Departmental Acquisitions: 0-1 http://www.yoursite.com/http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477789Description: In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477789http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458116Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458116http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458115Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458115http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480056Description: Massive fish kills from flesh-eating parasites. Unusual concentrations of cancer and other diseases. Recalls of meats, vegetables, and fruits because of deadly E-coli bacterial contamination. Recent public health crises raise urgent questions about how our animal-derived food is raised and brought to market. This book is about our American food system gone terribly wrong--and the people who are fighting to restore sustainable farming practices and save our limited natural resources. Investigative journalist David Kirby exposes the powerful business and political interests behind large-scale factory farms, and tracks the far-reaching fallout that contaminates our air, land, water, and food. He follows three families and communities whose lives have been utterly changed by immense neighboring animal farms, turning them into unlikely activists.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480056http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454101Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454101http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479343Description: "How do ant colonies get anything done, when no one is in charge? An ant colony operates without a central control or hierarchy, and no ant directs another. Instead, ants decide what to do based on the rate, rhythm, and pattern of individual encounters and interactions - resulting in a dynamic network that coordinates the functions of the colony, Ant Encounters provides a revealing and accessible look into ant behavior from this complex systems perspective." "Focusing on the moment-to-moment behavior of ant colonies, Deborah Gordon investigates the role of interaction networks in regulating colony behavior and relations among ant colonies. She shows how ant behavior within and between colonies arises from local interactions of individuals, and how interaction networks develop as a colony grows older and larger. The more rapidly ants react to their encounters, the more sensitivity the entire colony responds to changing conditions. Gordon explores whether such reactive networks help a colony to survive and reproduce, how natural selection shapes colony networks, and how these structures compare to other analogous complex systems." "Ant Encounters sheds light on the organizational behavior, ecology, and evolution of these diverse and ubiquitous social insects."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479343http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480055Description: "The farming of aquatic organisms is one of the most promising but controversial new industries in Canada. The industry has the potential to solve food supply problems, but critics believe it poses unacceptable threats to human health, local communities, and the environment. This book is not about the methods and techniques of aquaculture but an exploration of the controversy itself. Rather than choosing sides, Nathan Young and Ralph Matthews present the controversy as a multi-layered conflict about knowledge, rights, and development. Comprehensive and balanced, this book addresses one of the most contentious public policy and environmental issues facing the world today."--pub. desc.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480055http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457920Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457920http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490255Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490255http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477788Description: "Examples of nearly every kind of bee, wasp, and ant can be found somewhere in a garden, but they work in mysterious and wondrous ways, largely unknown to those of us who tend the land we live on. This book is an exploration of the group, discussing its importance, its biology, and methods of encouraging (or discouraging) them in the garden. It is also an openly impassioned plea for acceptance of life forms that are vastly greater in importance than most humans would imagine and hugely necessary to the world in which we live"--Cover, p. 2.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477788http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=311605Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=311605http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454110Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454110http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453591Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453591http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454100Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454100http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453590Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453590http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479341Description: Small mammals include those mammals weighing under five kilograms (approximately eleven pounds). Merritt introduces the various species that fall under this heading, then follows with chapters that cover such topics as behavior, modes of feeding, locomotion, habitat use, reproduction, and coping with heat loss.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479341http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479340Description: Explains why biotechnology is a relevant and volatile issue. Begins with a history of biotechnology and its effect on agriculture, medicine, and the environment. Equal space is devoted to discussing the efforts of human-rights advocates, animal-rights advocates, and environmentalists to create definitive governmental regulations for this budding industry.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479340http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480054Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480054http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454109Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454109http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477244Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477244http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479339Description: Water went from being a free natural resource to one of the most successful commercial products of the last one hundred years. That's a big story, and water is big business.Gleick exposes the true reasons we've turned to the bottle, from fear mongering by business interests and our own vanity to the breakdown of public systems and global inequities.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479339http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456762Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456762http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479338Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479338http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456750Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456750http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479587Description: Primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that "cooking" created the human race because the habit of eating cooked rather than raw food permitted the digestive tract to shrink and the human brain to grow, helped structure human society, and created the male-female division of labor.