This land is your land : the story of field biology in America /: the story of field biology in America. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael J. Lannoo.
• Authors: Lannoo, Michael J
• Contents: The foundation -- The explorers -- The settlers -- The thinkers -- The institutions -- What it meant -- The natural historians -- Bred in their bones -- What it meant -- The ecologists -- An Illinois original -- The Nebraska school of plant ecology -- The Chicago school of plant ecology -- The Chicago school of animal ecology -- The Wisconsin school of limnology -- What it meant -- The wildlife biologists -- The scattered become gathered -- What it meant -- The conservation biologists -- The conservation/preservation tension -- Wither and how to engage? -- America's best idea, expanded -- The sole Midwestern wilderness: quetico-superior boundary waters -- Agencies face tough transitions -- Bureau of Biological Survey/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -- U.S. Forest Service -- What it meant -- The restoration biologists -- All the king's horses and all the king's men -- Indiana Jones revisited -- This land is your land.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 570.92; Nature -- General; Biology -- Fieldwork -- United States -- History; Biologists -- United States -- Biography; Nature study -- United States -- History; Conservation biology -- United States -- History; Biologists; Biology -- Fieldwork; Conservation biology; Nature study; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General; NATURE / Reference; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- General; Science -- History; History -- United States -- General; United States; Biography; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226358505
• Related ISBNs: 022635850X; 9780226358475; 022635847X; 9780226580890; 022658089X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 25, 2018).
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