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Author : Ke Chung Kim,Lloyd Knutson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Science
ISBN : UCAL:B5022353
Author : Kim, Ke Chung,Knutson, Lloyd,Association of Systematics Collections. Meeting (13th : 1985)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:795600451
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045519050
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Technology, Environment, and Aviation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
ISBN : PSU:000021856938
Author : Peter H. Raven
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0390049840
Author : Donald J. McGraw
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030563677
National Science Foundation (NSF) is a unique federal agency because it supports scientific research financially, but does not engage in scientific work itself. Its history is known only in part because the NSF is a vibrant, expanding, and living entity that makes the final telling of its story impossible. Much can be learned from its beginning as well as its component parts. If the founding of the NSF in 1950 was couched in an era of physics, especially atomic physics, certainly by the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, biology was, and remains, the queen of sciences for the predictable future. This book highlights the elite status of America’s biological sciences as they were funded, affected, and, to a very real degree, interactively guided by the NSF. It examines important events in the earlier history of the Foundation because they play strongly upon the development of the various biology directorates. Issues such as education, applied research, medical science, the National Institutes of Health, the beginnings of biotechnology, and other matters are also discussed.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Biodiversity conservation
ISBN : MINN:31951D00275587O
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Biodiversity conservation
ISBN : PSU:000015460103
Author : Mark V. Barrow
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226038155
The rapid growth of the American environmental movement in recent decades obscures the fact that long before the first Earth Day and the passage of the Endangered Species Act, naturalists and concerned citizens recognized—and worried about—the problem of human-caused extinction. As Mark V. Barrow reveals in Nature’s Ghosts, the threat of species loss has haunted Americans since the early days of the republic. From Thomas Jefferson’s day—when the fossil remains of such fantastic lost animals as the mastodon and the woolly mammoth were first reconstructed—through the pioneering conservation efforts of early naturalists like John James Audubon and John Muir, Barrow shows how Americans came to understand that it was not only possible for entire species to die out, but that humans themselves could be responsible for their extinction. With the destruction of the passenger pigeon and the precipitous decline of the bison, professional scientists and wildlife enthusiasts alike began to understand that even very common species were not safe from the juggernaut of modern, industrial society. That realization spawned public education and legislative campaigns that laid the foundation for the modern environmental movement and the preservation of such iconic creatures as the bald eagle, the California condor, and the whooping crane. A sweeping, beautifully illustrated historical narrative that unites the fascinating stories of endangered animals and the dedicated individuals who have studied and struggled to protect them, Nature’s Ghosts offers an unprecedented view of what we’ve lost—and a stark reminder of the hard work of preservation still ahead.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Biodiversity
ISBN : UOM:39015013342392
Author : A Joseph Henry Press book
Publisher : Joseph Henry Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996-10-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309055840
"The book before you...carries the urgent warning that we are rapidly altering and destroying the environments that have fostered the diversity of life forms for more than a billion years." With those words, Edward O. Wilson opened the landmark volume Biodiversity (National Academy Press, 1988). Despite this and other such alarms, species continue to vanish at a rapid rate, taking with them their genetic legacy and potential benefits. Many disappear before they can even be identified. Biodiversity II is a renewed call for urgency. This volume updates readers on how much we already know and how much remains to be identified scientifically. It explores new strategies for quantifying, understanding, and protecting biodiversity, including: New approaches to the integration of electronic data, including a proposal for a U.S. National Biodiversity Information Center. Application of techniques developed in the human genome project to species identification and classification. The Gap Analysis Program of the National Biological Survey, which uses layered satellite, climatic, and biological data to assess distribution and better manage biodiversity. The significant contribution of museum collections to identifying and categorizing species, which is essential for understanding ecological function and for targeting organisms and regions at risk. The book describes our growing understanding of how megacenters of diversity (e.g., rainforest insects, coral reefs) are formed, maintained, and lost; what can be learned from mounting bird extinctions; and how conservation efforts for neotropical primates have fared. It also explores ecosystem restoration, sustainable development, and agricultural impact. Biodiversity II reinforces the idea that the conservation of our biological resources is within reach as long as we pool resources; better coordinate the efforts of existing institutionsâ€"museums, universities, and government agenciesâ€"already dedicated to this goal; and enhance support for research, collections, and training. This volume will be important to environmentalists, biologists, ecologists, educators, students, and concerned individuals.
Author : Pennsylvania Academy of Science
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Science
ISBN : CHI:33816021
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Estuarine ecology
ISBN : MINN:30000004656066
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Environmental monitoring
ISBN : WISC:89081599524
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
ISBN : LOC:00183572799
