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Power of position :classification and the biodiversity sciences
How biodiversity classification, with its ranking of species, has social and political implications as well as implications for the field of information studies. The idea that species live in nature as pure and clear-cut named individuals is a fiction, as scientists well know. According to Robert D. Montoya, classifications are powerful mechanisms and we must better attend to the machinations o…
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Bureaucratic landscapes :interagency cooperation and the preservation of biod…
Political scientists have long been concerned about the tension between institutional fragmentation and policy coordination in the U.S. bureaucracy. The literature is rife with examples of agencies competing with each other or asserting their independence, while cooperation is relatively rare. This is of particular importance in policy areas such as biodiversity, where species, habitats, and ec…
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- 1 online resource (xxii, 353 pages).
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The Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited
In 1995, John Maynard Smith and E?ors Szathm?ary published their influential book 'The Major Transitions in Evolution'. In this volume, scholars reconsider and extend the earlier book's themes in light of recent developments in evolutionary biology.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262295703
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- 1 online resource (x, 319 pages) :illustrations.
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Inclusion on purpose :an intersectional approach to creating a culture of bel…
"A guide for organizations to improve their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, focusing specifically on the experiences of women of color"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Our ancient lakes :a natural history
The unexpected diversity, beauty, and strangeness of life in ancient lakes -- some millions of years old -- and the remarkable insights the lakes are yielding about the causes of biodiversity. Most lakes are less than 10,000 years old and short-lived, but there is a much smaller number of ancient lakes, tectonic in origin and often millions of years old, that are scattered across every continen…
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Disparate measures :the intersectional economics of women in STEM work
"A quantitative look at labor market outcomes for women in STEM along multiple dimension of identity, including race, disability, immigrant status, etc"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262377942
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Diversity dividend :the transformational power of small changes to debias you…
"A look at how behavioral science can combat systemic bias in the workplace"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262376310
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Agrobiodiversity :integrating knowledge for a sustainable future
Experts discuss the challenges faced in agrobiodiversity and conservation, integrating disciplines that range from plant and biological sciences to economics and political science. Wide-ranging environmental phenomena -- including climate change, extreme weather events, and soil and water availability -- combine with such socioeconomic factors as food policies, dietary preferences, and market f…
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End of the Wild, The.
A wake-up call that argues that although it may be too late to save biodiversity, we can take steps to save our ecosystems.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Value Addition of Horticultural Crops: Recent Trends and Future Directions
This book combines several ideas and philosophies and provides a detailed discussion on the value addition of fruits, vegetables, spices, plantation crops, floricultural crops and in forestry. Separate chapters address the packaging, preservation, drying, dehydration, total quality management and supply chain management of horticultural crops. The book explains value addition as a process of in…
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