david randall - footprint books · 2018. 8. 28. · global environment: water, air, and geochemical...

David Randall

Pbk | 288pp | 9780691143750 | 16/04/2012A$54.99 | NZ$66 | Princeton University Press

The atmosphere is critical to climate change. It can amplify shifts in the climate system, and also mitigate them. This primer offers a short, reader-friendly introduction to these atmospheric processes and how they work, written by a leading expert on the subject.

CLIMATE SCIENCE

Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate

David Schimel


How does life on our planet respond to - and shape -climate? This question has never been more urgent than it is today, when humans are faced with the daunting task of guiding adaptation to an inexorably changing climate. This concise, accessible, and authoritative book provides an unmatched introduction to the most reliable current knowledge about the complex relationship between living things and climate.

Climate and Ecosystems

Joseph F C DiMento and Pamela Doughman

Pbk | 368pp | 9780262525879 | 28/03/2014A$49.99 | NZ$63 | MIT Press

This book explains the scientific knowledge about global climate change clearly and concisely in engaging, non technical language, describes how it will affect all of us, and suggests how government, business, and citizens can take action against it.

Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren 2ed

Kerry H Cook

Hbk | 216pp | 9780691125305 | 1/08/2013A$75 | NZ$89 | Princeton University Press

Climate Dynamics is an advanced undergraduate-level textbook that provides an essential foundation in the physical understanding of the earth's climate system. The book assumes no background in atmospheric or ocean sciences and is appropriate for any science or engineering student who has completed two semesters of calculus and one semester of calculus-based physics.

Climate Dynamics (ISE)

Paul Segall


Earthquake and Volcano Deformation is the first textbook to present the mechanical models of earthquake and volcanic processes, emphasizing earth-surface deformations that can be compared with observations from Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, Interferometric Radar (InSAR), and borehole strain- and tiltmeters. Paul Segall provides the physical and mathematical fundamentals for the models used to interpret deformation measurements near active faults and volcanic centers.

Ancillary Materials

EARTH SCIENCES

Earthquake and Volcano Deformation

Paul Segall

Pbk | 87pp | 9780691145815 | 1/01/2011A$1.99 | NZ$2.99 | Princeton University Press

NOT FOR SALE. AVAILABLE ONLY TO LECTURERS WHO HAVE ADOPTED THE CORRESPONDING BOOK AS A COURSE TEXT.

Ancillary Materials

Earthquake and Volcano Deformation (Instructor`s Manual - Solutions to Problems)

George Hornberger, Patricia Wiberg, Jeffre

Hbk | 392pp | 9781421413730 | 24/10/2014A$136 | NZ$165 | Johns Hopkins University Press

Among the many diverse aspects of environmental science, none is more critical to the future of society and nature than water. Understanding the role of water on Earth and making good decisions regarding water conservation and hydrological hazards depends on learning the fundamentals of physical hydrology. This textbook, now in an expanded second edition, provides the clearest opportunity for students to absorb those fundamentals. Written at an introductory level, Elements of Physical Hydrology covers virtually every aspect of this subject.

Elements of Physical Hydrology 2ed

Eva Jablonka and Marion J Lamb

Pbk | 576pp | 9780262525848 | 18/04/2014A$69 | NZ$86 | MIT Press

This new edition of the widely read Evolution in Four Dimensions has been revised to reflect the spate of new discoveries in biology since the book was first published in 2005, offering corrections, an updated bibliography, and a substantial new chapter. Eva Jablonka and Marion Lamb's pioneering argument proposes that there is more to heredity than genes. They describe four 'dimensions' in heredity - four inheritance systems that play a role in evolution: genetic, epigenetic (or non-DNA cellular transmission of traits), behavioral, andsymbolic (transmission through language and other forms of symbolic communication).

Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life (Revised Edition)

http://www.footprint.com.au/product-detail.asp?product=9780691143750&ParentPage=new-releases.asp








Elizabeth Kay Berner and Robert A Berner


This newly revised edition of Global Environment discusses the major elements of the geochemical cycles and global fluxes found in the atmosphere, land, lakes, rivers, biota, and oceans, as well as the human effects on these fluxes. Retaining the strengths of the original edition while incorporating the latest discoveries, this textbook takes an integrated, multidisciplinary, and global approach to geochemistry and environmental problems and introduces fundamental concepts of meteorology, surficial geology (weathering, erosion, and sedimentation), biogeochemistry, limnology, and oceanography.

