and Smokey Bear -- Reduced fire frequencies -- Fire control to fire management -- Are fire frequencies increasing again? --3. How a fire burns -- Mechanics of fire -- Pre-ignition -- Ignition -- Combustion -- Heat transfer -- Variation in fuel quality -- Temperature and energy -- Anatomy of a fire -- Types of fire -- Dynamics of extreme fires -- Scales of fire impact: smoke --4. Fire in the wild landscape -- Causes of wildfire: how do they start? -- Which starts most fires? -- Which burns most area? -- The fire behavior triangle -- Fuel considerations: fires are what they consume -- The effect of climate and weather -- Fire season -- Variability in how a fire spreads -- The complexity of fire spread -- Patterns / mosaics on the landscape -- Patterns of fire over time -- Reconstructing fire history -- Fire size: how big is big? --5. Fire ecology -- How plants survive a surface fire -- Fire stimulation of flowering -- Ground fires and plant survival -- How plants cope with a crown fire -- Sneaking past: invasion after a fire -- Bacteria and fungi -- Animals and fire -- Post-fire recovery of plants and animals --6. The benefits of fire and its use as a landscape tool / with Peter Hobson -- Fire and biodiversity: an overview -- Unpicking the factors that affect biodiversity -- Environmental legacies: dead wood and biodiversity -- Fire, forests and conservation -- Can clear-cutting replace fire? -- The future for fire-prone forests: environmental uncertainty, macroecology and ecosystem resilience -- Fire as a management tool in the landscape -- Fire and soils -- The wildland-urban interface (WUI) -- The role of prescribed burning in wildland-urban interface areas --7. Fire suppression -- Preliminary steps: fire intelligence -- Fire detection -- Dispatch -- Resources for fire suppression -- Suppression -- Suppression failure: large fire management -- Fatality fires -- The fire-management organisation --8. Wildland fire and its management - a look towards the future / Kelvin Kirsch -- The age of uncertainty -- Trends and supertrends -- Adaptation -- Innovation -- The future: ours for the making.
Subjects: Forest fires.;
© 2010., Cambridge University Press,
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