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479587http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477243Description: A unique chronology with entries describing the key events in the 3,000-year conflict between religion and science over the explanation and definition of life on Earth.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477243http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477787Description: This book compiles the latest research on the effects of climate change on biodiversity in the Americas and the sustainability efforts being made to preserve the ecological integrity of these regions. Scientists working in Canada, Puerto Rico, Argentina, the USA, Mexico, Panama, and Costa Rica contribute their findings in such varied areas as avian populations, the impacts of climate extremes on biodiversity, carbon storage in tree plantations, and the relationship between precipitation and vegetation. The changing climate and human activity are affecting ecosystems throughout the Americas. Governments, NGOs, industries, and communities need to learn about these changes in order to adapt their planning, infrastructure, and operations to mitigate the loss of biodiversity.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477787http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454092Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454092http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453589Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453589http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456749Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456749http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480053Description: ""A model compilation It not only takes the analytical measure of the field of American environmental history, it forthrightly blazes trails for the field in the future." William Deverell, Director, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West" ""A fantastic guide to environmental history that will change how you think about the past." Ted Steinberg, Case Western Reserve University" ""This superb volume, a collaboration of established scholars and rising stars, is now the essential guide to the expanding field of environmental history." Elliott West, University of Arkansas" "A Companion to American Environmental History gathers together a comprehensive collection of over 30 essays that examine the evolving and diverse field of American environmental history, and not only presents a state-of-the-field as it stands, but also expands the current scholarship. With contributions from the founders of this unique branch of history, and the work of innovative young scholars, this Companion presents a bold vision for the future of environmental history, as well as a critical appreciation of its growth and development. The essays in this volume are presented in five parts, covering a diverse set of topics that range from American Indian environmental relations, oceans, and food, to borders, culture, and identity. Combining a complete historiography with the most recent research and trends, the Companion pushes the existing boundaries of the field and encourages new directions of study."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480053http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479337Description: 'Conservation Biology for All' provides cutting-edge but basic conservation science to a global readership. A series of authoritative chapters have been written by the top names in conservation biology with the principal aim of disseminating cutting-edge conservation knowledge as widely as possible.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479337http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458114Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458114http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456748Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456748http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508464Description: "Charles Darwin can easily be considered one of the most influential scholars of his time. His thoughts, ideas, research and writings have had a far reaching impact and influence on modern thought in the arts, on society, and in science. With contributions from leading scholars, this collection of essays explores how Darwin's work grew out of the ideas of his time, and how its influence spread to contemporary thinking about creationism, the limits of human evolution and the diversification of living species and their conservation. A full account of the legacy of Darwin in contemporary scholarship and thought. With contributions from Janet Browne, Jim Secord, Rebecca Stott, Paul Seabright, Steve Jones, Sean Carroll, Craig Moritz and John Dupre;. This book derives from a highly successful series of public lectures, revised and illustrated for publication under the editorship of Professor William Brown and Professor Andrew Fabian of the University of Cambridge"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508464http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477242Description: Cultural historian Iain McCalman tells the stories of Charles Darwin and his most vocal supporters and colleagues: Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley, and Alfred Wallace. Beginning with the somber morning of April 26, 1882--the day of Darwin's funeral--Darwin's Armada steps back in time and recounts the lives and scientific discoveries of each of these explorers. The four amateur naturalists voyaged separately from Britain to the southern hemisphere in search of adventure and scientific fame. From Darwin's inaugural trip on the Beagle in 1835 through Wallace's exploits in the Amazon and Malaysia in the 1840s and 1850s, each man independently made discoveries that led him to embrace Darwin's groundbreaking theory of evolution. This book reveals the untold story of Darwin's greatest supporters who, during his life, campaigned passionately in the war of ideas over evolution and who lived on to extend and advance the scope of his work.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477242http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454108Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454108http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453588Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453588http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490253Description: This rapid response assessment delineates case studies that have successfully implemented ecological restoration projects that range in scope from agriculture to health and waste water management. This report chronicles these projects from inception to design to application. It ultimately proposes future directions for modeling and support while continuing the efforts of the UNEP.