- American Warblers
- Douglass H. Morse
- Hardcover 1989
- Built for Speed
- John A. Byers
- North America's fastest mammal, the pronghorn can accelerate explosively from a standing start to a top speed of 60 miles per hour--but it can also cruise at 45 miles per hour for many miles. What accounts for the speed of this extraordinary animal? And what is it like to be a field biologist dedicating twenty years to studying this species? In Built for Speed, John A. Byers answers these questions as he draws an intimate portrait of the most charismatic resident of the American Great Plains.
- Hardcover 2003
- Chimpanzee and Red Colobus
- Craig B. Stanford
- Richard Wrangham
- This book, the first long-term field study of a predator-prey relationship involving two wild primates, documents a six-year investigation into how the risk of predation molds primate society. Taking us to Gombe National Park in Tanzania, a place made famous by Jane Goodall's studies, the book offers a close look at how predation by wild chimpanzees--observable in the park as nowhere else--has influenced the behavior, ecology, and demography of a population of red colobus monkeys.
- Hardcover 1998 / Paperback 2001
- The Ecology of Neotropical Savannas
- Guillermo Sarmiento
- Translated by Otto T. Solbrig
- Sarmiento is an unquestionable authority on the grasslands of the New World. His book is the first modern, integrated view of the genesis and function of this important natural system--a synthesis of savanna architecture, seasonal rhythms, productive processes, and water and nutrient economy.
- Hardcover 1984
- Hinduism and Ecology
- Edited by Christopher Key Chapple
- Edited by Mary Evelyn Tucker
- Contributions by Anil Agarwal
- Contributions by Kelly D. Alley
- Contributions by Frédérique Apffel-Marglin
- Contributions by Pratyusha Basu
- Contributions by Harry W. Blair
- Contributions by Chris Deegan
- Contributions by O. P. Dwivedi
- Contributions by William F. Fisher
- Contributions by Ann Grodzins Gold
- Contributions by David L. Haberman
- Contributions by George A. James
- Contributions by Madhu Khanna
- Contributions by Vinay Lal
- Contributions by David Lee
- Contributions by Philip Lutgendorf
- Contributions by Mary McGee
- Contributions by Vijaya Nagarajan
- Contributions by Lance E. Nelson
- Contributions by Pramod Parajuli
- Contributions by Laurie L. Patton
- Contributions by K. L. Seshagiri Rao
- Contributions by T. S. Rukmani
- Contributions by Larry D. Shinn
- Contributions by Jael Silliman
- This fourth volume in the series exploring religions and the environment investigates the role of the multifaceted Hindu tradition in the development of greater ecological awareness in India. The twenty-two contributors ask how traditional concepts of nature in the classical texts might inspire or impede an eco-friendly attitude among modern Hindus, and they describe some grassroots approaches to environmental protection.
- Paperback 2000 / Hardcover 2000
- Historical Biogeography
- Jorge V. Crisci
- Liliana Katinas
- Paula Posadas
- This book makes sense of the profound revolution that historical biogeography has undergone in the last two decades, and of the resulting confusion over its foundations, basic concepts, methods, and relationships to other disciplines of comparative biology. Using case studies, the authors explain and illustrate the fundamentals and the most frequently used methods of this discipline. They show the reader how to tell when a historical biogeographic approach is called for, how to decide what kind of data to collect, how to choose the best method for the problem at hand, how to perform the necessary calculations, how to choose and apply a computer program, and how to interpret results.
- Hardcover 2003
- Imperial Ecology
- Peder Anker
- From 1895 to the founding of the United Nations in 1945, the promising new science of ecology flourished in the British Empire. Anker asks why ecology expanded so rapidly and how a handful of influential scientists and politicians established a tripartite ecology of nature, knowledge, and society.
- Hardcover 2002
- Millions of Monarchs, Bunches of Beetles
- Gilbert Waldbauer
- Insects that are the least bit social may gather in modest groups, like the dozen or so sawfly larvae feeding on a pine needle, or they may form huge masses, like a swarm of migratory locusts in Africa or a cloud of mayflies at the edge of a midwestern lake. Why these insects get together and what they get out of their associations are questions finely and fully considered in this learned and entertaining look at the group behavior and social lives of a wide array of bugs.
- Hardcover 2000 / Paperback 2001
- New England Forests Through Time
- David R. Foster
- John F. O'Keefe
- In New England Forests through Time historical and environmental lessons are told through the world-renowned dioramas in Harvard's Fisher Museum. These remarkable models have introduced New England's landscape to countless visitors and have appeared in many ecology, forestry, and natural history texts. This first book based on the dioramas conveys the phenomenal history of the land, the beauty of the models, and new insights into nature.
- Paperback 2000
- Politics of Nature
- Bruno Latour
- Translated by Catherine Porter
- This book establishes the conceptual context for political ecology--transplanting the terms of ecology into more fertile philosophical soil than its proponents have thus far envisioned. Latour proposes an end to the old dichotomy between nature and society--and the constitution, in its place, of a community incorporating humans and nonhumans and building on the experiences of the sciences as they are actually practiced.
- Paperback 2004 / Hardcover 2004
- What Good Are Bugs?
- Gilbert Waldbauer
- This book, the first to catalogue ecologically important insects by their roles, gives us an enlightening look at how insects work in ecosystems--what they do, how they live, and how they make life as we know it possible. Waldbauer combines anecdotes from entomological history with insights into the intimate workings of the natural world, describing the intriguing and sometimes amazing behavior of these tiny creatures. As entertaining as it is informative, this charmingly illustrated volume captures the full sweep of insects' integral place in the web of life.
- Hardcover 2003 / Paperback 2004