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Price: $29.95
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Sale: $18.70
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Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: David Beadle::James D. Rising
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 598.883
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Publication Date: 2001-11-30
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: This companion volume to the previous, widely acclaimed Guide to the Identification and Natural History of the Sparrows of the United States and Canada takes sparrow identification one step further. The authors have gathered a stunning selection of over 350 photographs as a basis for the identification of all 64 taxa of emberizine sparrows found in the region. Never before has such a comprehensive collection of sparrow photos been presented together in a single guide. The supporting text gives detailed information on the identification of species, sexes, ages, races, and forms of all the sparrows, towhees, juncos, buntings and longspurs, grassquits and seedeaters, as well as information on their distribution, habits, habitats, molt, and voice. Particular attention is paid to the geographic variation found in many species and to comparisons with similar and confusing species. The conservation status of those that are threatened is also given due attention. The photographs include contributions from many of America's finest bird photographers, and many were taken especially for this book. All fine portraits in themselves, they have been chosen specifically to illustrate the identification pointers described in the text. Each is captioned with full details of the photographer and the place and time at which the photo was taken. Also included are line drawings of identification details such as wing and tail feathers and beaks, as well as distribution maps. Key Features: - Features 350 high quality photographs of each species, subspecies, and racial form identifiable in the field
- Includes line drawings of identification details such as wing and tail feathers, beaks, etc.
- Contains distribution maps for each species
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Price: $74.95
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Sale: $59.96
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Manufacturer: Academic Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: J. Andrew Royle::Robert M. Dorazio
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Publisher: Academic Press
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 570
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Publication Date: 2008-07-11
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Reading Level: 464
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Description: A guide to data collection, modeling and inference strategies for biological survey data using Bayesian and classical statistical methods. This book describes a general and flexible framework for modeling and inference in ecological systems based on hierarchical models, with a strict focus on the use of probability models and parametric inference. Hierarchical models represent a paradigm shift in the application of statistics to ecological inference problems because they combine explicit models of ecological system structure or dynamics with models of how ecological systems are observed. The principles of hierarchical modeling are developed and applied to problems in population, metapopulation, community, and metacommunity systems. The book provides the first synthetic treatment of many recent methodological advances in ecological modeling and unifies disparate methods and procedures. The authors apply principles of hierarchical modeling to ecological problems, including * occurrence or occupancy models for estimating species distribution * abundance models based on many sampling protocols, including distance sampling * capture-recapture models with individual effects * spatial capture-recapture models based on camera trapping and related methods * population and metapopulation dynamic models * models of biodiversity, community structure and dynamics * Wide variety of examples involving many taxa (birds, amphibians, mammals, insects, plants) * Development of classical, likelihood-based procedures for inference, as well as Bayesian methods of analysis * Detailed explanations describing the implementation of hierarchical models using freely available software such as R and WinBUGS * Computing support in technical appendices in an online companion web site
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Price: $9.95
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Sale: $4.82
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Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Joanna Yarrow
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Publisher: Chronicle Books
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.72
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Publication Date: 2007-03-15
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Reading Level: 384
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Description: The latest in our top-selling series of colorful, chunky handbooks, 1,001 Ways to Save the Earth proves that simple ideas can have major environmental impact. Here are easy tips for every budget and every day, from taking canvas shopping bags to the grocery store to purchasing green energy "off sets" to make up for unavoidable carbon dioxide emissions. Cutting-edge ideas for supporting alternative energy and reducing consumption will inspire veteran recyclers. Plus, the book itself is printed with vegetable-based inks on paper from sustainably managed forests. Practical, positive, and easy to use, 1,001 Ways to Save the Earth is a book none of us can afford to miss.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $12.45
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Manufacturer: Fulcrum Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Joseph Bruchac::Michael J. Caduto
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Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 398.208997
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Publication Date: 1997-07-14
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: Using stories to show the importance of wildlife in Native American traditions, this book gives parents and teachers an exciting way to teach children about animals.
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Price: $34.95
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Sale: $25.42
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Manufacturer: Transaction Publishers
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Alston Chase
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Publisher: Transaction Publishers
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Dewey Decimal Number: 636.755
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Publication Date: 2008-04-30
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Reading Level: 235
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Description: This is the story of a family and their animal companions for thirty years. It is at one level about the Jack Russell terriers Ifrit, Bungee and their own friends as well as the people who nominally owned them and other dogs as well. Alston Chase tells of his search for the immortality of dogs, what makes them special, and why we willingly give them our hearts knowing that someday they'll die and leave us bereft. The answer he finds, does not come through attempting to produce exact replicas of them through inbreeding, as professional breeders often do and which he sees as a form of genetic death, but in their embodiment of spirit over mortality. It is through the window of their brief lives that we glimpse eternity.To speak of the spirit of the eternal for Chase is not to ignore the matter of the Earth itself, of land and the bonds forged between man and dog over thousands of years. Chase sees the threat to dogs and people in terms of the decline and in some cases the utter defeat of rural life as such. The rise of social forces supporting unbridled urbanization, and of dog breeders who see dogs as creatures to be judged by conformation rather than ability are dealt with frankly. At a time when dog "breeding" increasingly follows the whims of fashion, with attendant threats to the future of dogs, the work of Alston Chase is of magisterial concern.This book is an eloquent tribute to the dogs we love, and a reflection on mortality, the limitations of life and the final triumph of the spirit. Rich in poetic citations, it can be read as an environmental cri de coeur, as a naturalistic appreciation of a world slowly dissolving, or as a deeply religious reminder that even if individual peoples and dogs perish, the idea of immortality does not. And that lesson, which dogs teach us daily makes this book special to read and moving to feel.