Global Environment: Water, Air, and Geochemical Cycles 2ed (ISE)

David A Randall


This is a graduate-level textbook on the global circulation of the Earth's atmosphere--the large-scale system of winds by which energy is transported around the planet, from the tropical latitudes to the poles. Written by David Randall, one of the world's foremost experts on the subject, it is the most comprehensive textbook on the topic. Intended for Earth science students who have completed some graduate-level coursework in atmospheric dynamics, the book will help students build on that foundation, preparing them for research in the field.

An Introduction to the Global Circulation of the Atmosphere

Toby Tyrrell


One of the enduring questions about our planet is how it has remained continuously habitable over vast stretches of geological time despite the fact that its atmosphere and climate are potentially unstable. James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis posits that life itself has intervened in the regulation of the planetary environment in order to keep it stable and favorable for life. First proposed in the 1970s, Lovelock's hypothesis remains highly controversial and continues to provoke fierce debate. On Gaia undertakes the first in-depth investigation of the arguments put forward by Lovelock and others.

On Gaia: A Critical Investigation of the Relationship between Life and Earth

Kenneth J Gregory and Andrew S Goudie

Pbk | 648pp | 9781446295847 | 30/04/2014A$95 | NZ$117 | Sage Publications Ltd

Geomorphology is the study of the Earth's diverse physical land-surface features and the dynamic processes that shape these features. Examining natural and anthropogenic processes, The SAGE Handbook of Geomorphology is a comprehensive exposition of the fundamentals of geomorphology that examines form, process, and applications of the discipline.Ebook Available

Aust Author

The SAGE Handbook of Geomorphology

Andrew Hendry


In recent years, scientists have realized that evolution can occur on timescales much shorter than the "long lapse of ages" emphasized by Darwin--in fact, evolutionary change is occurring all around us all the time. This book provides an authoritative and accessible introduction to eco-evolutionary dynamics, a cutting-edge new field that seeks to unify evolution and ecology into a common conceptual framework focusing on rapid and dynamic environmental and evolutionary change.

ECOLOGY

Eco-evolutionary Dynamics

John Bellamy Foster

Pbk | 288pp | 9781583671795 | 1/02/2009A$34.99 | NZ$42.99 | New York University Press

Since the atomic bomb made its first appearance on the world stage in 1945, it has been clear that we possess the power to destroy our own planet. What nuclear weapons made possible, global environmental crisis, marked especially by global warming, has now made inevitable - if business as usual continues. The roots of the present ecological crisis, John Bellamy Fosterargues in The Ecological Revolution, lie in capital’s rapacious expansion, which has now achieved unprecedented heights of irrationality across the globe.

The Ecological Revolution: Making Peace with the Planet

Robert Poulin (NZ)

Pbk | 360pp | 9780691120850 | 11/12/2006A$122 | NZ$147 | Princeton University Press

Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and other animals in fundamental ways, but in recent years they have become a powerful model system for the study of ecology and evolution, with practical applications in disease prevention. Here, in a thoroughly revised and updated edition of his influential earlier work, Robert Poulin provides an evolutionary ecologist's view of the biology of parasites.

NZ Author

Evolutionary Ecology of Parasites 2ed

Richard Karban, Mikaela Huntzinger and Ian


Most books and courses in ecology cover facts and concepts but don't explain how to actually do ecological research. How to Do Ecology provides nuts-and-bolts advice on organizing and conducting a successful research program. This one-of-a-kind book explains how to choose a research question and answer it through manipulative experiments and systematic observations.

How to Do Ecology: A Concise Handbook 2ed

Contact us at [email protected] for textbook support and recommendations3









Thomas Kiorboe

Hbk | 224pp | 9780691134222 | 2/09/2008A$53.99 | NZ$66 | Princeton University Press

The three main missions of any organism--growing, reproducing, and surviving--depend on encounters with food and mates, and on avoiding encounters with predators. Through natural selection, the behavior and ecology of plankton organisms have evolved to optimize these tasks. This book offers a mechanistic approach to the study of ocean ecology by exploring biological interactions in plankton at the individual level. The book focuses on encounter mechanisms, since the pace of life in the ocean intimately relates to the rate at which encounters happen.

