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Aldo Leopold's odyssey [Jul...
A household icon of the environmental movement, Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) may be the most quoted conservationist in history. A Sand County Almanac has sold millions of copies and Leopolds writings are venerated for their perceptions about land and how people might live in concert with the whole community of life. But who is the man behind the words? How did he arrive at his profound and poetic insights, inspiring generations of environmentalists? Building on past scholarship and a fresh study of Leopolds unpublished archival materials, Julianne Lutz Newton retraces the intellectual journey generated by such passion and intelligence. Aldo Leopolds Odyssey illuminates his lifelong quest for answers to a fundamental issue: how can people live prosperously on the land and keep it healthy, too? Leopolds journey took him from Iowa to Yale to the Southwest to Wisconsin, with fascinating stops along the way to probe the causes of early land settlement failures, contribute to the emerging science of ecology, and craft a new vision for land use. More than a biography, this articulate volume is a guide to one mans intellectual growth, and an inspirational resource for anyone pondering the relationships between people and the land
Includes information on agriculture, biotic community, biotic pyramid, community-based idea of good land use, biological cycle, deforestation, diversity of plant and animal species, Dust Bowl, ecology, Charles Elton, dynamic community organization and energy flows, erosion, evolution, forests, grazing, Great Depression, William T. Hornaday, hunting, land capacity for self-renewal, land ethic, land health, land pyramid, land use planning, New Deal, nutrient (energy) cycling, predators, private ownership issues, soil, water shortages, wildlife conservation, etc
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monografia Rebiun04399616 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun04399616 m o u cr cn| 090112s2006 dcua ob 001 0beng d 9781435611962 1435611969 1597260452 9781597260459 UAM 991008020594004211 CaPaEBR. eng. CUY. OCLCQ. NT. YDXCP. OCLCQ. DKDLA. ADU. E7B. OCLCQ. OCLCO. OCLCQ. UNAV 508.092 B 22 Newton, Julianne Lutz Aldo Leopold's odyssey Recurso electrónico] Julianne Lutz Newton Washington Island Press/Shearwater Books c2006 Washington Washington Island Press/Shearwater Books xvii, 483 p. il xvii, 483 p. EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 447-469) e índice Seed plots -- Written on the hills -- The middle border -- Interpreting Pharaoh's dream -- An American system -- A common concept of land -- Ecological poetry -- The germ and the juggernaut -- Wildlife and the new man -- Knowing nature -- A new kind of conservation A household icon of the environmental movement, Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) may be the most quoted conservationist in history. A Sand County Almanac has sold millions of copies and Leopolds writings are venerated for their perceptions about land and how people might live in concert with the whole community of life. But who is the man behind the words? How did he arrive at his profound and poetic insights, inspiring generations of environmentalists? Building on past scholarship and a fresh study of Leopolds unpublished archival materials, Julianne Lutz Newton retraces the intellectual journey generated by such passion and intelligence. Aldo Leopolds Odyssey illuminates his lifelong quest for answers to a fundamental issue: how can people live prosperously on the land and keep it healthy, too? Leopolds journey took him from Iowa to Yale to the Southwest to Wisconsin, with fascinating stops along the way to probe the causes of early land settlement failures, contribute to the emerging science of ecology, and craft a new vision for land use. More than a biography, this articulate volume is a guide to one mans intellectual growth, and an inspirational resource for anyone pondering the relationships between people and the land Includes information on agriculture, biotic community, biotic pyramid, community-based idea of good land use, biological cycle, deforestation, diversity of plant and animal species, Dust Bowl, ecology, Charles Elton, dynamic community organization and energy flows, erosion, evolution, forests, grazing, Great Depression, William T. Hornaday, hunting, land capacity for self-renewal, land ethic, land health, land pyramid, land use planning, New Deal, nutrient (energy) cycling, predators, private ownership issues, soil, water shortages, wildlife conservation, etc Forma de acceso: World Wide Web