Island Press: 819 books
Human Natures
Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospect
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
The Bell Curve, The Moral Animal, The Selfish Gene -- these and a hof other books and articles have made a seemingly overwhelming case that our genes determine our behavior. Now, in a new book that is sure to stir controversy, one of the world's leading evolutionary biologists shows why mof those...
Plant Reintroduction in a Changing Climate
Promises and Perils
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Considered an essential conservation tool, plant reintroductions have been conducted for many of the world's rarest plant species. The expertise and knowledge gained through these efforts constitute an essential storehouse of information for conservationists faced with a rapidly changing global climate....
The Florida Panther
Life And Death Of A Vanishing Carnivore
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
When the first field study of the Florida panther took place in 1973, so little was known about the animal that many scientists believed it was already extinct. During more extensive research conducted from 1981 to 1986, panthers were proven to exist, but the handful of senile, anemic, and parasite-infested...
by Tim Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
The National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is one of the mimportant natural areas protection programs ever established at the federal level. It has resulted in the creation of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System -- a rich American legacy that includes many of our finest waterways. This book is...
The Others
How Animals Made Us Human
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Paul Shepard has been one of the mbrilliant and original thinkers in the field of human evolution and ecology for more than forty years. His thought-provoking ideas on the role of animals in human thought, dreams, personal identity, and other psychological and religious contexts have been presented...
Unnatural Selection
How We Are Changing Life, Gene by Gene
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Gonorrhea. Bed bugs. Weeds. Salamanders. People. All are evolving, some surprisingly rapidly, in response to our chemical age. In Unnatural Selection, Emily Monosson shows how our drugs, pesticides, and pollution are exerting intense selection pressure on all manner of species. And we humans might...
State of the Wild 2010-2011
A Global Portrait
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
State of the Wild is a biennial series that brings together international conservation experts and writers to discuss emerging issues in the conservation of wildlife and wild places. Each volume in the series combines evocative writings with a fascinating tour of conservation news highlights and vital...
by World Wildlife Fund, World Wildlife Fund, Mark Rorner
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Statewide Wetlands Strategies offers comprehensive strategies that draw upon all levels of governmand the private sector to focus and coordinate efforts to work toward the goal of no-net-loss of wetlands.
Sustainability in America's Cities
Creating the Green Metropolis
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
"Sustainability" is more than the latest "green" buzzword. It represents a new way of viewing the interactions of human society and the natural world. Sustainability in America's Cities highlights how America's largest cities are acting to develop sustainable solutions to conflicts between developmand...
Floodplain Management
A New Approach for a New Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
A flooding river is very hard to stop. Many residents of the United States have discovered this the hard way. Right now, over five million Americans hold flood insurance policies from the National Flood Insurance Program, which estimates that flooding causes at least six billion dollars in damages...
Human Ecology
How Nature and Culture Shape Our World
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Humans have always been influenced by natural landscapes, and always will be—even as we create ever-larger cities and our developments fundamentally change the nature of the earth around us. In Human Ecology, noted city planner and landscape architect Frederick Steiner encourages us to consider...
Climate of the Southeast United States
Variability, Change, Impacts, and Vulnerability
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Prepared for the 2013 National Climate Assessmand a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage, Climate of the Southeast United States is the result of a collaboration among three Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments Centers: the Southeast Climate Consortium; the Carolinas...
by Andre Voisin, Philosophical Library Pub.
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Grass Productivity is a prodigiously documented textbook of scientific information concerning every aspect of managem"where the cow and grass meet." Andre Voisin's "rational grazing" method maximizes productivity in both grass and cattle operations.
Better Environmental Policy Studies
How To Design And Conduct More Effective Analyses
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Environmental policy studies commissioned by governmagencies or other stakeholders can play a vital role in environmental decisionmaking; they provide much-needed insight into policy options and specific recommendations for action. But the results of even the mrigorous studies are frequently misappropriated...