A Mechanistic Approach to Plankton Ecology (ISE)

John H Vandermeer and Deborah E Goldberg


Ecology is capturing the popular imagination like never before, with issues such as climate change, species extinctions, and habitat destruction becoming ever more prominent. At the same time, the science of ecology has advanced dramatically, growing in mathematical and theoretical sophistication. Here, two leading experts present the fundamental quantitative principles of ecology in an accessible yet rigorous way, introducing students to the most basic of all ecological subjects, the structure and dynamics of populations.

Population Ecology: First Principles 2ed (ISE)

John Kricher


This full-color illustrated textbook offers the first comprehensive introduction to all major aspects of tropical ecology. It explains why the world's tropical rain forests are so universally rich in species, what factors may contribute to high species richness, how nutrient cycles affect rain forest ecology, and how ecologists investigate the complex interrelationships among flora and fauna. It covers tropical montane ecology, riverine ecosystems, savanna, dry forest - and more.

Tropical Ecology (ISE)

Thomas W Cronin, Sonke Johnsen, N Justin M


Visual ecology is the study of how animals use visual systems to meet their ecological needs, how these systems have evolved, and how they are specialized for particular visual tasks. Visual Ecology provides the first up-to-date synthesis of the field to appear in more than three decades. Featuring some 225 illustrations, including more than 140 in color, spread throughout the text, this comprehensive and accessible book begins by discussing the basic properties of light and the optical environment.

Aust Author

Visual Ecology

Charles Krebs

Pbk | 208pp | 9780226318158 | 1/06/2016A$45.99 | NZ$55.99 | University of Chicago Press

Global temperatures and seawater levels rise; the world's smallest porpoise species looms at the edge of extinction; and a tiny emerald beetle from Japan flourishes in North America—but why does it matter? Who cares? With this concise, accessible, and up-to-date book, Charles J. Krebs answers critics and enlightens students and environmental advocates alike, revealing not why phenomena like these deserve our attention, but why they demand it.

Aust Author

Why Ecology Matters

CQ Researcher

Pbk | 336pp | 9781608714131 | 15/05/2010A$92 | NZ$109 | CQ Press

Do carbon offsets slow climate change? Will the growing competition for energy trigger new international conflicts? Should water be privatized? Will global warming increase species losses? Can individual action significantly reduce global climate change? Global Environmental Issues, drawn from recent reports from CQ Press’s award-winning CQ Researcher, takes up these and other compelling questions.

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Global Environmental Issues: Selections from CQ Researcher

Joni Adamson, William Gleason and David Pe

Pbk | 240pp | 9780814760833 | 26/02/2016A$49.99 | NZ$62 | New York University Press

Understandings of nature have expanded and changed, but the word has not lost importance at any level of discourse: it continues to hold a key place in conversations surrounding thought, ethics, and aesthetics. Nowhere is this more evident than in the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies.

Keywords for Environmental Studies

Jonathan B Losos and Robert E Ricklefs


In The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited, some of today's most prominent biologists assess the continuing impact of MacArthur and Wilson's book four decades after its publication. Following an opening chapter in which Wilson reflects on island biogeography in the 1960s, fifteen chapters evaluate and demonstrate how the field has extended and confirmed - as well as challenged and modified - MacArthur and Wilson's original ideas.

GEOGRAPHY

The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited

Order your inspection copy at www.footprint.com.au or call 1300 260 0904









Linda L. Hill

Pbk | 280pp | 9780262512527 | 31/03/2009A$14.99 | NZ$19.99 | MIT Press

Hill introduces the reader to basic information about geospatial information objects, concepts of geospatial referencing, the role of gazetteer data, the ways in which geospatial referencing has been included in metadata structures, and methods for the implementation of geographic information retrieval (GIR).

