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Communication skills for conservation professionals / by Jacobson, Susan Kay.(CARDINAL)274568;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-340)."Communication Skills for Conservation Professionals provides in-depth guidance on achieving conservation goals through better communications. It introduces communication approaches and offers scores of real-world examples and straightforward advice that will help conservationists develop the skills they need to communicate effectively." "Communication Skills for Conservation Professionals is a much-needed addition to the environmental literature that will play a vital role in helping scientists, managers, concerned citizens, and students to more effectively communicate their knowledge and concern about the environment and to achieve greater professional and community success with their environmental campaigns."--Jacket.
Subjects: Communication in nature conservation.;
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Cooperative conservation : success through partnerships. by United States.Department of the Interior.(CARDINAL)155655;
Subjects: Conservation of natural resources; Conservation of natural resources; Communication in conservation of natural resources.; Volunteer workers in conservation of natural resources; Public-private sector cooperation;
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Muddy water [videorecording] : it's more dangerous than you think /
Examines the damage of soil erosion and sediment runoff from development and poor land conservation in light of protecting the natural resources of North Carolina. Also shows an overview of the NC Erosion Control Program.General.
Subjects: Environmental education; Natural resources; Soil erosion.;
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The three languages of politics : talking across the political divides / by Kling, Arnold S.,author.(CARDINAL)752993; Cato Institute,publisher.(CARDINAL)135624;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-142) and index.The nature of political arguments -- Applying the three-axes model -- Fast political thinking and simple moral frames -- Beyond your dominant heuristic -- Your mind on politics: motivated reasoning -- Further thoughts on human nature -- The state of closure: discrediting the opponent -- The ideological turing test -- I'm reasonable, they're not -- Using all three languages: examples -- Donald Trump and the three-axes model - Conclusion -- Appendix: testing the three-axes model.An exploration of political communication, describing in detail the three groups--progressives, conservatives, and libertarians--that make up America's political landscape and whose political discussions lead to increased polarization rather than to agreement.
Subjects: Communication in politics.; Political culture.;
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Wolves after dark / by Niver, Heather Moore,author.(CARDINAL)502364;
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.Predator in the night -- Gray, red, and ethiopian wolves -- Top dog -- Social beasts -- Hungry! -- Have paws, will travel -- Howling and other communication -- Hey baby -- Critical conservation -- Stay safe around wolves."Describes the habits and nature of wolves at night"--Ages 8+Grades 4 to 6.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Wolves; Wolves;
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The sounds of life : how digital technology is bringing us closer to the worlds of animals and plants / by Bakker, Karen J.,author.(CARDINAL)859667;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-344) and index.Sounds of life -- The singing ocean -- Quiet thunder -- Voice of the turtle -- Reef lullaby -- Plant polyphonies -- Bat banter -- How to speak honeybee -- The internet of earthlings -- Listening to the tree of life."When we think of animal sound we tend to think about birds or other highly sonic animals. However, scientists are learning that a much wider range of animals, and even plants, use sound, and they are figuring this out with the help of AI and other digital technologies. Bakker shows how digital technology, so often associated with our alienation from nature, is offering an opportunity to listen to plants and animals in powerful new ways, changing our understanding of nonhuman communication and reviving our connection to the natural world. But this science is not merely about listening to nature in new ways; it also creates new possibilities for both conservation and interspecies communication. She ends the book by exploring how conservationists are using bioacoustics to protect endangered species, address the threat of noise pollution, and create innovative responses to biodiversity loss and climate change. Ultimately, we see that bioacoustics, aided by digital tech, offers humanity a powerful new window into the nonhuman world"--
Subjects: Informational works.; Sound; Nature sounds; Natural history; Bioacoustics; Landscape ecology.; Noise pollution.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Color science and the visual arts : a guide for conservators, curators, and the curious / by Berns, Roy S.,1954-author.(CARDINAL)353722; Getty Conservation Institute,issuing body.(CARDINAL)183859;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Spectral measurements -- Color and spatial vision -- Visual and numerical color descriptions -- Metamerism and color inconstancy -- Displaying artwork -- Painting materials -- Color reproduction.In lively and accessible prose, color science expert Roy S. Berns helps the reader understand complex color-technology concepts and offers solutions to problems that occur when art is displayed, conserved, imaged, or reproduced. Berns writes for two types of audiences: museum professionals seeking explanations for common color-related issues and students in conservation, museum studies, and art history programs. The seven chapters in the book fall naturally into two sections: fundamentals, covering topics such as spectral measurements, metamerism, or color inconstancy; and applications, where artwork display, painting materials, and color reproduction are discussed. A unique feature of this book is the use of more than 200 images as its main medium of communication, employing color physics, color vision, and imaging science to produce visualizations throughout the pages.--Publisher description.