--Publisher's description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490253http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454099Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454099http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454107Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454107http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477785Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477785http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453587Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453587http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477957Description: "Over the 10-year course of the recently completed Census of Marine Life, a global network of researchers in more than 80 nations has collaborated to improve our understanding of marine biodiversity - past, present, and future. Providing insight into this remarkable project, this book explains the rationale behind the Census and highlights some of its most important and dramatic findings, illustrated with full-color photographs throughout. It explores how new technologies and partnerships have contributed to greater knowledge of marine life, from unknown species and habitats, to migration routes and distribution patterns, and to a better appreciation of how the oceans are changing. Looking to the future, it identifies what needs to be done to close the remaining gaps in our knowledge and provide information that will enable us to better manage resources, conserve diversity, reverse habitat losses, and respond to global climate change"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477957http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480052Description: An exploration of the weird and wonderful margins of science. An astonishing reminder that even at its most misguided, science is intensely creative, often hilarious, and can spark the imagination like nothing else.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480052http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457444Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457444http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477784Description: Chronicles the race to map the human genome, noting the impact of skeptics in the 1970s and 1980s, the breakthroughs of the 1990s, and the political maelstrom that ensued in the face of corporate involvement and the fight for credit.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477784http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477783Description: McKibben's earliest warnings about global warming went largely unheeded. In this book, he argues that we can meet the challenges of a new "Eaarth"--still recognizable but suddenly and violently out of balance--by building the kind of societies and economies that can hunker down, concentrate on essentials, and create the type of community that will allow us to weather trouble on an unprecedented scale.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477783http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477241Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477241http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456747Description: Brilliantly synthesizing philosophy, literature, science, memoir and his own detective work, "Eating Animals" explores the many fictions we use to justify our eating habits--from folklore to pop culture to family traditions and national myth--and how such tales can lull us into a brutal forgetting.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456747http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477245Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477245http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490361Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490361http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457442Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457442http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477782Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477782http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490251Description: "Ecologists and managers of natural resources readily acknowledge the importance of long-term monitoring for improved understanding and management of complex environmental systems. Long-term data are crucially important for providing baselines for evaluating environmental change. They are also fundamental for detecting and evaluating changes in ecosystem structure and function, and for evaluating response to disturbances such as climate change or pollution. Countless scientific articles, books, management plans and other documents have been written about the need to conduct long-term monitoring. However, although there have undoubtedly been some highly successful long-term ecological monitoring programs, there is a history of poorly planned and unfocused efforts that are either ineffective or fail completely.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490251http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477240Description: "What biological agents should we truly be afraid of? Which have garnered more attention than they warrant? Emerging Biological Threats: A Reference Guide is the antidote for the confusion surrounding the potentially devastating impact of pathogens on the human community. Written by a frontline professional in epidemiology, it is the most authoritative yet engagingly written resource available on the real risks we face, and the countermeasures used to confront them. Emerging Biological Threats provides the information needed to understand significant direct threats to human health, as well as those that impact us indirectly by destroying livestock and crops. Focused primarily on the United States, it offers science-based yet accessible explorations of HIV, influenza, drug-resistant pathogens, tuberculosis, meningitis, and more. In addition, the book assesses current predictions about the future spread of various diseases as a result of climate change and overpopulation. The book concludes with chapters on relevant environmental and sociological trends and a discussion of current public health strategy."--Publisher's description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477240http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490359Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490359http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453586Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453586http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458113Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458113http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456746Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456746http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475836Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475836http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475835Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475835http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453575Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453575http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456745Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456745http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480051Description: "Award-winning writer and lifelong fisherman Paul Greenberg takes us on a culinary journey, exploring the history of the fish that dominate our menus -- salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna -- and investigating where each stands at this critical moment in time." -- Dust jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480051http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453585Description: "A beautiful and comprehensive photo-filled guide that is the first to show all of the frogs of North America and includes a CD of their calls Colorful and noisy early indicators of environmental distress, frogs and toads are fascinating to casual nature lovers as well as expert herpetologists. Covering all 101 species in the United States and Canada, this book contains natural history information, identification tips, range and habitat information, summaries of behavior, and descriptions of calls. A 70-minute audio compact disc includes the calls of nearly every species and makes fascinating listening for any nature lover.The book also has sections on conservation issues, public participation in census programs, photography and sound recording, and keeping frogs and toads as pets. From the olive-and-black Pig Frog, which gets its name from its low-pitched, piglike grunt, to the X-marked and familiar-sounding Spring Peeper, the superb photographs and high-quality field recordings combine with the informative text to make this a must-have book for every naturalist."