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Scaling in ecology with a model system
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ISBN: 0691222789 Year: 2021 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press,

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A groundbreaking approach to scale and scaling in ecological theory and practiceScale is one of the most important concepts in ecology, yet researchers often find it difficult to find ecological systems that lend themselves to its study. Scaling in Ecology with a Model System synthesizes nearly three decades of research on the ecology of Sarracenia purpurea-the northern pitcher plant-showing how this carnivorous plant and its associated food web of microbes and macrobes can inform the challenging question of scaling in ecology.Drawing on a wealth of findings from their pioneering lab and field experiments, Aaron Ellison and Nicholas Gotelli reveal how the Sarracenia microecosystem has emerged as a model system for experimental ecology. Ellison and Gotelli examine Sarracenia at a hierarchy of spatial scales-individual pitchers within plants, plants within bogs, and bogs within landscapes-and demonstrate how pitcher plants can serve as replicate miniature ecosystems that can be studied in wetlands throughout the United States and Canada. They show how research on the Sarracenia microecosystem proceeds much more rapidly than studies of larger, more slowly changing ecosystems such as forests, grasslands, lakes, or streams, which are more difficult to replicate and experimentally manipulate.Scaling in Ecology with a Model System offers new insights into ecophysiology and stoichiometry, demography, extinction risk and species distribution models, food webs and trophic dynamics, and tipping points and regime shifts.

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Biotic communities --- Botanical chemistry. --- Statistical methods. --- Alternative stable state. --- Aristolochia. --- Assembly rules. --- Author. --- Autocorrelation. --- Bacteria. --- Biodiversity. --- Biogeography. --- Biological interaction. --- Biomass (ecology). --- Bovine serum albumin. --- Bromeliaceae. --- Carnivorous plant. --- Conditional probability. --- Copyright. --- Density dependence. --- Detritus. --- Drosera. --- Ecological niche. --- Ecological succession. --- Ecology. --- Ecosystem. --- Environment variable. --- Estimation. --- Evolution. --- Field experiment. --- Food chain. --- Food web. --- Forecasting. --- Herbivore. --- Histogram. --- Hysteresis. --- INaturalist. --- Inference. --- Inquiline. --- Insect. --- Invertebrate. --- Keystone species. --- Larva. --- Markov chain. --- Measurement. --- Metabolism. --- Microecosystem. --- Micronutrient. --- Microorganism. --- Model organism. --- Negative feedback. --- Nepenthes. --- Nitrogen. --- Null hypothesis. --- Nutrient. --- Obligate. --- Observational error. --- Organism. --- Parameter space. --- Peptide. --- Perennial plant. --- Phenotype. --- Phenotypic plasticity. --- Photosynthesis. --- Pitcher plant. --- Plant morphology. --- Pollination. --- Population decline. --- Population dynamics. --- Population growth. --- Population size. --- Population vector. --- Predation. --- Prediction. --- Princeton University Press. --- Probability. --- Proportionality (mathematics). --- Protein. --- Protozoa. --- Regime shift. --- Rotifer. --- Sarracenia purpurea. --- Sarracenia. --- Sarraceniaceae. --- Shrub. --- Soil. --- Spatial scale. --- Species distribution. --- Sphagnum. --- Spreadsheet. --- State variable. --- Stochastic simulation. --- Stoichiometry. --- Taxon. --- Taxonomy (biology). --- Time series. --- Trade-off. --- Trophic level. --- Uncertainty. --- Vegetation. --- Weather forecasting. --- Weather station. --- Wetland. --- Wyeomyia smithii.


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Flowers of the forest : plants and people in the New Forest National Park
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ISBN: 0691237603 Year: 2009 Publisher: Old Basing, Hampshire : Wildguides,

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This book explores the botanical richness and cultural heritage of the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England. The New Forest has become an exceptional area for wildflowers, many of which were once common throughout the lowlands of Britain. The Forest enjoys strong populations of many special wildflowers because it retains a living tradition of free-ranging domestic animals grazing its coastland, extensive commons, and village greens. This book is an exploration of how the wildlife of the Forest is the natural expression of the lives and economy of the people of the Forest. An introduction to the New Forest and how its commoning economy works A description of the principal habitats of the Forest and how they relate to one another Accounts of the people who have explored the Forest for wildflowers from the early 17th century to the present Descriptions of more than 100 species of the rarer flowering plants and ferns currently known from the National Park, many of which are nationally or internationally rare, scarce, or threatened An account of Forest conservation issues by someone who has participated in the life of the Forest for more than 20 years