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Price: $70.00
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Sale: $42.75
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Stuart A. Kauffman
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 577
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Publication Date: 1993-06-10
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Reading Level: 734
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Description: Stuart Kauffman here presents a brilliant new paradigm for evolutionary biology, one that extends the basic concepts of Darwinian evolution to accommodate recent findings and perspectives from the fields of biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics. The book drives to the heart of the exciting debate on the origins of life and maintenance of order in complex biological systems. It focuses on the concept of self-organization: the spontaneous emergence of order that is widely observed throughout nature Kauffman argues that self-organization plays an important role in the Darwinian process of natural selection. Yet until now no systematic effort has been made to incorporate the concept of self-organization into evolutionary theory. The construction requirements which permit complex systems to adapt are poorly understood, as is the extent to which selection itself can yield systems able to adapt more successfully. This book explores these themes. It shows how complex systems, contrary to expectations, can spontaneously exhibit stunning degrees of order, and how this order, in turn, is essential for understanding the emergence and development of life on Earth. Topics include the new biotechnology of applied molecular evolution, with its important implications for developing new drugs and vaccines; the balance between order and chaos observed in many naturally occurring systems; new insights concerning the predictive power of statistical mechanics in biology; and other major issues. Indeed, the approaches investigated here may prove to be the new center around which biological science itself will evolve. The work is written for all those interested in the cutting edge of research in the life sciences.
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Price: $25.00
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Sale: $19.31
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Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Catherine Bell
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Dewey Decimal Number: 291.38
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Publication Date: 1997-11-20
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Reading Level: 368
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Description: From handshakes and toasts to chant and genuflection, ritual pervades our social interactions and religious practices. Still, few of us could identify all of our daily and festal ritual behaviors, much less explain them to an outsider. Similarly, because of the variety of activities that qualify as ritual and their many contradictory yet, in many ways, equally legitimate interpretations, ritual seems to elude any systematic historical and comparative scrutiny. In this book, Catherine Bell offers a practical introduction to ritual practice and its study; she surveys the most influential theories of religion and ritual, the major categories of ritual activity, and the key debates that have shaped our understanding of ritualism. Bell refuses to nail down ritual with any one definition or understanding. Instead, her purpose is to reveal how definitions emerge and evolve and to help us become more familiar with the interplay of tradition, exigency, and self-expression that goes into constructing this complex social medium.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $11.45
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Manufacturer: Phanes Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Theodore Roszak
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Publisher: Phanes Press
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 577
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Publication Date: 2001-12
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Reading Level: 376
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Description: What is the bond between the human psyche and the living planet that nurtured us, and all of life, into existence? What is the link between our own mental health and the health of the greater biosphere? In this "bold, ambitious, philosophical essay" (Publishers Weekly), historian and cultural critic Roszak explores the relationships between psychology, ecology, and new scientific insights into systems in nature. Drawing on our understanding of the evolutionary, self-organizing universe, Roszak illuminates our rootedness in the greater web of life and explores the relationship between our own sanity and the larger-than-human world. The Voice of the Earth seeks to bridge the centuries-old split between the psychological and the ecological with a paradigm which sees the needs of the planet and the needs of the person as a continuum. The Earth's cry for rescue from the punishing weight of the industrial system we have created is our own cry for a scale and quality of life that will free us to become whole and healthy. This second edition contains a new afterword by the author.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $11.32
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Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Scott Cooney
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Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 338
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Publication Date: 2008-10-24
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: Grow an eco-friendly business that creates limitless profit potential . . From organic groceries to fuel-efficient cars and toxicity-free dry cleaning, the opportunities to profit from a business that builds local communities, heals the environment, and feeds the growing green demand are almost endless. As an entrepreneur who has developed successful eco-friendly businesses, Scott Cooney gives you expert advice and guidance on starting, building, and growing a green business--and then delivers a gold mine of business ideas for every kind of product and service. Grow a Green Small Business also gives you: . . - Green Entrepreneur Rules that will get you started on the right foot.
- Marketing, advertising, and networking techniques that build a loyal customer base .
- Valuable resources, including green franchises, contacts, and web links for more information.
. Whether you're a novice or a veteran business developer, Cooney points the way to productivity and profit strategies you can build into any small business model. .
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Price: $64.80
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Sale: $36.00
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Manufacturer: Longman
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Lorraine Anderson::Scott Slovic::John P. O'Grady
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Publisher: Longman
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Dewey Decimal Number: 810.8036
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Publication Date: 1998-08-21
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Reading Level: 510
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Description: Literature and the Environment is a thematic, multi-genre anthology that explores our relationship to nature and the role literature can play in shaping a culture responsive to environmental realities. The book includes early writers such as John Muir, Henry David Thoreau, and Mary Austin, alongside contemporary voices such as Gary and Terry Tempest Williams.
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