--Publisher's description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453585http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477239Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477239http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477238Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477238http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490248Description: "Stephen J. Gould declared G. Evelyn Hutchinson the most important ecologist of the twentieth century. E. O. Wilson pronounced him "one of the few scientists who could unabashedly be called a genius." In this fascinating book, Nancy G. Slack presents for the first time the full life story of this brilliant scientist who was also a master teacher, a polymath with interests ranging from medieval art to the dangers of eutro-phication, and a delightful friend and correspondent. Slack enjoyed full access to Hutchinson's archives and conducted extensive interviews both with Hutchinson himself and with his students, colleagues, and friends. She evaluates his contributions to theoretical ecology, limnology (the study of fresh-water ecosystems), biogeochemistry, population ecology, and the creation of the new fields of systems ecology and radiation ecology, and she discusses his profound influence as a mentor. The book also looks into his personal life, which included three very different wives, a refugee baby under his care during World War II, friendships with such contemporaries as Rebecca West, Margaret Mead, and Gregory Bateson, and a host of colleagues and friends on four continents. Filled with information available nowhere else, this book draws a vibrant portrait of a giant in the discipline of twentieth-century ecology who was also a man of remarkable personal appeal."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490248http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475834Description: DNA does not make us who we are. Journalist David Shenk debunks the long-standing notion of genetic "giftedness," and presents new scientific research showing how greatness is in the reach of every individual. Integrating cutting-edge research from a wide swath of disciplines, Shenk maintains the problem isn't our inadequate genetic assets, but our inability, so far, to tap into what we already have. IQ testing and widespread acceptance of "innate" abilities have created an unnecessarily pessimistic view--and fostered much misdirected public education policy. The truth is much more exciting: our individual destinies are a product of the complex interplay between genes and outside stimuli--a dynamic that we, as people and as parents, can influence.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=475834http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453584Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453584http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=399800Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=399800http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480548Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480548http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493217Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493217http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479584Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479584http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454106Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454106http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456744Description: Upending the environmentalist viewpoint that urban areas are "anti-green," New Yorker staff writer David Owen argues that sustainability is achieved in areas like New York City, while open space, backyard compost heaps, locavorism and high-tech gadgetry like solar panels and triple-paned windows are formulas for wasteful sprawl and green-washed consumerism.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456744http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457441Description: "Green Planet explores the many ways plants sustain life by making oxygen, regulating the greenhouse effect, controlling floods, and producing all the food in the world. Foliage also provides natural habitats for all the world's organisms. Through illustrations, scientific evidence, and engaging writing for nonspecialists, Stanley A. Rice helps general readers realize that if we are to rescue the earth from environmental disaster, we must protect wild plants."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457441http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479583Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479583http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477237Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477237http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458504Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458504http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477236Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477236http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480039Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480039http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457440Description: At a time when we are confronted with bad news about the environment nearly every day, renowned scientist Jane Goodall brings us inspiring news about the future of the animal kingdom. With the insatiable curiosity and conversational prose that have made her a bestselling author, Goodall--along with Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard--shares fascinating survival stories about the American crocodile, the California condor, the black-footed ferret and more--all formerly endangered species and species once on the verge of extinction whose populations are now being regenerated. Interweaving her own first-hand experiences with the research of premier scientists, Goodall illuminates the heroic efforts of dedicated environmentalists and the truly critical need to protect the habitats of these beloved species. At once a celebration of the animal kingdom and a passionate call to arms, this book presents an uplifting, hopeful message for the future of animal-human coexistence.