Island Press imprint: 745 books
Sampling Rare or Elusive Species
Concepts, Designs, and Techniques for Estimating Population Parameters
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Information regarding population status and abundance of rare species plays a key role in resource managemdecisions. Ideally, data should be collected using statistically sound sampling methods, but by their very nature, rare or elusive species pose a difficult sampling challenge. Sampling Rare or...
by Thomas Vale
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
For nearly two centuries, the creation myth for the United States imagined European settlers arriving on the shores of a vast, uncharted wilderness. Over the last two decades, however, a contrary vision has emerged, one which sees the country's roots not in a state of "pristine" nature but rather...
by Tom Harris
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Selenium, essential in microscopic doses, can be deadly in larger amounts. Death in the Marsh explains how federal irrigation projects have altered selenium's circulation in the environment, allowing it to accumulate in marshes, killing ecosystems and wildlife, and causing deformities in some animals.
The TDR Handbook
Designing and Implementing Transfer of DevelopmRights Programs
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2011
"Transfer of DevelopmRights" (TDR) programs allow local governments to put economic principles to work in encouraging good land use planning. TDR programs moften permit landowners to forfeit developmrights in areas targeted for preservation and then sell those developmrights to buyers who want to...
Urban Sprawl and Public Health
Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communities
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
In Urban Sprawl and Public Health, Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, and Richard Jackson, three of the nation's leading public health and urban planning experts explore an intriguing question: How does the physical environmin which we live affect our health? For decades, growth and developmin our communities...
Assembly Rules and Restoration Ecology
Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Understanding how ecosystems are assembled -- how the species that make up a particular biological community arrive in an area, survive, and interact with other species -- is key to successfully restoring degraded ecosystems. Yet little attention has been paid to the idea of assembly rules in ecological...
Measuring Urban Design
Metrics for Livable Places
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2013
What makes strolling down a particular street enjoyable? The authors of Measuring Urban Design argue it's not an idle question. Inviting streets are the centerpiece of thriving, sustainable communities, but it can be difficult to pinpoint the precise design elements that make an area appealing. This...
Last Animals at the Zoo
How Mass Extinction Can Be Stopped
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
In Last Animals at the Zoo, Colin Tudge argues that zoos have become an essential part of modern conservation strategy, and that the only real hope for saving many endangered species is through creative use of zoos in combination with restoration of natural habitats. From the genetics of captive breeding...
Eastern Old-Growth Forests
Prospects For Rediscovery And Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Eastern Old-Growth Forests is the first book devoted exclusively to old growth throughout the East. Authoritative essays from leading experts examine the ecology and characteristics of eastern old growth, explore its history and value -- both ecological and cultural -- and make recommendations for...
The Historical Ecology Handbook
A Restorationist's Guide to Reference Ecosystems
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
The Historical Ecology Handbook makes essential connections between past and future ecosystems, bringing together leading experts to offer a much-needed introduction to the field of historical ecology and its practical application by on-the-ground restorationists.Chapters presindividual techniques...
Mimicking Nature's Fire
Restoring Fire-Prone Forests In The West
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
In Mimicking Nature's Fire, forest ecologists Stephen Arno and Carl Fiedler prespractical solutions to the pervasive problem of deteriorating forest conditions in western North America.
Why Some Like It Hot
Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2006
Do your ears burn whenever you eat hot chile peppers? Does your face immediately flush when you drink alcohol? Does your stomach groan if you are exposed to raw milk or green fava beans? If so, you are probably among the one-third of the world's human population that is sensitive to certain foods...
Food from the Radical Center
Healing Our Land and Communities
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2018
"Informational and inspirational."—Booklist
America has never felt more divided. But in the midst of all the acrimony comes one of the most promising movements in our country's history. People of all races, faiths, and political persuasions are coming together to restore America's...
Reinventing Nature?
Responses To Postmodern Deconstruction
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
How much of science is culturally constructed? How much depends on language and metaphor? How do our ideas about nature connect with reality? Can nature be "reinvented" through theme parks and malls, or through restoration?Reinventing Nature? is an interdisciplinary investigation of how perceptions...