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North Shore : a natural history of Minnesota’s Superior coast / Chel Anderson and Adelheid Fischer.

Mike — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 12:22:00 +0000

Anderson, Chel, 1954- author.
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015];©2015
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The story of this region unfolds through five interconnected areas of Minnesota’s North Shore watershed–the meandering rivers of the Headwaters, the deep and dense forest of the Highlands, the rocky Nearshore, the drama of Lake Superior, and its mysterious islands, including the Isle Royale and Susie Island archipelagos. Each section begins with an overview of the forces that have shaped the area, then the focus turns to specific inhabitants — Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
As good as it gets : bird diversity on the north shore — Harvesting the forest’s bounty : wildcrafting — Be it ever so humble : no home like that of a pitcher plant — Healing a watershed for coaster brook trout — The case of the missing duff : earthworm invasions — The secret life of salamanders — Stranger than fiction : plant galls and their makers — Black bears and the Tettegouche oaks — The nose knows : star-nosed moles and a life down under — North shore places : what’s in a name? — Where has all the sewage gone? : development and water quality — Hay pickers and grass gatherers : botanical exploration along the lakeshore — Between a rock and a lake : life on the cliff edge — The leading edge : north shore bird migration — Mapping Lake Superior : the early years — Searching high and low : the science of Lake Superior exploration — Amphipods and diatoms : the big lake’s bread and butter — How much water is enough? : the plumbing of Lake Superior — The missing link : the Lake Superior and Mississippi River canal — The rise and fall of seiches — The chorus frogs of Isle Royale — The long view : moose and wolves on Isle Royale — Nature or nuisance? : gulls in the Great Lakes — A mansion of many rooms : the return of lake trout to Superior.

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A field guide to economics for conservationists / Brendan Fisher, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, World Wildlife Fund, Robin Naidoo, World Wildlife Fund Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Taylor Ricketts, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont, Roberts and Company, Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Mike — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 10:37:00 +0000

Fisher, Brendan, author.
Greenwood Village, Colorado : Roberts and Company, [2015];©2015
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Undeniable : evolution and the science of creation / by Bill Nye edited by Corey S. Powell.

Mike — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:24:00 +0000

Nye, Bill.
New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2014.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Me and you and evolution, too — The great creationism debate — Creation and the second law of thermodynamics — Bottom-up design — A deep dive into deep time — On the origin of evolution — Lamarck and his not-acquired traits — My prom and sexual selection — The tale of the red queen — Dogs are all dogs — The tree of life-or is it a bush? — Biodiversity comes in the territory — Fossil records and explosions — Mass extinction and you — Ancient dinosaurs and the asteroid test — Punctuated equilibrium — Contingency, bottlenecking, and founding — Mosquitos in the tube — Convergence, analog, and homology — What good is half a wing? — Human bodies are walking, talking, and good-enough — Evolution is why we don’t believe in evolution — Micro or macro- it’s all evolution — Michael Faraday and the joy of discovery — Medicine and you- evolution at the doctor’s office — Antibiotic drug resistance- evolution strikes back — The irresistable urge of altruism — Games species play — Costly signals — genetically modified foods: what the GMF? — Human cloning- not cool — Our skin colors — Is the human species still evolving? — Astrobiologically speaking : is anyone there? — The sparks that started it all — A second genesis-of life? — Life’s cosmic imperative.
Sparked by a controversial debate in February 2014, Bill Nye has set off on an energetic campaign to spread awareness of evolution and the powerful way it shapes our lives. In Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation, he explains why race does not really exist evaluates the true promise and peril of genetically modified food reveals how new species are born, in a dog kennel and in a London subway takes a stroll through 4.5 billion years of time and explores the new search for alien life, including aliens right here on Earth. With infectious enthusiasm, Bill Nye shows that evolution is much more than a rebuttal to creationism it is an essential way to understand how nature works — and to change the world. It might also help you get a date on a Saturday night.

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Requested by Ganzel, R.

Stem cells : scientific facts and fiction / edited by Christine Mummery, Anja Van De Stolpe, Bernard A.J. Roelen, Hans Clevers.

