Landscape Analysis for the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS)
Author : Kerstin Lange
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 19,57 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Animal populations
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Author : Kerstin Lange
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 19,57 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Animal populations
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Author : Julia LeMense
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 34,49 MB
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 1317093887
Mountains are the home of significant ecological resources - wildlife habitat, higher elevation plant systems, steep slopes, delicate soils and water systems. These resources are subject to very visible and growing pressures, most of which are caused by the unique features of mountains. Using as case studies four mountain resorts in the US and Canada, this book analyzes the extent to which the law protects the ecological systems of mountains from the adverse impacts associated with the development, operation and expansion of resorts. In order to examine these issues, Mountain Resorts takes an interdisciplinary approach, with contributions from ecologists and lawyers who focus on ski-related activities, increasing four-season use of the mountains and expanding residential, commercial and recreational development at the mountains' base. Its analysis of an array of US and Canadian federal, state and local laws provides a multifaceted exploration of the intersection of ecology and the law at mountain resorts.
Author : Charles L. Convis
Publisher : ESRI, Inc.
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 14,60 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781589480247
Showing how GIS and geography provide a framework for ecology and conservation efforts, this book describes how new technological tools for that kind of analysis, chief among them GIS, are being used to revolutionize the work of conservation.
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Publisher :
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 34,24 MB
Release : 2005
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Author : Elizabeth Hathaway Thompson
Publisher : University Press of New England
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,69 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
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The first field guide to all of Vermont's natural communities
Author : Donella H. Meadows
Publisher :
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 35,10 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Environmental education
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Author : Aaron M. Ellison
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 49,58 MB
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 0300169302
This book is the first user-friendly regional guide devoted to ants—the “little things that run the world.” Lavishly illustrated with more than 500 line drawings, 300-plus photographs, and regional distribution maps as composite illustrations for every species, this guide will introduce amateur and professional naturalists and biologists, teachers and students, and environmental managers and pest-control professionals to more than 140 ant species found in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. The detailed drawings and species descriptions, together with the high-magnification photographs, will allow anyone to identify and learn about ants and their diversity, ecology, life histories, and beauty. In addition, the book includes sections on collecting ants, ant ecology and evolution, natural history, and patterns of geographic distribution and diversity to help readers gain a greater understanding and appreciation of ants.
Author : Jenepher Lingelbach
Publisher : University Press of New England
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 27,87 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN :
This long-awaited revision of a popular book provides information and activities to assist educators and parents in exploring the local environment with children. Fact-filled essays introduce each subject, followed by field-tested, experiential activities that engage students in learning about the natural world. 115 illustrations.
Author : National Institute of Justice (U.S.). Technical Working Group on Crime Scene Investigation
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 48,1 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Crime scene searches
ISBN :
This is a guide to recommended practices for crime scene investigation. The guide is presented in five major sections, with sub-sections as noted: (1) Arriving at the Scene: Initial Response/Prioritization of Efforts (receipt of information, safety procedures, emergency care, secure and control persons at the scene, boundaries, turn over control of the scene and brief investigator/s in charge, document actions and observations); (2) Preliminary Documentation and Evaluation of the Scene (scene assessment, "walk-through" and initial documentation); (3) Processing the Scene (team composition, contamination control, documentation and prioritize, collect, preserve, inventory, package, transport, and submit evidence); (4) Completing and Recording the Crime Scene Investigation (establish debriefing team, perform final survey, document the scene); and (5) Crime Scene Equipment (initial responding officers, investigator/evidence technician, evidence collection kits).
Author : Theodore M. Porter
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 34,25 MB
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 0691210543
A foundational work on historical and social studies of quantification What accounts for the prestige of quantitative methods? The usual answer is that quantification is desirable in social investigation as a result of its successes in science. Trust in Numbers questions whether such success in the study of stars, molecules, or cells should be an attractive model for research on human societies, and examines why the natural sciences are highly quantitative in the first place. Theodore Porter argues that a better understanding of the attractions of quantification in business, government, and social research brings a fresh perspective to its role in psychology, physics, and medicine. Quantitative rigor is not inherent in science but arises from political and social pressures, and objectivity derives its impetus from cultural contexts. In a new preface, the author sheds light on the current infatuation with quantitative methods, particularly at the intersection of science and bureaucracy.