Aldo Leopold and an ecological conscience / edited by Richard L. Knight and Suzanne Riedel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knight, Richard L., editor.

Riedel, Suzanne, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leopold, Aldo, 1886-1948.

Leopold, Aldo.

Conservation biology.

Nature conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 190 pages) : illustrations, portraits.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this work ecologists, wildlife biologists, and other conservationists explore the ecological legacy of Aldo Leopold and his contributions to the environmental movement, the philosophy of science, and natural resource management.

Contents:

Moving mountains : Aldo Leopold and A Sand County Almanac / Curt D. Meine

Aldo Leopold : blending conversations about public and private lands / Richard L. Knight

Aldo Leopold's wilderness, Sand County, and my garden / John Seidensticker

Then and now / James A. Estes

Great possessions : Leopold's good oak / Mary Anne Bishop

From the balance of nature to the flux of nature : the land ethic in a time of change / J. Baird Callicott

Aldo Leopold was a conservation biologist / Reed Noss

Professor Leopold, what is education for? / Winifred B. Kessler and Annie L. Booth

Aldo Leopold and the value of nature / Stephen R. Kellert

Leopold's land ethic : a vision for today / Jamie Rappaport Clark

Aldo Leopold : conservationist and hunter / L. David Mech

The A-B dichotomy and the future / Edwin P. Pister

What would Aldo have done? : a personal story / Jack Ward Thomas.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770015-2

1-280-48200-1

9786610482009

1-4237-6313-0

0-19-534883-4

1-60256-776-X

OCLC:

65193294