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457440http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457438Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457438http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453583Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453583http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490246Description: "Since genetically engineered (GE) crops were introduced in 1996, their use in the United States has grown rapidly, accounting for 80-90 percent of soybean, corn, and cotton acreage in 2009. To date, crops with traits that provide resistance to some herbicides and to specific insect pests have benefited adopting farmers by reducing crop losses to insect damage, by increasing flexibility in time management, and by facilitating the use of more environmentally friendly pesticides and tillage practices. However, excessive reliance on a single technology combined with a lack of diverse farming practices could undermine the economic and environmental gains from these GE crops. Other challenges could hinder the application of the technology to a broader spectrum of crops and uses. Several reports from the National Research Council have addressed the effects of GE crops on the environment and on human health. However, The Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States is the first comprehensive assessment of the environmental, economic, and social impacts of the GE-crop revolution on U.S. farms. It addresses how GE crops have affected U.S. farmers, both adopters and nonadopters of the technology, their incomes, agronomic practices, production decisions, environmental resources, and personal well-being. The book offers several new findings and four recommendations that could be useful to farmers, industry, science organizations, policy makers, and others in government agencies."--Publisher's description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490246http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456743Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456743http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477779Description: The author brings together a global assemblage of primatologists, conservationists, and volunteers to reveal the intricate life of these majestic orangutans.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477779http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477233Description: "This textbook examines quantitative models and methods in ecology, behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology and conservation. It explores the core concepts shared by these related fields using tools and practical skills such as experimental design, generating phylogenies, basic statistical inference, and persuasive grant writing"--NHBS Bookstore.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477233http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=408216Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=408216http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458112Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458112http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454021Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454021http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504556Description: "Published in 1998, Ladies in the Laboratory provided a systematic survey and comparison of the work of nineteenth-century American and British women in scientific research. A companion volume, published in 2004, focused on women scientists from western Europe. This third volume, includes the contributions of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century women of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada." "The women whose lives and work are discussed here range from natural history collectors and scientific illustrators to the first generation of graduates of new colonial colleges and universities. Rarely acknowledged in the publications of British and European specialists, the contributions of these women nonetheless formed a significant part of the information retrieved and studied about the natural history of extensive, previously unexplored regions." "Rather than a biographical dictionary or a collection of self-contained essays on individuals from many time periods, Ladies in the Laboratory III is a narrative tied into the wider framework of nineteenth-and early twentieth-century science and education. A well-organized blend of individual life stories and quantitative information, this fascinating volume is for anyone interested in the story of women's participation in early science as well as women's and colonial history."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504556http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=409045Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=409045http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477230Description: "Tortoises may be the first family of higher animals to become extinct in the coming decades. They are losing the survival race because of what distinguishes them, in particular their slow, steady pace of life and reproduction." "The Last Tortoise offers an introduction to these remarkable animals and the extraordinary adaptations that have allowed them to successfully populate a diverse range of habitats - from deserts to islands to tropical forests. The shields that protect their shoulders and ribs have helped them evade predators. They are also safeguarded by their extreme longevity and long period of fertility. Craig Stanford details how human predation has overcome these evolutionary advantages, extinguishing several species and threatening the remaining forty-five." "At the center of this beautifully written work is Stanford's own research in the Mascarene and Galapagos Islands, where the plight of giant tortoise populations illustrates the threat faced by all tortoises. He addresses unique survival problems, from genetic issues to the costs and benefits of different reproductive strategies. Though the picture Stanford draws is bleak, he offers reason for hope in the face of seemingly inevitable tragedy. Like many intractable environmental problems, extinction is not manifest destiny. Focusing on tortoise nurseries and breeding facilities, the substitution of proxy species for extinct tortoises, and the introduction of species to new environments, Stanford's work makes a persuasive case for the future of the tortoise in all its rich diversity."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477230http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479580Description: Nick Lane expertly reconstructs the history of life by describing the ten greatest inventions of evolution (including DNA, photosynthesis, sex, and sight), based on their historical impact, role in organisms today, and relevance to current controversies.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479580http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456742Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456742http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477778Description: This rollicking scientific adventure story is science writing of the highest order and with the highest stakes. Could we live forever? And if we could--would we want to?--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477778http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453582Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453582http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456741Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456741http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479329Description: Though nothing in the natural world would be quite the same without them, microbes go mostly unnoticed. They are the tiny, mighty force behind the pop in Champagne and the holes in Swiss cheese, the granite walls of Yosemite and the white cliffs of Dover, the workings of snowmaking machines, Botox, and gunpowder; and yet we tend to regard them as peripheral, disease-causing, food-spoiling troublemakers. In this book renowned microbiologist John Ingraham rescues these supremely important and ubiquitous microorganisms from their unwonted obscurity by showing us how we can, in fact, see them--and appreciate their vast and varied role in nature and our lives.