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Wild flowers --- Agriculture. --- Ancient woodland. --- Arable land. --- Balmer Lawn. --- Beaulieu River. --- Botany. --- Brockenhurst. --- Browsing (herbivory). --- Calcareous grassland. --- Calshot. --- Cambridge University Botanic Garden. --- Chamomile. --- Chelsea Physic Garden. --- Clover. --- Country lane. --- Country park. --- Cyperaceae. --- Drainage. --- Dutch elm disease. --- Emergent plant. --- English Nature. --- Fawley Power Station. --- Festuca. --- Field guide. --- Fieldfare. --- Fleabane. --- Floodplain. --- Flora. --- Flowering plant. --- Forest floor. --- Forest management. --- Forestry Commission. --- Forestry. --- Garden centre. --- Garden pond. --- Gardening. --- Glasswort. --- Golden samphire. --- Grassland. --- Grazing marsh. --- Grazing. --- Heath. --- Hectare. --- Hedge laying. --- Herbaceous plant. --- Herbal. --- Herbalism. --- Herbarium. --- Herbicide. --- Hurst Castle. --- Hurst Spit. --- Knightwood Oak. --- Liliaceae. --- Livestock. --- Lymington River. --- Marchantiophyta. --- Mulberry harbour. --- Nature reserve. --- New Forest. --- Nymphaeaceae. --- On Plants. --- Orchidaceae. --- Pasture. --- Peat. --- Perennial plant. --- Plant community. --- Plant nursery. --- Plant. --- Plantlife. --- Poaceae. --- Roydon Woods. --- Salt marsh. --- Seed dormancy. --- Shrub. --- Shrubbery. --- Soil. --- Solent. --- Southampton Water. --- Spartina anglica. --- Spartina. --- Spring Flowers. --- Stagg (tree). --- Swamp. --- The Botanist. --- The Nature Conservancy. --- Tree planting. --- Tree. --- Turnip. --- Ulex gallii. --- Useful plants. --- Vascular plant. --- Vegetable. --- Vegetation. --- Wet meadow. --- Wet woodland. --- Wetland. --- Wild celery. --- Wildflower. --- Wildlife. --- Wood pasture.

The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting
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ISBN: 0691099405 1400866839 9781400866830 0691018197 9780691018195 9780691099408 Year: 2015 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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Originally published as Volume 2 of The Tao of Painting, this is the first English translation of the famous Chinese handbook, the "Chieh Tzu Yüan Hua Chuan" (original, 1679-1701). Mai-mai Sze has translated and annotated the texts of instructions, discussions of the fundamentals of painting, notes on the preparation of colors, and chief editorial prefaces.

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Painting --- Painting, Chinese --- Technique --- Painting, Chinese. --- Painters --- Chinese painting --- Paintings, Chinese --- Technique. --- S17/0600 --- China: Art and archaeology--Calligraphy and painting: general (incl. technic. and esthetic aspects) --- Painting - Technique --- A Book Of. --- Analects. --- Apricot. --- B.C. (comic strip). --- Bamboo painting. --- Bamboo shoot. --- Bamboo. --- Banksia. --- Begonia. --- Blue flower. --- Brushstrokes. --- Buddhism. --- Calligraphy. --- Camellia. --- Cedrela odorata. --- Chih. --- Chinese painting. --- Chrysanthemum. --- Cinnabar. --- Copying. --- Dyeing. --- Earthenware. --- Earwax. --- Eggplant. --- Engraving. --- Figure painting. --- Fine art. --- Firewood. --- Flowering plant. --- Flowers of the Four Seasons. --- Fungus. --- Gold leaf. --- Gourd. --- Han Yu. --- Herb. --- Herbaceous plant. --- Hydrangea. --- Illustration. --- In Parenthesis. --- Ink wash painting. --- Inkstone. --- La Vie (painting). --- Landscape painting. --- Li Tai. --- Literature. --- Lithography. --- Malachite. --- Materia medica. --- Medicinal plants. --- Monochrome painting. --- Mr. --- Mustard seed. --- Ochre. --- Oil lamp. --- Orange (colour). --- Peach. --- Peony. --- Perennial plant. --- Petal. --- Philadelphia Museum of Art. --- Picturesque. --- Pigment. --- Pink. --- Plant. --- Poaceae. --- Poetry. --- Polianthes tuberosa. --- Pomegranate. --- Porcelain. --- Prunus mume. --- Receptacle (botany). --- Saucer. --- Shan shui. --- Shrub. --- Song dynasty. --- Southern School. --- Stamen. --- Sterculia. --- Still Water (sculpture). --- Sulfur. --- Superiority (short story). --- Tang dynasty. --- Tao Te Ching. --- Tea. --- Testimonial. --- The Art of Painting. --- The Fundamentals. --- The Summer Solstice. --- Theory of painting. --- Treatise. --- Tree paint. --- Tree peony. --- Vinegar. --- Water chestnut. --- Wild plum. --- Wilting. --- Wood block. --- Writing. --- Yin and yang. --- Zhuge Liang.


