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Field notes on science & nature /

Pioneering a new niche in the study of plants and animals in their natural habitat, this book allows readers to peer over the shoulders and into the notebooks of a dozen eminent field workers, to study firsthand their observational methods, materials, and fleeting impressions.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Canfield, Michael R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Edward O. Wilson
  • Introduction / Michael R. Canfield
  • The pleasure of observing / George B. Schaller
  • Untangling the bank / Bernd Heinrich
  • One and a half cheers for list-keeping / Kenn Kaufman
  • A reflection of the truth / Roger Kitching
  • Linking researchers across generations / Anna K. Behrensmeyer
  • The spoken and the unspoken / Karen L. Kramer
  • In the eye of the beholder / Jonathan Kingdon
  • Why sketch? / Jenny Keller
  • The evolution and fate of botanical field books / James L. Reveal
  • Note-taking for pencilophobes / Piotr Naskrecki
  • Letters to the future / John D. Perrine and James L. Patton
  • Why keep a field notebook? / Erick Greene.