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479329http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477226Description: "Global environmental change (including climate change, biodiversity loss, changes in hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and intensive exploitation of natural resources) is having significant impacts on the world's oceans. This book advances knowledge of the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems, and their past, present, and future responses to physical and anthropogenic forcing. It illustrates how climate and humans impact marine ecosystems, providing a comprehensive review of the physical and ecological processes that structure marine ecosystems as well as the observation, experimentation, and modelling approaches required for their study. Recognizing the interactive roles played by humans in using marine resources and in responding to global changes in marine systems, the book includes chapters on the human dimensions of marine ecosystem changes and on effective management approaches in this era of rapid change. A final section reviews the state of the art in predicting the responses of marine ecosystems to future global change scenarios with the intention of informing both future research agendas and marine management policy." "Marine Ecosystems and Global Change provides a detailed synthesis of the work conducted under the auspices of the Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) programme. This research spans two decades, and represents the largest, multi-disciplinary, international effort focused on understanding the impacts of external forcing on the structure and dynamics of global marine ecosystems." "This research level text is suitable for both graduate level students and professional researchers in marine biology and oceanography. It will also be of relevance and use to a more general audience of marine scientists and managers interested in the effects of global change."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477226http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454098Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454098http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456740Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456740http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488224Description: "National parks have always been an emotive and iconic symbol, ever since the first parks of the modern era were created in the mid-nineteenth century. This book, based on original archival research, delves deeply into their character and significance, and the larger context in which they first developed. The author identifies, describes and reflects upon what caused governments to intervene and establish, in that early modern period, what are today recognized to be national parks. However much they were created as acts of defiance, the parks gave added entrepreneurial impetus to the remoter parts of North America, the overseas territories of the imperial European powers, and of Europe itself. Those of Sweden, Switzerland and Italy are shown to become exemplars of what others might aspire to, while there is extensive coverage of parks in Asia, Africa and Australia as well.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=488224http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457935Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457935http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508380Description: This commemorative edition of Newman's Birds of Southern Africa at once updates a classic and pays tribute to one of the region's best-loved birding authors, the late Kenneth Newman.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508380http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489642Description: "Creationists who dismiss Darwin's theory of evolution. Parents who refuse to vaccinate their children. Climate change deniers who dismiss the warming planet as a hoax. These are just some of the groups that, despite robust scientific evidence, embrace pseudoscientific beliefs and practices. Why do they believe bunk? And how does their ignorance threaten us all? Noted skeptic Massimo Pigliucci sets out to separate the fact from the fantasy in this entertaining exploration of the nature of science, the borderlands of fringe science, and--borrowing a famous phrase from philosopher Jeremy Bentham--the nonsense on stilts. Covering a range of controversial topics, Pigliucci cuts through the ambiguity surrounding science to look more closely at how science is conducted, how it is disseminated, how it is interpreted, and what it means to our society. The result is in many ways a "taxonomy of bunk" that explores the intersection of science and culture at large"--Publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489642http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457437Description: A profile of the habitat and life cycle of the polar bear covers he species' venerated position in Inuit culture, its reproductive habits, and the environmental factors that are compromising its ability to survive.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457437http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454105Description: A leading scientist examines the battle between evolution and Intelligent Design in America.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454105http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458111Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458111http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458110Description: Detail of the great apes, including: where they live, how they live and the challenges they face. Illustrations compare apes with human beings, including their anatomy, social life, physical and mental development, diet and communication.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458110http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477776Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477776http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490241Description: "The Arctic region is characterized by some of the largest continuous intact ecosystems on the planet, but is facing increasingly larger threats. These threats include the full range of stressors known from other parts of the world, namely habitat loss and fragmentation from infrastructure and industrial development, chemical pollution, overharvesting, climate change and invasive species infestations. Many of these pressures are mainly globally driven, including climate change, long-range transported pollution and even invasive species infestations. Others, such as harvesting and fragmentation are directly under Arctic governance, though often driven from demands outside of the Arctic region. This report takes a broad view of existing multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and examines the role of the global environment in impacting and influencing the efficiency of Arctic MEAs in protecting biodiversity and in sustainable development. The report allows governing and scientific bodies of MEAs, as well as national decision-makers, to better direct their programmes of work and other activities to address the needs of Arctic biodiversity and the region's local and Indigenous Peoples"--From publisher website.