Georeferencing: The Geographic Associations of Information

Mark Denny


The world's oceans account for roughly 71 percent of the planet's surface and 99 percent of its livable volume. Any study of this huge habitat requires a solid foundation in the principles that underlie marine biology and physical and chemical oceanography, yet until now undergraduate textbooks have largely presented compilations of facts rather than explanations of principles. How the Ocean Works fills this gap, providing a concise and accessible college-level introduction to marine science that is also ideal for general readers.

OCEANOGRAPHY

How the Ocean Works: An Introduction to Oceanography (ISE)

Carl Wunsch


Written by a leading physical oceanographer, Modern Observational Physical Oceanography explains what the observational revolution of the past twenty-five years has taught us about the real, changing fluid ocean. Unlike any other book, it provides a broad and accessible treatment of the subject, covering everything from modern methods of observation and data analysis to the fluid dynamics and modeling of ocean processes and variability.

Modern Observational Physical Oceanography: Understanding the Global Ocean

Sarah P Otto and Troy Day


This book provides biology students with the tools necessary to both interpret models and to build their own. The book starts at an elementary level of mathematical modelling, then gradually builds in depth and complexity, from classic models in ecology and evolution to more intricate class-structured and probabilistic models.Ancillary Materials

RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

A Biologist's Guide to Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Evolution

Michael Harris, Gordon Taylor and Jacquely

Pbk | 240pp | 9781904842903 | 10/06/2013A$42.99 | NZ$52.99 | Scion Publishing Ltd

Catch Up Maths and Stats covers the core maths skills you will need on any life or medical sciences course including: working with fractions and powers; preparation of a dilution series; how to calculate standard deviation; using and understanding graphs; analysing enzyme kinetics; and choosing the right statistical test. Over 200 examples are provided to show the relevance and application of maths and stats to your course.

Catch Up Maths and Stats: For the Life and Medical Sciences 2ed

Scott Montgomery


For more than a decade, The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science has been the go-to reference for anyone who needs to write or speak about their research. Whether a student writing a thesis, a faculty member composing a grant proposal, or a public information officer crafting a press release, Scott Montgomery's advice is perfectly adaptable to any scientific writer's needs.

The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science 2ed

Stefano Allesina and Madlen Wilmes


While biological data continues to grow exponentially in size and quality, many of today's biologists are not trained adequately in the computing skills necessary for leveraging this information deluge. In Computing Skills for Biologists, Stefano Allesina and Madlen Wilmes present a valuable toolbox for the effective analysis of biological data.New Title

Computing Skills for Biologists: A Toolbox

Benjamin M Bolker


Ecological Models and Data in R is the first truly practical introduction to modern statistical methods for ecology. In step-by-step detail, the book teaches ecology graduate students and researchers everything they need to know in order to use maximum likelihood, information-theoretic, and Bayesian techniques to analyze their own data using the programming language R.

Ancillary Materials

Ecological Models and Data in R (ISE)










Julia Koricheva, Jessica Gurevitch and Ker


Meta-analysis is a powerful statistical methodology for synthesizing research evidence across independent studies. This is the first comprehensive handbook of meta-analysis written specifically for ecologists and evolutionary biologists, and it provides an invaluable introduction for beginners as well as an up-to-date guide for experienced meta-analysts.Aust Author

Handbook of Meta-analysis in Ecology and Evolution

Stanton Braude and Bobbi S Low


This unique textbook introduces undergraduate students to quantitative models and methods in ecology, behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. It explores the core concepts shared by these related fields using tools and practical skills such as experimental design, generating phylogenies, basic statistical inference, and persuasive grant writing. And contributors use examples from their own cutting-edge research, providing diverse views to engage students and broaden their understanding.

An Introduction to Methods and Models in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (ISE)

Stanton Braude and Bobbi S Low


RESTRICTED ACCESS - ONLY AVAILABLE TO LECTURERS WHO HAVE ADOPTED THE TEXT 9780691127248

Ancillary Materials

An Introduction to Methods and Models in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology - Instructor's Manual

Jochen Albrecht

Pbk | 120pp | 9781412910163 | 1/08/2007A$64 | NZ$76 | Sage Publications Ltd

This text is the applied primer on key concepts and techniques in GIS. It comprises thirty-five, 2,000-word encyclopaedic dictionary entries, each with graphic illustration. Key Concepts and Techniques shows what can be done with GIS data, from data input to data management and analysis.

