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  • Forest Canopies

    by Margaret D. Lowman, H. Bruce Rinker ...
    Series series Physiological Ecology
    The treetops of the world's forests are where discovery and opportunity abound, however they have been relatively inaccessible until recently. This book represents an authoritative synthesis of data, anecdotes, case studies, observations, and recommendations from researchers and educators who have risked life and limb in their advocacy of the High Frontier. With innovative rope techniques, cranes, ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

  • Gaia in Turmoil

    Climate Change, Biodepletion, and Earth Ethics in an Age of Crisis

    Edited by Eileen Crist, H. Bruce Rinker ...
    Essays link Gaian science to such global environmental quandaries as climate change and biodiversity destruction, providing perspectives from science, philosophy, politics, and technology.Gaian theory, which holds that Earth's physical and biological processes are inextricably bound to form a self-regulating system, is more relevant than ever in light of increasing concerns about global climate ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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  • The One-Straw Revolution

    An Introduction to Natural Farming

    by Masanobu Fukuoka, Masanobu Fukuoka, Wendell Berry ...
    Translated by Larry Korn ...
    Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • The Future of Fossil Fuels

    From Hubbert's Peak

    by Kenneth S. Deffeyes ...
    Series series Princeton Shorts
    As debates about the effects of fossil fuels on our climate and foreign policy intensify, the question of just how much longer we can depend on this finite source of energy becomes more and more pressing. This selection from Hubbert's Peak, the leading book on the limits of our oil supply, forecasts what the future will bring for fossil fuels and what the alternatives are likely to be.Princeton ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Natural History of Selborne, both volumes (1790)

    by Gilbert White ...
    Natural history of a town in England, first published in 1790. According to Wikipedia: "Gilbert White FRS (18 July 1720 26 June 1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and ornithologist… White is best known for his The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789). This was a compilation of his letters to Thomas Pennant, the leading British zoologist of the day, and the Hon. Daines ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Plant Disturbance Ecology

    The Process and the Response

    Edited by Kiyoko Miyanishi, Edward A. Johnson ...
    The media coverage of natural disasters (hurricanes, fires, floods, ice storms, etc.) indicates the prevalence of natural disasters in most, if not all, ecosystems. In order for scientists to study, understand, and ultimately predict how these disturbances affect ecosystems, it is necessary for them to know more about the physical processes involved in these disturbances and to learn how to couple ... Read more

    $78.29 USD

  • Life Rules

    Nature's Blueprint for Surviving Economic and Environmental Collapse

    by Ellen LaConte ...
    Corporate capitalism has ravaged the planet the way HIV ravages the human body, triggering a Critical Mass of cascading environmental, economic, social and political crises. Economic and climate instability, collapsing ecosystems, peak fossil fuels and devastating resource wars-if Earth were a patient, her condition would be critical. Life Rules offers a comprehensive analysis of our present ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Listen to the Trees

    by Don MacCaskill ...
    In his introduction, Don MacCaskill wrote modestly, 'I think I became a naturalist'. He was, in fact, one of Scotland's foremost naturalists and a remarkable wildlife photographer as well. In a flashback to his early years in Kilmartin, a village in Argyllshire, we learn of his awakening interest in man's relationship with the wildlife all around him - why was it necessary to kill it? And when ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • A Short Introduction to Climate Change

    by Tony Eggleton ...
    A Short Introduction to Climate Change provides a clear, balanced and well documented account of one of the most important issues of our time. It covers developments in climate science over the past 250 years and shows that recent climate change is more than the result of natural variability. It explains the difference between weather and climate by examining changes in temperature, rainfall, ... Read more

    $42.69 USD

  • The Global Economics of Forestry

    by William F. Hyde ...
    This book traces the economic and biological pattern of forest development from initial settlement and harvest activity at the natural forest frontier to modern industrial forest plantations. It builds from diagrams describing three discrete stages of forest development, and then discusses the management and policy implications associated with each, supporting its observations with examples and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Ptarmigan's Dilemma

    An Exploration into How Life Organizes and Supports Itself

    by John Theberge, Mary Theberge ...
    **Winner of the 2010 Lane Anderson AwardDrawing 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, when their species has none. Moose with antlers so big they encumber their movement through the forest. Butterflies ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Dendroclimatology

    Progress and Prospects

    Edited by Malcolm K. Hughes, Thomas W. Swetnam, Henry F. Diaz ...
    Series Book 11 - Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research
    A top priority in climate research is obtaining broad-extent and long-term data to support analyses of historical patterns and trends, and for model development and evaluation. Along with directly measured climate data from the present and recent past, it is important to obtain estimates of long past climate variations spanning multiple centuries and millennia. These longer time perspectives are ... Read more

    $143.09 USD