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490241http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454104Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454104http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477701Description: "This book does not set out once more to raise the alarm to encourage us to take radical measures to head off climate chaos. There have been any number of books and reports in recent years explaining just how dire the future looks and how little time we have left to act. This book is about why we have ignored those warnings, and why it may now be too late. It is a book about the frailties of the human species as expressed in both the institutions we built and the psychological dispositions that have led us on the path of self-destruction. It is about our strange obsessions, our hubris, and our penchant for avoiding the facts. It is the story of a battle within us between the forces that should have caused us to protect the Earth - our capacity to reason and our connection to Nature - and those that, in the end, have won out - our greed, materialism and alienation from Nature. And it is about the 21st century consequences of these failures."--Publisher's description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477701http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480038Description: In Rooted in the Earth, environmental historian Dianne D. Glave overturns the stereotype that a meaningful attachment to nature and the outdoors is contrary to the black experience. In tracing the history of African Americans' relationship with the environment, emphasizing the unique preservation-conservation aspect of black environmentalism, and using her storytelling skills to re-create black naturalists of the past, Glave reclaims the African American heritage of the land.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480038http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480037Description: "Safe Passages brings together in a single volume the latest information on the emerging science of road ecology as it relates to mitigating interactions between roads and wildlife. This practical handbook of tools and examples is designed to assist individuals and organizations thinking about or working toward reducing road-wildlife impacts.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480037http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453595Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453595http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477774Description: In luminous prose, British writer McCarthy addresses the cultural significance of mitratory songbirds, from nightingales to turtle doves to the European Cuckoo, on the heart and soul....A stunning and profound book that will make readers realize how very much these amazing winged creatures matter. --Colleen Mondor, Booklisthttp://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477774http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490240Description: "This is a scientific detective story with heroes and heroines following clues and, eventually, finding answers. The history of man's relation to seeds is the history of civilization. To many of us seeds mean little more than tiny objects in paper packets, but we should also think of rice, wheat, coffee, nuts, peas, beans, chocolate and cotton. The author, who was head of the physiology department at Kew Gardens and laid the foundations for the Millennium Seed Bank, unfolds the fascinating story of how, after centuries long investigations, we have finally discovered what seeds do and how they work. The book also brings to life the people who have accumulated our knowledge, eccentrics, explorers, amateurs and highly dedicated professionals. Some are well known, such as Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel; others, such as the Russian geneticist Nikolai Vavilov, less so. There are violent confrontations, miraculous successes and heart-rending failures. But the seeds also have a story and appear to have personalities, ambitions and "stratagems" of their own. The book concludes with a chapter by Stephen Harris on current debates about genetically modified crops, seed conservation and plant ownership. Seeds have been hugely important throughout history. Today, how we treat them is of global significance."--Publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490240http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453581Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453581http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454103Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454103http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508385Description: From the publisher. 'Apartheid', the oppressive and brutal system of racial discrimination, was practised throughout South Africa during the second half of the twentieth century. This form of racism was hotly debated both locally and globally and aroused the attention and opposition of world opinion. South Africa: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid examines the history of South Africa throughout the period of apartheid, starting with the institution of the policy when the Nationalists came to power in 1948, through mounting opposition in the 1970s and 1980s, to its eventual collapse in the 1990s. In this thoroughly revised and expanded second edition, the book has been updated to include economic and political developments in South Africa right up to 2010, and examines the huge impact that apartheid has had on the history of South Africa since 1994. In their comprehensive coverage, Clark and Worger: chart the complete history of the apartheid regime; highlight the internal contradictions of white supremacy; demonstrate how black opposition finally brought an end to white minority rule; include documents that provide insight into the minds of those who formulated and those who fought against apartheid; discuss the legacy of apartheid. Fully illustrated with additional figures and tables, an updated bibliography and a comprehensive description of online resources available, this book provides students and researchers with the most up-to-date and succinct introduction to the ideology and practice of apartheid in South Africa.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508385http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458109Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=458109http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477208Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477208http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454817Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454817http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489868Description: Offers insight into consumption in America and the pitfalls of a system that promotes obsolescence and replacing versus repairing consumer goods, revealing contributing economic theories while calling for environmentally responsible changes.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489868http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477207Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477207http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454102Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454102http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457435Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457435http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479318Description: While some ecologists view invasive species as a threat to biodiversity, others believe they may simply be nature's way of restoring ecological vibrancy in the wake of human-mediated destruction. Are they the new face of the biosphere?http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479318http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491069Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491069http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504142Description: "Food, water and energy form some of the basic elements of sustainability considerations. This ground-breaking book examines and decodes these elements, exploring how a range of countries make decisions regarding their energy and bio-resource consumption and procurement. The authors consider how these choices impact not only the societies and environments of those countries, but the world in general.