This land is your land : the story of field biology in America /: the story of field biology in America. (2018)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- This land is your land : the story of field biology in America /: the story of field biology in America. (2018)
- Main Title:
- This land is your land : the story of field biology in America
- 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.
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