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American Bison combines the latest scientific information and one man's personal experience in an homage to one of the most magnificent animals to have roamed America's vast, vanished grasslands. Dale F. Lott, a distinguished behavioral ecologist who was born on the National Bison Range and has studied the buffalo for many years, relates what is known about this iconic animal's life in the wild and its troubled history with humans. Written with unusual grace and verve, American Bison takes us on a journey into the bison's past and shares a compelling vision for its future, offering along the way a valuable introduction to North American prairie ecology. We become Lott's companions in the field as he acquaints us with the social life and physiology of the bison, sharing stories about its impressive physical prowess and fascinating relationships. Describing the entire grassland community in which the bison live, he writes about the wolves, pronghorn, prairie dogs, grizzly bears, and other animals and plants, detailing the interdependent relationships among these inhabitants of a lost landscape. Lott also traces the long and dramatic relationship between the bison and Native Americans, and gives a surprising look at the history of the hide hunts that delivered the coup de grâce to the already dwindling bison population in a few short years. This book gives us a peek at the rich and unique ways of life that evolved in the heart of America. Lott also dismantles many of the myths we have created about these ways of life, and about the bison in particular, to reveal the animal itself: ruminating, reproducing, and rutting in its full glory. His portrait of the bison ultimately becomes a plea to conserve its wildness and an eloquent meditation on the importance of the wild in our lives.
American bison. --- Bison --- Bisons --- Bovidae --- American buffalo --- Bison, American --- Bison americanus --- Bison bison --- Bison occidentalis --- Bison sylvestris --- Bos bison --- Buffalo, American --- american animals. --- animal life. --- animal relationships. --- bison population. --- bison range. --- bison. --- buffalo. --- ecologist. --- ecology. --- endangered species. --- fauna. --- grasslands. --- grizzly bears. --- iconic. --- interspecies. --- myths. --- native animals. --- natural world. --- nature. --- nonhuman animals. --- north america. --- prairie dogs. --- prairie ecology. --- prairie. --- relationships. --- scientific. --- social life. --- wilderness.
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Wolves are some of the world's most charismatic and controversial animals, capturing the imaginations of their friends and foes alike. Highly intelligent and adaptable, they hunt and play together in close-knit packs, sometimes roaming over hundreds of square miles in search of food. Once teetering on the brink of extinction across much of the United States and Europe, wolves have made a tremendous comeback in recent years, thanks to legal protection, changing human attitudes, and efforts to reintroduce them to suitable habitats in North America. As wolf populations have rebounded, scientific studies of them have also flourished. But there hasn't been a systematic, comprehensive overview of wolf biology since 1970. In Wolves, many of the world's leading wolf experts provide state-of-the-art coverage of just about everything you could want to know about these fascinating creatures. Individual chapters cover wolf social ecology, behavior, communication, feeding habits and hunting techniques, population dynamics, physiology and pathology, molecular genetics, evolution and taxonomy, interactions with nonhuman animals such as bears and coyotes, reintroduction, interactions with humans, and conservation and recovery efforts. The book discusses both gray and red wolves in detail and includes information about wolves around the world, from the United States and Canada to Italy, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Israel, India, and Mongolia. Wolves is also extensively illustrated with black and white photos, line drawings, maps, and fifty color plates. Unrivalled in scope and comprehensiveness, Wolves will become the definitive resource on these extraordinary animals for scientists and amateurs alike. "An excellent compilation of current knowledge, with contributions from all the main players in wolf research. . . . It is designed for a wide readership, and certainly the language and style will appeal to both scientists and lucophiles alike. . . . This is an excellent summary of current knowledge and will remain the standard reference work for a long time to come."-Stephen Harris, New Scientist "This is the place to find almost any fact you want about wolves."-Stephen Mills, BBC Wildlife Magazine
Wolves. --- Wolves --- Canis --- Behavior. --- Ecology. --- Conservation. --- fauna en flora --- wilde dieren --- biologie --- sociaal gedrag --- wolven --- Wolf --- Animals. --- Loup. --- Loup --- Moeurs et comportement. --- canine, wolf, behavioral, culture, cultural, ecological, ecologist, conservationist, science, scientific, research, scientist, biology, biological, wildlife, controversial, hunting, pack, relationships, united states, usa, america, american, western, europe, regional, habitat, species, populations, study, social, nonhumans, pathology, essay collection.