Subjects: Art; Colorimetry.; Color in art.; Color vision.; Pigments.;
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Nature's music : the science of birdsong / by Marler, Peter.(CARDINAL)329135; Slabbekoorn, Hans Willem,1967-(CARDINAL)329134;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-457) and index."Nature's Music brings together some of the world's experts on birdsong, to review the advances that have taken place in our understanding of how and why birds sing, what their songs and calls mean, and how they have evolved. All contributors have strived to speak, not only to fellow experts, but also to the general reader. The result is a book of readable science, richly illustrated with recordings and pictures of the sounds of birds"--Jacket.
Subjects: Nature sounds.; Birdsongs.; Birds; Birds;
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The creative lives of animals / by Gigliotti, Carol,author.(CARDINAL)860611;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Animals as creative beings -- Animal intelligence: pigeons and higher math -- Communication Unlimited: do not ask what that prairie dog is saying about you -- Play as a creative source: finding your inner kea -- Creating built environments: nests, lodges, bowers, avenues, tunnels, and hives -- Sexual exuberance: ratchet-pointing, water dancing, and same-sex enjoyment -- Emotional agency: the empathy of chickens -- Culture across species: tools, songs, and moral codes of conduct -- Creativity has its reasons."Most of us view animals through a very narrow lens, seeing only bits and pieces of beings that seem mostly peripheral to our lives. However, whether animals are building a shelter, seducing a mate, or inventing a new game, animals' creative choices affect their social, cultural, and environmental worlds. The Creative Lives of Animals offers readers intimate glimpses of creativity in the lives of animals, from elephants to alligators to ants. Drawing on a growing body of scientific research, Carol Gigliotti unpacks examples of creativity demonstrated by animals through the lens of the creative process, an important component of creative behavior, and offers new thinking on animal intelligence, emotion, and self-awareness. With examples of the elaborate dams built by beavers or the lavishly decorated bowers of bowerbirds, Gigliotti provides a new perspective on animals as agents in their own lives, as valuable contributors to their world and ours, and as guides in understanding how creativity may contribute to conserving the natural world. Presenting a powerful argument for the importance of recognizing animals as individuals and as creators of a healthy, biodiverse world, this book offers insights into both the established and emerging questions about the creativity of animals"--
Subjects: Animal behavior.; Nature conservation.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Prairie dogs : communication and community in an animal society / by Slobodchikoff, C. N.(CARDINAL)332431; Perla, Bianca S.(CARDINAL)352070; Verdolin, Jennifer L.(CARDINAL)346738;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-254) and index.Prairie dogs and the big picture -- The life of prairie dogs. Interlude: taxonomy and prairie dog taxonomists -- The social behavior of prairie dogs. Interlude: social behavior-trapping prairie dogs -- Communication. Interlude: communication-field studies -- Population biology of prairie dogs -- The ecology of prairie dogs. Interlude: Vertebrate species associated with prairie dogs / by Richard Reading -- Economics: how much is a prairie dog worth? Interlude: Prairie dogs as pets -- Prairie dog conservation -- Room to hope -- Appendix: Where to see prairie dogs."C. N. Slobodchikoff and colleagues synthesize the results of their long-running study of Gunnison's prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni), one of the keystone species of the short-grass prairie ecosystem. They set their research in the context of the biology of the five Cynomys species found in the United States and Mexico and detail their investigation into the prairie dogs' sophisticated system of barks, yips, and chirps, which, the authors argue, represents a referential communication capable of fine distinctions among predators." "Long seen as vermin that spoiled valuable range-land, prairie dogs were the subject of eradication campaigns and are now threatened by habitat loss and the loss of genetic diversity. The authors hope their research will help to pull the prairie dog back from the brink of extinction as well as foster an appreciation of larger conservation challenges. By examining the complex factors behind prairie dog decline, we can begin to understand the problems inherent in our adversarial relationship with the natural."--Jacket.
Subjects: Prairie dogs.; Animal communication.; Social behavior in animals.;
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