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Field guide to coastal wildflowers of Britain, Ireland and northwest Europe
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ISBN: 0691238456 Year: 2022 Publisher: Princeton University Press

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A richly illustrated guide to the wildflowers and other flora of coastal Britain, Ireland and Northwest EuropeThe rugged and beautiful coastal regions of Britain and Ireland are among the crowning glories of these islands. Few visitors can fail to marvel at the stunning sight of Cornwall’s clifftops resplendent with flowering Thrift, or be struck by the resilience of plants that thrive on the inhospitable shingle beaches of Dungeness on the coast of Kent. This field guide covers more than 600 species of wildflowers and other coastal flora found in the British Isles and coastal mainland Northwest Europe. Detailed species accounts describe wildflowers, grasses, sedges and rushes that occur on the coast or in abundance within sight of the sea. Stunningly illustrated throughout, this comprehensive, user-friendly guide also covers trees and shrubs, nonflowering plants like mosses and seaweeds and more broadly, the natural history of coastal habitats.Covers more than 600 speciesFeatures hundreds of spectacular colour photosDescribes nonflowering plants such as ferns, mosses, liverworts, lichens, fungi and seaweedsProvides the most up-to-date colour distribution maps for Britain and Ireland

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Wild flowers --- Great Britain. --- Ireland. --- Agriculture. --- Alpine tundra. --- Alternation of generations. --- American Jews. --- Annelid. --- Asteraceae. --- Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. --- Botany. --- Bourgeoisie. --- Brassica oleracea. --- Brown algae. --- Chlorophyll. --- Christian socialism. --- Christian theology. --- Christianity and Judaism. --- Christianity. --- Church Fathers. --- Circulatory system. --- Cladonia. --- Coast. --- Conservative Judaism. --- Cultivar. --- Cultural Zionism. --- Digitalis purpurea. --- Dry grassland. --- Dune. --- Dungeness (headland). --- Early Christianity. --- Ecosystem. --- Equisetum variegatum. --- Estuaries. --- Estuary. --- Frond. --- Fucus serratus. --- Geranium maderense. --- Glebionis segetum. --- Grassland. --- Habitat. --- Hebrew literature. --- Himanthalia elongata. --- Isles of Scilly. --- Jewish studies. --- Jews. --- Judaism. --- Jurisprudence. --- Justification (theology). --- Leaf. --- Learning. --- Lichen. --- Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve. --- Machair. --- Mandatory Palestine. --- Marchantiophyta. --- Marine biology. --- Marsh. --- Mediterranean Basin. --- Modern philosophy. --- Nut (fruit). --- Orchidaceae. --- Ovary (botany). --- Peltigera. --- Perennial plant. --- Petal. --- Photosynthesis. --- Plantago maritima. --- Poaceae. --- Political movement. --- Pteridium aquilinum. --- Receptacle (botany). --- Reed (plant). --- Salt marsh. --- Saxifraga oppositifolia. --- Schocken Books. --- Seafood. --- Seaweed. --- Seminary. --- Sepal. --- Silene acaulis. --- Southampton Water. --- Southern Europe. --- Spartina alterniflora. --- Spartina. --- Spouse. --- Stipe (botany). --- Søren Kierkegaard. --- The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. --- Vascular tissue. --- Vegetation. --- Veronica arvensis. --- Veronica chamaedrys. --- Volk (German word). --- Vulpia bromoides. --- Western culture. --- Wildflower. --- Wrack (seaweed). --- Xanthoria parietina. --- Yeshiva University. --- Zionism. --- Zostera marina. --- Zostera noltei.

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