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Like nearly every area of scholarly inquiry today, the biological sciences are broken into increasingly narrow fields and subfields, its practitioners divided into ecologists, evolutionary biologists, taxonomists, paleontologists, and much more. But all these splintered pieces have their origins in the larger field of natural history-and in this era where climate change and relentless population growth are irrevocably altering the world around us, perhaps it's time to step back and take a new, fresh look at the larger picture. The Essential Naturalist
Natural history. --- History, Natural --- Natural science --- Physiophilosophy --- Biology --- Science --- nature, reading, essay collection, anthology, history, historical, natural, world, earth, scholarly, academic, research, biological, biology, science, scientific, sciences, field, subfield, ecology, ecologist, evolutionary, evolution, diachronic, analysis, critical, critique, professional, higher education, college, university, horned owl, tiger, species, salamander, galapagos, sea, otter, cow.
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The vast savannas and great migrations of the Serengeti conjure impressions of a harmonious and balanced ecosystem. But in reality, the history of the Serengeti is rife with battles between human and non-human nature. In the 1890s and several times since, the cattle virus rinderpest-at last vanquished in 2008-devastated both domesticated and wild ungulate populations, as well as the lives of humans and other animals who depended on them. In the 1920s, tourists armed with the world's most expensive hunting gear filled the grasslands. And in recent years, violence in Tanzania has threatened one of the most successful long-term ecological research centers in history. Serengeti IV, the latest installment in a long-standing series on the region's ecology and biodiversity, explores the role of our species as a source of both discord and balance in Serengeti ecosystem dynamics. Through chapters charting the complexities of infectious disease transmission across populations, agricultural expansion, and the many challenges of managing this ecosystem today, this book shows how the people and landscapes surrounding crucial protected areas like Serengeti National Park can and must contribute to Serengeti conservation. In order to succeed, conservation efforts must also focus on the welfare of indigenous peoples, allowing them both to sustain their agricultural practices and to benefit from the natural resources provided by protected areas-an undertaking that will require the strengthening of government and education systems and, as such, will present one of the greatest conservation challenges of the next century.
Animal ecology --- Biodiversity conservation --- Ecosystem management --- biodiversity, zoology, zoologist, ecologist, ecology, integrative biology, biological, science, scientific, scientists, nature, natural systems, savannas, environments, environmental, great migrations, movement, animals, serengeti, grasslands, hunting, poaching, human impact, influence, cattle virus, violence, history, disease transmission, agriculture, national park, conservation, conservationist, conservationism, tanzania, africa, african, indigenous peoples.
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Common among moths is a mate-finding system in which females emit a pheromone that induces males to fly upwind along the pheromone plume. Since the chemical pheromone of the domesticated silk moth was identified in 1959, a steady increase in the number of moth species whose pheromone attractants have been identified now results in a rich base for review and synthesis. Pheromone Communication in Moths summarizes moth pheromone biology, covering the chemical structures used by the various lineages, signal production and perception, the genetic control of moth pheromone traits, interactions of pheromones with host-plant volatiles, pheromone dispersal and orientation, male pheromones and courtship, and the evolutionary forces that have likely shaped pheromone signals and their role in sexual selection. Also included are chapters on practical applications in the control and monitoring of pest species as well as case studies that address pheromone systems in a number of species and groups of closely allied species. Pheromone Communication in Moths is an invaluable resource for entomologists, chemical ecologists, pest-management scientists, and professionals who study pheromone communication and pest management.
Moths. --- Pheromones. --- Animal communication. --- Animal biocommunication --- Animal language --- Biocommunication, Animal --- Language learning by animals --- Animal behavior --- Hormones --- Semiochemicals --- Sex recognition (Zoology) --- Heterocera --- Lepidoptera nocturna --- Lepidoptera --- 1950s. --- academic. --- biologist. --- biology. --- case study. --- chemicals. --- ecologist. --- ecology. --- entomologist. --- entomology. --- evolution. --- flying insects. --- genetics. --- insects. --- life sciences. --- mating rituals. --- mating. --- moth species. --- moths. --- natural world. --- nature. --- pest control. --- pest management. --- pests. --- pheromone. --- pheromones. --- practical applications. --- practical. --- research. --- scholarly. --- science. --- sexual selection. --- silk moth. --- species. --- world history.
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The New Food Activism explores how food activism can be pushed toward deeper and more complex engagement with social, racial, and economic justice and toward advocating for broader and more transformational shifts in the food system. Topics examined include struggles against pesticides and GMOs, efforts to improve workers' pay and conditions throughout the food system, and ways to push food activism beyond its typical reliance on individualism, consumerism, and private property. The authors challenge and advance existing discourse on consumer trends, food movements, and the intersection of food with racial and economic inequalities.
