Field Notes on Science & Nature / Michael R. Canfield.
Canfield, Michael R. , author.; Behrensmeyer, Anna K., contributor.; Canfield, Michael R., contributor.; Greene, Erick, contributor.; Heinrich, Bernd, contributor.; Kaufman, Kenn, contributor.; Keller, Jenny, contributor.; Kingdon, Jonathan, contributor.; Kitching, Roger, contributor.; Kramer, Karen l., contributor.; Naskrecki, Piotr, contributor.; Patton, James L., contributor.; Perrine, John D., contributor.; Reveal, James L., contributor.; Schaller, George B., contributor.; Wilson, Edward O., contributor.
2011
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Title
Field Notes on Science & Nature / Michael R. Canfield.
ISBN
9780674060845
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (313 p.) : 87 color illustrations, 43 halftones
Item Number
10.4159/harvard.9780674060845 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
570.72
Summary
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 insight into nature develop?Pioneering a new niche in the study of plants and animals in their native habitat, Field Notes on Science and Nature allows readers to peer over the shoulders and into the notebooks of a dozen eminent field workers, to study firsthand their observational methods, materials, and fleeting impressions.What did George Schaller note when studying the lions of the Serengeti? What lists did Kenn Kaufman keep during his 1973 "big year"? How does Piotr Naskrecki use relational databases and electronic field notes? In what way is Bernd Heinrich's approach "truly Thoreauvian," in E. O. Wilson's view? Recording observations in the field is an indispensable scientific skill, but researchers are not generally willing to share their personal records with others. Here, for the first time, are reproductions of actual pages from notebooks. And in essays abounding with fascinating anecdotes, the authors reflect on the contexts in which the notes were taken.Covering disciplines as diverse as ornithology, entomology, ecology, paleontology, anthropology, botany, and animal behavior, Field Notes offers specific examples that professional naturalists can emulate to fine-tune their own field methods, along with practical advice that amateur naturalists and students can use to document their adventures.
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Added Author
Behrensmeyer, Anna K., contributor.
Canfield, Michael R., contributor.
Greene, Erick, contributor.
Heinrich, Bernd, contributor.
Kaufman, Kenn, contributor.
Keller, Jenny, contributor.
Kingdon, Jonathan, contributor.
Kitching, Roger, contributor.
Kramer, Karen l., contributor.
Naskrecki, Piotr, contributor.
Patton, James L., contributor.
Perrine, John D., contributor.
Reveal, James L., contributor.
Schaller, George B., contributor.
Wilson, Edward O., contributor.
Canfield, Michael R., contributor.
Greene, Erick, contributor.
Heinrich, Bernd, contributor.
Kaufman, Kenn, contributor.
Keller, Jenny, contributor.
Kingdon, Jonathan, contributor.
Kitching, Roger, contributor.
Kramer, Karen l., contributor.
Naskrecki, Piotr, contributor.
Patton, James L., contributor.
Perrine, John D., contributor.
Reveal, James L., contributor.
Schaller, George B., contributor.
Wilson, Edward O., contributor.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1. The Pleasure of Observing
2. Untangling the Bank
3. One and a Half Cheers for List-Keeping
4. A Reflection of the Truth
5. Linking Researchers across Generations
6. The Spoken and the Unspoken
7. In the Eye of the Beholder
8. Why Sketch?
9. The Evolution and Fate of Botanical Field Books
10. Note-Taking for Pencilophobes
11. Letters to the Future
12. Why Keep a Field Notebook?
Notes
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1. The Pleasure of Observing
2. Untangling the Bank
3. One and a Half Cheers for List-Keeping
4. A Reflection of the Truth
5. Linking Researchers across Generations
6. The Spoken and the Unspoken
7. In the Eye of the Beholder
8. Why Sketch?
9. The Evolution and Fate of Botanical Field Books
10. Note-Taking for Pencilophobes
11. Letters to the Future
12. Why Keep a Field Notebook?
Notes
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index