Mike — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:23:00 +0000

London : Elsevier/AP, Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, 2014.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The biology of the cell — Embryonic development — What are stem cells? — Of mice and men : the history of embryonic stem cells — Origins and types of stem cells : what’s in a name? — Cloning : history and current applications — Regenerative medicine : clinical applications of stem cells — Stem cells in veterinary medicine — Cardiomyocytes from stem cells : what can we do with them? — Adult stem cells : generation of self-organizing mini-organs in a dish — Stem cell tourism — Cancer stem cells : where do they come from and where are they going? — Human stem cells for organs-on-chips : clinical trials without patients? — Stem cells for discovery of effective and safe new drugs — Patents, opportunities, and challenges : legal and intellectual property issues associated with stem cells — Stem cell perspectives : a vision of the future.
The second edition of Stem Cells: Scientific Facts and Fiction provides the non-stem cell expert with an understandable review of the history, current state of affairs, and facts and fiction of the promises of stem cells. Building on success of its award-winning preceding edition, the second edition features new chapters on embryonic and iPS cells and stem cells in veterinary science and medicine. It contains major revisions on cancer stem cells to include new culture models, additional interviews with leaders in progenitor cells, engineered eye tissue, and xeno organs from stem cells, as well as new information on organs on chips and adult progenitor cells. In the past decades our understanding of stem cell biology has increased tremendously. Many types of stem cells have been discovered in tissues that everyone presumed were unable to regenerate in adults, the heart and the brain in particular. There is vast interest in stem cells from biologists and clinicians who see the potential for regenerative medicine and future treatments for chronic diseases like Parkinson’s, diabetes, and spinal cord lesions, based on the use of stem cells and from entrepreneurs in biotechnology who expect new commercial applications ranging from drug discovery to transplantation therapies. — Publisher’s description.

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How the snake lost its legs : curious tales from the frontier of evo-devo / Lewis I. Held, Jr., Texas Tech University, USA.

Mike — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 11:11:00 +0000

Held, Lewis I., Jr., 1951-
Cambridge, United Kingdom New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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How did the zebra really get its stripes, and the giraffe its long neck? What is the science behind camel humps, leopard spots, and other animal oddities? Such questions have fascinated us for centuries, but the expanding field of evo-devo (evolutionary developmental biology) is now providing, for the first time, a wealth of insights and answers. Taking inspiration from Kipling’s ‘Just So Stories’, this book weaves emerging insights from evo-devo into a narrative that provides startling explanations for the origin and evolution of traits across the animal kingdom. Held’s unique and engaging style makes this narrative both enlightening and entertaining, guiding students and researchers through even complex concepts and encouraging a fuller understanding of the latest developments in the field. The first five chapters cover the first bilaterally symmetric animals, flies, butterflies, snakes, and cheetahs. A final chapter surveys recent results about a menagerie of other animals — Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-2780 and index.
1. The first two-sided animal — 2. The fly — 3. The butterfly — 4. The snake — 5. The cheetah — 6. An evo-devo bestiary — Epilogue — Glossary.

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Evolutionary developmental biology.

Requested by Capman, W., Beckman, M. and Bloomberg, M.

Membrane structural biology : with biochemical and biophysical foundations / Mary Luckey.

Mike — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 11:10:00 +0000

Luckey, Mary, 1948-
Cambridge New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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This textbook provides a strong foundation and a clear overview for students of membrane biology and an invaluable synthesis of cutting edge research for working scientists. The text retains its clear and engaging style, providing a solid background in membrane biochemistry, while also incorporating the approaches of biophysics, genetics, and cell biology to investigations of membrane structure, function, and biogenesis to provide a unique overview of this fast-moving field. A wealth of new high resolution structures of membrane proteins are presented, including the Na/K pump and a receptor-G protein complex, offering exciting insights into how they function. All key tools of current membrane research are described, including detergents and model systems, bioinformatics, protein-folding methodology, crystallography and diffraction, and molecular modeling. This comprehensive and up-to-date text, emphasizing the correlations between membrane research and human health, provides a solid foundation for all those working in this field — Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction — The diversity of membrane lipids — Tools for studying membrane components : detergents and model systems — Proteins in or at the bilayer — Bundles and barrels — Functions and families — Protein folding and biogenesis — Diffraction and simulation — Membrane enzymes — Membrane receptors — Transporters — Channels — Electron transport and energy transduction — In pursuit of complexity.

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Requested by Bloomberg, M. & Bankers-Fulbright, J.

Going, going, gone : 100 animals and plants on the verge of extinction / [Think Publishing Ltd forward by Jonathan Baillie].

Mike — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 07:46:00 +0000

London : Bloomsbury, 2013.
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We asked 100 conservation groups around the world: ‘if you could pick one species that epitomises your work, which would it be?’ From the RSPB to WWF to the Cheetah Conservation Fund, and many, many more, the answers came rolling in. Each provided a synopsis of the threats faced by their selected species, a summary of their degree of threat, an outline of the work being done to save them, and a number of ways in which the reader could help to conserve that species. With beautiful full-page photographs of each of the 100 species, this is a book that will both fascinate and educate and, hopefully, help to secure the future of the threatened animals and plants that it showcases.

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Requested by Kurpiers, R.

Nature in the balance : the economics of biodiversity / edited by Dieter Helm and Cameron Hepburn.