Food security --- Organic farming --- Sustainable agriculture --- Food --- Food consumption --- Social justice --- Foods --- Dinners and dining --- Home economics --- Table --- Cooking --- Diet --- Dietaries --- Gastronomy --- Nutrition --- Low-input agriculture --- Low-input sustainable agriculture --- Lower input agriculture --- Resource-efficient agriculture --- Sustainable farming --- Agriculture --- Alternative agriculture --- Food deserts --- Food insecurity --- Insecurity, Food --- Security, Food --- Human security --- Food supply --- Social aspects --- Political aspects. --- Primitive societies --- composting. --- consumer advocate. --- ecologist. --- economic justice. --- environmentalist. --- food activism. --- food science. --- gmos. --- human rights. --- pesticides. --- preservationist. --- protecting the planet. --- racial. --- social. --- student. --- sustainability. --- teacher.
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From the 1960's to the present, activists, artists, and science fiction writers have imagined the consequences of climate change and its impacts on our future. Authors such as Octavia Butler and Leslie Marmon Silko, movie directors such as Bong Joon-Ho, and creators of digital media such as the makers of the Maori web series Anamata Future News have all envisioned future worlds during and after environmental collapse, engaging audiences to think about the earth's sustainability. As public awareness of climate change has grown, so has the popularity of works of climate fiction that connect science with activism. Today, real-world social movements helmed by Indigenous people and people of color are leading the way against the greatest threat to our environment: the fossil fuel industry. Their stories and movements-in the real world and through science fiction-help us all better understand the relationship between activism and culture, and how both can be valuable tools in creating our future. Imagining the Future of Climate Change introduces readers to the history and most significant flashpoints in climate justice through speculative fictions and social movements, exploring post-disaster possibilities and the art of world-making.
Climatic changes. --- Global warming. --- Ethnoecology --- Global warming --- Warming, Global --- Global temperature changes --- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Indigenous peoples --- Human ecology --- Traditional ecological knowledge --- Environmental aspects --- Ecology --- Aktivismus. --- Klimaänderung. --- Science-Fiction. --- Soziale Bewegung. --- Zukunft. --- Ecology. --- USA. --- United States. --- Global environmental change --- biologist. --- climate change. --- climate justice. --- digital media. --- ecologist. --- impact of global warming. --- marine biologist. --- preservation. --- science fiction. --- sustainability. --- sustainable lifestyle. --- what happens during climate change.
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Coastal regions around the world have become increasingly crowded, intensively developed, and severely exploited. Hundreds of millions of people living in these low-lying areas are subject to short-term coastal hazards such as cyclones, hurricanes, and destruction due to El Niño, and are also exposed to the long-term threat of global sea-level rise. These massive concentrations of people expose often-fragile coastal environments to the runoff and pollution from municipal, industrial, and agricultural sources as well as the impacts of resource exploitation and a wide range of other human impacts. Can environmental impacts be reduced or mitigated and can coastal regions adapt to natural hazards? Coasts in Crisis is a comprehensive assessment of the impacts that the human population is having on the coastal zone globally and the diverse ways in which coastal hazards impact human settlement and development. Gary Griggs provides a concise overview of the individual hazards, risks, and issues threatening the coastal zone.
Coasts. --- Coastal zone management. --- Natural disasters. --- Climatic changes. --- Hazardous geographic environments. --- Disasters --- Human ecology --- Environments, Hazardous geographic --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Global environmental change --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Natural calamities --- Ecosystem management --- Natural resources --- Regional planning --- Coastal engineering --- Coast ecosystem management --- Coastal ecosystem management --- Coastal management --- Coastal resource management --- Coastal resources management --- Coastal zone ecosystem management --- Coasts --- CRM (Coastal resource management) --- Zone management, Coastal --- Landforms --- Seashore --- Coastal landforms --- Coastal zones --- Coastlines --- Environmental aspects --- Management --- climate change. --- costal zone. --- diverse preservation. --- ecologist. --- el nino. --- environmental impact. --- fragile ecosystem. --- global warming. --- long term threat. --- melting ice caps. --- ocean floor. --- sea levels. --- sea rising. --- tsunami. --- water crisis.
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"De politiek? Een clubje zakkenvullers dat het altijd denkt beter te weten. Ze zouden beter eens naar ons luisteren".
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