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504142http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490238Description: Providing a technical and conceptual outline of key issues in the field, this text covers important developments in the topic of symbiosis.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490238http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=402711Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=402711http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456739Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456739http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479317Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479317http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491071Description: Richard Shelton combines memoir and deep scientific knowledge to reveal, from the salmon's point of view, both the riverine and marine worlds in which it lives.--[book cover]http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491071http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490237Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490237http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456738Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456738http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456737Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456737http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491067Description: "Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a major role in regulating the global climate. They support the livelihoods of a substantial proportion of the world's population and are the source of many internationally traded commodities. They remain (despite decades of conservation attention) increasingly vulnerable to degradation and clearance, with profound though often uncertain future costs to global society. Understanding the ecology of these diverse biomes, and peoples' dependencies on them, is fundamental to their future management and conservation. Tropical Rain Forest Ecology, Diversity, and Conservation introduces and explores what rain forests are, how they arose, what they contain, how they function, and how humans use and impact them. The book starts by introducing the variety of rain forest plants, fungi, microorganisms, and animals, emphasizing the spectacular diversity that is a principal motivation for their conservation. The central chapters describe the origins of rain forest communities, the variety of rain forest formations, and their ecology and dynamics. The challenge of explaining the species richness of rain forest communities lies at the heart of ecological theory, and forms a common theme throughout. The book's final section considers historical and current interactions of humans and rain forests. It explores biodiversity conservation as well as livelihood security for the people that depend on rain forests---inextricable issues that represent urgent priorities for scientists, conservationists, and policy makers.This accessible text is written for both students and professionals with interests in tropical ecology, forestry, geography, development, and conservation biology"--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491067http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457434Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=457434http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477218Description: This book explores the many ways in which environmental concerns have intersected with issues of energy production and consumption, government regulation, private property rights, conservation, economic growth, and lifestyle choices throughout American history.--[book cover]http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477218http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480035Description: "In this provocative walking meditation, forest ranger and writer William Tweed takes us to California's spectacular High Sierra to discover a new vision for our national parks as they approach their 100th anniversary facing dramatic changes. Tweed, who worked among the Sierra Nevada's big peaks and big trees for more than thirty years, has now hiked more than 200 miles along California's John Muir Trail in a personal search for answers: How do we address the climate change we are seeing even now--in melting glaciers in Glacier National Park, changing rainy seasons on Mt Rainer, and more fire in the West's iconic parks. Should we intervene where we can to preserve biodiversity? Should the parks merely become ecosystem museums that exhibit famous landscapes and species? Tweed weaves his experiences along this high-altitude trail together with reflections on the people and ideas that created the parks and on their status and meaning today. Asking how we can make these magnificent parks relevant for the next generation, Tweed's journey ultimately shows why we must do just that."--pub. desc.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=480035http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456736Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456736http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479314Description: A conservationist explores various global regions to investigate examples of environmental degradation and renewal while identifying a link between environmental dangers and human rights issues.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=479314http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477206Description: The Asia environmental correspondent for the "Guardian" delivers a fascinating, frontline account of the current environmental crisis in China, exploring how Beijing is balancing economic growth with sustainability and whether China will "emerge as the world's first green superpower" or tip our species "over the environmental precipice."http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477206http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454096Description: With a combination of scientific rigor and passionate advocacy, Brand shows exactly where the sources of environmental dilemmas lie and offers a bold and inventive set of policies and solutions for creating a more sustainable society.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454096http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454095Description: Presents the many threads of modern work in genetics, paleontology, geology, molecular biology, and anatomy that demonstrate the indelible stamp of the evolutionary processes first proposed by Darwin.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=454095http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477699Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477699http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477773Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477773http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477698Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=477698http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456735Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=456735http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453580Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=453580