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American Conservation and the Expansion of Waterton Lakes Park
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14022
- Author
- Doherty, Jeffrey
- Physical Description
- p.17-26 : ill, port
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In Alberta History, vol. 60, no. 2 (Spring 2012)
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- Archives Library
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The hidden life of trees : what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25271
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2016
- Author
- Wohlleeben, Peter
- Billinghurst, Jane
- Publisher
- Vancouver, BC, Canada : David Suzuki Institute ; Vancouver, BC, Canada ; Berkeley : Greystone Books Ltd
- Call Number
- 04.1 W81t
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- Responsibility
- Peter Wohlleeben (author)
- Jane Billinghurst (translator)
- Publisher
- Vancouver, BC, Canada : David Suzuki Institute ; Vancouver, BC, Canada ; Berkeley : Greystone Books Ltd
- Published Date
- 2016
- Physical Description
- xv, 272 pages : illustrations
- Abstract
- Are trees social beings? In The Hidden Life of Trees forester and author Peter Wohlleben convincingly makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending dangers. Wohlleben also shares his deep love of woods and forests, explaining the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in his woodland. After learning about the complex life of trees, a walk in the woods will never be the same again. Includes a Note From a Forest Scientist, by Dr.Suzanne Simard (from publisher's website)
- Contents
- Foreword / by Tim Flannery -- Introduction to the English edition -- Introduction -- Friendships -- The language of trees -- Social security -- Love -- The tree lottery -- Slowly does it -- Forest etiquette -- Tree school -- United we stand, divided we fall -- The mysteries of moving water -- Trees aging gracefully -- Mighty oak or mighty wimp? -- Specialists -- Tree or not tree? -- In the realm of darkness -- Carbon dioxide vacuums -- Woody climate control -- The forest as water pump -- Yours or mine? -- Community housing projects -- Mother ships of biodiversity -- Hibernation -- A sense of time -- A question of character -- The sick tree -- Let there be light -- Street kids -- Burnout -- Destination north! -- Tough customers -- Turbulent times -- Immigrants -- Healthy forest air -- Why is the forest green? -- Set free -- More than just a commodity -- Note from a forest scientist / by Dr. Suzanne Simard.
- ISBN
- 9781771642484
- Accession Number
- P2020.07
- Call Number
- 04.1 W81t
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- Archives Library
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Man on water - water almost claimed Bob Sandford's life, so why has the Alberta scientist devoted his entire career to saving the planet's most precious resource?
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25115
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Published Date
- April 2009
- Author
- Gray, Kim
- Publisher
- Canadian Living
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- P
- Author
- Gray, Kim
- Responsibility
- Kim Gray (author)
- George Webber (photographer)
- Publisher
- Canadian Living
- Published Date
- April 2009
- Physical Description
- p. 164 - 173
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Abstract
- Pertains to Bob Sandford's work in the Canadian Rocky Mountains with water conservation
- Notes
- In Canadian Living, Vol. 34, No.4, April 2009 pg. 164-173
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The science of open spaces : theory and practice for conserving large, complex systems
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26519
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2015
- Author
- Curtin, Charles G.
- Publisher
- Washington, DC : Island Press
- Call Number
- 04 C94t
- Author
- Curtin, Charles G.
- Publisher
- Washington, DC : Island Press
- Published Date
- 2015
- Physical Description
- xiii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Abstract
- SummaryIn this groundbreaking work, landscape ecologist Charles Curtin argues for a paradigm-changing, science-based approach to managing large landscapes and open spaces. We must return to "first principles," he explains, building innovative conservation from the ground up, based on solid theory and practical experience. Linking public engagement with complexity-based understanding, Curtin walks us through such foundational science concepts such as thermodynamics, ecology, sociology, and resilience theory, applying them to real-world examples from the years he has spent designing large-scale, place-based, collaborative research programs in the United States and around the world. His methods provide conservationists with ways to develop flexible processes that leverage creativity, complexity, and change to create novel, place-based solutions. -- Publisher description.
- Contents
- Preface -- Integrating Conservation and Complexity through the Perspective of Place -- Experiments in Post-normal Science in Southwestern Rangelands -- Experiments in the Governance of Maine's Coastal Fisheries -- The Conceptual Underpinnings of Open Spaces -- Resilience and the Social-Ecological Synthesis -- Practical Aspects of Sustaining Open Spaces.
- Notes
- Useful for research of National Parks.
- ISBN
- 9781597269933
- Accession Number
- 2024.26
- Call Number
- 04 C94t
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- Archives Library
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Through a grizzly's eyes : ecosystem thinking in a fragmented world
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue10653
- Author
- Van Tighem, Kevin
- Physical Description
- p.5-12
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Notes
- In Environment Views, vol.14, no.1, summer 1991
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Whose crown is this? : no sweeter place on earth
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue9630
- Author
- Bailey, Eric
- Physical Description
- p.13-17
- Medium
- Library - Periodical
- Subjects
- Conservation areas
- Crown of the Continent
- Notes
- In Environment Views, vol.14, no.1, summer 1991
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