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  • Science for the Sustainable City

    Empirical Insights from the Baltimore School of Urban Ecology

    Edited by Steward T. A. Pickett, Mary L. Cadenasso, J. Morgan Grove ...
    A presentation of key findings and insights from over two decades of research, education, and community engagement in the acclaimed Baltimore Ecosystem StudyIn a world of more than seven billion people—who mostly reside in cities and towns—the Baltimore Ecosystem Study is recognized as a pioneer in modern urban social-ecological science. After two decades of research, education, and community ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Ecological Understanding

    The Nature of Theory and the Theory of Nature

    by Steward T.A. Pickett, Jurek Kolasa, Clive G. Jones ...
    This widely anticipated revision of the groundbreaking book, Ecological Understanding, updates this crucial sourcebook of contemporary philosophical insights for practicing ecologists and graduate students in ecology and environmental studies. The second edition contains new ecological examples, an expanded array of conceptual diagrams and illustrations, new text boxes summarizing important points ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

  • Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast

    A Field Guide

    by Peter Del Tredici ...
    **"This field guide is useful for trained ecologists, botanists, and naturalists, and is accessible to anyone else who wonders what is sprouting up from that sidewalk crack or in that corner of their suburban garden."**â• RhodoraIn this field guide to the future, esteemed Harvard University botanist Peter Del Tredici unveils the plants that will become even more dominant in urban environments ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • A New Century for Natural Resources Management

    by Vawter Parker, Peter Berck, Robert Costanza, Steward Pickett, James Kennedy, Jack Ward Thomas, Richard Ostfeld, Susan Kay Jacobson, Jeff DeBonis, Mark Brunson, Gloria Helfand, Winifred Kessler, Rupert Cutler, Robert H. Nelson, Curt Meine, Thomas Michael Power ...
    This book explores the changes that are leading to a new century of natural resources management. It places the current situation in historical perspective, analyzes the forces that are propelling change, and describes and examines the specific changes in goals, policy, and practice that are transforming all aspects of natural resources management.The book is an important overview for wildlife ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • The Baltimore School of Urban Ecology

    Space, Scale, and Time for the Study of Cities

    by J. Morgan Grove, Mary Cadenasso, Steward T. Pickett, Gary E. Machlis, William R. Burch ...
    The first “urban century” in history has arrived: a majority of the world’s population now resides in cities and their surrounding suburbs. Urban expansion marches on, and the planning and design of future cities requires attention to such diverse issues as human migration, public health, economic restructuring, water supply, climate and sea-level change, and much more.This important book draws on ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Urban Ecology

    Its Nature and Challenges

    by Pedro Barbosa, Aaron M Grade, Adam J Terando, Amanda E Sorensen, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Elsa Youngsteadt, Desiree L Narango, Gail A Langellotto, Heidi Liere, Holly Martinson, McDaniel College, USA0, Ignacio Castellanos1, Iriana Zuria2, John G Kelcey3, Katherine Straley, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program, USA4, Lea Johnson5, Lindsay Miller Barranco6, Lisa Kuder7, Michael J Raupp8, Monika Egerer9, Nancy B Grimm0, Nancy Falxa Sonti1, Paige S Warren2, Rebecca C Jordan3, Riley Andrade4, Steven Frank5, Steward T A Pickett6, Susannah B Lerman7 ...
    Today, 55% of the world's human population lives in urban areas. By 2030, up to 90% of the global human population will live in cities and the global population is expected to increase by 68% by 2050. Although land cover categorized as "urban" is a relatively small fraction of the total surface of the Earth, urban areas are major driving forces in global environmental change, habitat loss, threats ... Read more

    $146.99 CAD

  • An Integrative Approach to Successional Dynamics

    Tempo and Mode of Vegetation Change

    by Scott J. Meiners, Steward T. A. Pickett, Mary L. Cadenasso ...
    Much of what is considered conventional wisdom about succession is not as clear cut as it is generally believed. Yet, the importance of succession in ecology is undisputed since it offers a real insight into the dynamics and structure of all plant communities. Part monograph and part conceptual treatise, An Integrative Approach to Successional Dynamics presents a unifying conceptual framework for ... Read more

    $142.99 CAD

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  • The Structure of Evolutionary Theory

    by Stephen Jay Gould ...
    The world’s most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers here a work of explanatory force unprecedented in our time—a landmark publication, both for its historical sweep and for its scientific vision. With characteristic attention to detail, Stephen Jay Gould first describes the content and discusses the history and origins of the three core commitments of classical Darwinism ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology

    by Robert C. Richardson ...
    Series series Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology
    A philosopher subjects the claims of evolutionary psychology to the evidential and methodological requirements of evolutionary biology, concluding that evolutionary psychology's explanations amount to speculation disguised as results.Human beings, like other organisms, are the products of evolution. Like other organisms, we exhibit traits that are the product of natural selection. Our ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • The Extended Mind

    The Emergence of Language, the Human Mind, and Culture

    by Robert K. Logan ...
    The ability to communicate through language is such a fundamental part of human existence that we often take it for granted, rarely considering how sophisticated the process is by which we understand and make ourselves understood. In The Extended Mind, acclaimed author Robert K. Logan examines the origin, emergence, and co-evolution of language, the human mind, and culture.Building on his previous ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • The Theory of Ecological Communities

    by Mark Vellend ...
    Series Book 57 - Monographs in Population Biology
    A plethora of different theories, models, and concepts make up the field of community ecology. Amid this vast body of work, is it possible to build one general theory of ecological communities? What other scientific areas might serve as a guiding framework? As it turns out, the core focus of community ecology—understanding patterns of diversity and composition of biological variants across space ... Read more

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  • Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection

    by Peter Godfrey-Smith ...
    In 1859 Darwin described a deceptively simple mechanism that he called "natural selection," a combination of variation, inheritance, and reproductive success. He argued that this mechanism was the key to explaining the most puzzling features of the natural world, and science and philosophy were changed forever as a result. The exact nature of the Darwinian process has been controversial ever since ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD