Field notes on science & nature / edited by Michael R. Canfield.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Canfield, Michael R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biology--Fieldwork.

Biology.

Natural history--Fieldwork.

Natural history.

Note-taking.

Physical Description:

xiii, 297 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Field notes on science and nature

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Pioneering a new niche in the study of plants and animals in their natural habitat, this book allows readers to peer over the shoulders and into the notebooks of a dozen eminent field workers, to study firsthand their observational methods, materials, and fleeting impressions.

Contents:

Foreword / Edward O. Wilson

Introduction / Michael R. Canfield

The pleasure of observing / George B. Schaller

Untangling the bank / Bernd Heinrich

One and a half cheers for list-keeping / Kenn Kaufman

A reflection of the truth / Roger Kitching

Linking researchers across generations / Anna K. Behrensmeyer

The spoken and the unspoken / Karen L. Kramer

In the eye of the beholder / Jonathan Kingdon

Why sketch? / Jenny Keller

The evolution and fate of botanical field books / James L. Reveal

Note-taking for pencilophobes / Piotr Naskrecki

Letters to the future / John D. Perrine and James L. Patton

Why keep a field notebook? / Erick Greene.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674057579

0674057570

OCLC:

676725399