Mike — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:33:00 +0000

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-407) and index.
1. Introduction / Dieter Helm and Cameron Hepburn — 2. The economic analysis of biodiversity / Dieter Helm and Cameron Hepburn — Part I. Concepts and Measurement. 3. Biodiversity : its meanings, roles, and status / Georgina M. Mace 4. Identifying and mapping biodiversity : where can we damage? / Kathy J. Willis, Marc Macias-Fauria, Alexandros Gasparatos, and Peter Long 5. The UK National Ecosystem Assessment : valuing changes in ecosystem services / Ian J. Bateman, Grischa Perino et al. — Part II. Valuing Biodiversity. 6. Valuing ecosystem services and biodiversity / Giles Atkinson, Ian J. Bateman, and Susana Mourato 7. The economics of ecosystems and biodiversity (TEEB) : challenges and responses / Pavan Sukhdev, Heidi Wittmer, and Dustin Miller — Part III. Natural Capital and Accounting. 8. Natural capital / Edward B. Barbier 9. Biodiversity and national accounting / Kirk Hamilton — Part IV. International and Development Aspects. 10. Biodiversity, poverty, and development : a review / Charles Palmer and Salvatore Di Falco 11. Regulating global biodiversity : what is the problem? / Timothy Swanson and Ben Groom — Part V. Policy Instruments and Incentives. 12. Do biodiversity policies work? : the case for Conservation evaluation 2.0 / Daniela A. Miteva, Subhrendu K. Pattanayak, and Paul J. Ferraro 13. Are investments to promote biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services aligned? / Stephen Polasky, Kris Johnson et al. 14. Incentives, private ownership, and biodiversity conservation / Nick Hanley, Simanti Banerjee, Gareth D. Lennox, and Paul R. Armsworth 15. On the potential for speculation to threaten biodiversity loss / Joanne C. Burgess, Chris J. Kennedy, and Charles (Chuck) Mason.
This book sets out the building blocks of an economic approach to biodiversity, and in particular brings together conceptual and empirical work on valuation, international agreements, the policy instruments, and the institutions. The objective is to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues and evidence, and to suggest how this very urgent problem should be addressed. This collection of high-quality chapters addresses the economic issues involved in biodiversity protection. This book focuses on the economics, but incorporates the underpinning science and philosophy, combining the application of a number of theoretical ideas with a series of policy cases. The authors are drawn from leading scholars in their specific areas of economics, philosophy, and conservation biology.–COVER.

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Requested by Gilsdorf, K.

Green equilibrium : the vital balance of humans & nature / Christopher Wills.

Mike — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 19:32:00 +0000

Wills, Christopher.
Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2013.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index.
How ecosystems work — Maintaining a green equilibrium — Stewardship and its perils — The challenge of restoration ecology — Catastrophes of the past — A blending of genetic equilibria — Ex-Africa semper aliquid novi — Blending and balance in our gene pool — The intertwined histories of humans and their ecosystems — Learning from our history — Green equilibria and the origin of our pretty good brains — Green equilibrium is more than a metaphor — L’Envoi.
In this work, the author, a field biologist, explains the rules by which ecosystems thrive, shining light on a set of ecological balancing acts that he calls green equilibria, rules which keep our world vibrant, verdant, and ecologically intact. To explain the idea of green equilibrium, he draws on a range of examples, including coral reefs off the densely populated Philippines, the isolated and thickly forested valleys of Papua New Guinea, the changing Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, and a Californian ranch being allowed to return to a wild state. He travels to Guyana’s rainforests and savannahs, for instance, to provide startling vignettes of ecological processes in action. Among other topics, he highlights the snake-head mimicry that swallowtail caterpillars use to scare off predators, the symbiotic relationship between the exceedingly rare Golden Poison-Dart Frog and the tank bromeliad plant, and the invisible world of pathogens and parasites that helps to drive diversity. All these mechanisms, and many more, maintain the green equilibria of Guyana’s rainforest ecosystems. The author also shows how green equilibria have shaped the evolution and history of our own species. We now know that a kind of genetic green equilibrium helped populations adapt to changing environmental conditions as they spread out of Africa. Striking new evidence indicates that some modern human populations still carry genes from past hominids (such as the Neanderthals) as well as genetic adaptations to local hazards such as malaria. Traveling to many different ecosystems, from coral reefs to the high Himalayas, and drawing on his own on-the-ground research, the author illuminates ecological laws in action. Perhaps most important, he introduces us to people, in many countries around the world, who are now using this new knowledge to help heal the planet.

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Requested by Kurpiers, R.

Descent of man. Selections;The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex / Charles Darwin selections and commentary by Carl Zimmer foreword by Frans de Waal.

Mike — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 16:35:00 +0000

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
New York : Plume, [2007]
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Requested by Kurpiers, R.