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Once in a great while, as the New York Times noted recently, a naturalist writes a book that changes the way people look at the living world. John James Audubon’s Birds of America, published in 1838, was one. Roger Tory Peterson’s 1934 Field Guide to the Birds was another. How does such... read more
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- Daniel: Add a description of this character.
- Charles Darwin
- Tim
- William Dampier: 17th century pirate-naturalist
- Byron Weber
- Campbell
- Joseph Grinnell: early 20th century scientific naturalist who devised the Grinnell method of observation and note-taking
- Cronquist
- Henry Thoreau: naturalist and writer
- Maya
- Lake Helen
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“To my mind, the most useful and interesting notebooks of field biologists are hybrids; as well as recording details and data of field research, they record the observations, thoughts, musings, and peregrinations of the author.”
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“In serious studies of bird distribution, an annotated list of species detected is at the heart of an effective set of field notes.”
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“Without my fully realizing it, that little checklist card became my framework for learning for the next couple of years, and I have since come to believe that a local bird checklist is one of the most powerful learning tools that a new birder or ornithologist can use.”
Kenn Kaufman
Table of Contents edit
Foreward by Edward O. Wilson
Introduction by Michael R. Canfield
1. The Pleasure of Observing by George B. Schaller
2. Untangling the Bank by Bernd Heinrich
3. One and a Half Cheers for List-Keeping by Kenn Kaufman
4. A Reflection of the Truth by Roger Ketching
5. Linking Researchers across Generations by Anna K. Behrensmeyer
6. The Spoken and Unspoken by Karen L. Kramer
7. In the Eye of the BEholder by Johnathan Kingdon
8. Why Sketch? by Jenny Keller
9. THe Evolution and Fate of Botanical Field Books by James L. Reveal
10. Note-taking for Pencilphobes by Piotr Naskrecki
11. Letters to the Future by John D. Perrine and James L. Patton
12. Why Keep a Field Notebook? by Erick Greene
Notes
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Michael R. Canfield (Editor)
Other Contributors:
- Piotr Naskrecki (Contributor)
- Kenn Kaufman (Contributor) - One and a Half Cheers for List-Keeping
- Edward O. Wilson (Foreword) - Foreward
- Bernd Heinrich (Contributor) - Untangling the Bank
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-674-05757-9
Page Count: 297
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-674-05757-9
Page Count: 297
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- Dewey: 570.72
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