Ebook Available

Key Concepts and Techniques in GIS

Michael P Peterson

Pbk | 421pp | 9781462510412 | 11/04/2014A$116 | NZ$139 | Guilford Publications Inc

This engaging text provides a solid introduction to mapmaking in the era of cloud computing. It takes students through both the concepts and technology of modern cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), and Web-based mapping. Conceptual chapters delve into the meaning of maps and how they are developed, covering such topics as map layers, GIS tools, mobile mapping, and map animation.

Ebook Available

Mapping in the Cloud

William Newman


This authoritative and accessible book covers everything from the elements of vector and tensor analysis to ordinary differential equations, special functions, and chaos and fractals. Other topics include integral transforms, complex analysis, and inverse theory; partial differential equations of mathematical geophysics; probability, statistics, and computational methods; and much more.

Mathematical Methods for Geophysics and Space Physics

Rudy Slingerland and Lee Kump


Mathematical Modeling of Earth's Dynamical Systems gives earth scientists the essential skills for translating chemical and physical systems into mathematical and computational models that provide enhanced insight into Earth's processes. Using a step-by-step method, the book identifies the important geological variables of physical-chemical geoscience problems and describes the mechanisms that control these variables.

Ancillary Materials

Mathematical Modeling of Earth's Dynamical Systems: A Primer (ISE)

Rudy Slingerland


NOT FOR SALE. AVAILABLE ONLY TO LECTURERS WHO HAVE ADOPTED THE CORRESPONDING BOOK (9780691145143) AS A COURSE TEXT.

Ancillary Materials

Mathematical Modeling of Earth`s Dynamical Systems: A Primer Instructor`s Manual

Order your inspection copy at www.footprint.com.au or call 1300 260 0906









Erin N Bodine, Suzanne Lenhart and Louis J


The life sciences deal with a vast array of problems at different spatial, temporal, and organizational scales. The mathematics necessary to describe, model, and analyze these problems is similarly diverse, incorporating quantitative techniques that are rarely taught in standard undergraduate courses. This textbook provides an accessible introduction to these critical mathematical concepts, linking them to biological observation and theory while also presenting the computational tools needed to address problems not readily investigated using mathematics alone.

Mathematics for the Life Sciences

Ben Klemens


Modelling with Data fully explains how to execute computationally intensive analyses on very large data sets, showing readers how to determine the best methods for solving a variety of different problems, how to create and debug statistical models, and how to run an analysis and evaluate the results.

Modeling with Data: Tools and Techniques for Scientific Computing (ISE)

Gidon Eshel


A severe thunderstorm morphs into a tornado that cuts a swath of destruction through Oklahoma. How do we study the storm's mutation into a deadly twister? Avian flu cases are reported in China. This comprehensive text introduces advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers to the statistical and algebraic methods used to analyze spatiotemporal data in a range of fields, including climate science, geophysics, ecology, astrophysics, and medicine.

Spatiotemporal Data Analysis (ISE)

Thomas S Kuhn


A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, and we forget how provocative and challenging its ideas once were and mdash;and still are. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is that kind of book. When it was first published in 1962, it was a landmark event in the history and philosophy of science. And fifty years later, it still has many lessons to teach.

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th-Anniversary Edition

Pauline Millican and John Heritage


The authors draw on many years experience of working with bioscience students to introduce the skills needed to succeed in the Life Sciences at University. The user-friendly format, derived from the Study Skills guide given to new students at Leeds University, includes everything a beginning student needs to know about how to learn, how to make the most of teaching, how to present work, how to revise and pass exams, how to use computers effectively, how to plan the final year and beyond.

Studying Science (Microsoft Office 2003 edition): A Guide to Undergraduate Success

Pauline Millican and John Heritage


The authors draw on many years and experience of working with bioscience students to introduce the skills needed to succeed in the Life Sciences at University. The user-friendly format, derived from the Study Skills guide given to new students at Leeds University, includes everything a beginning student needs to know about how to learn, how to make the most of teaching, how to present work, how to revise and pass exams, how to use computers effectively, how to plan the final year and beyond.

Studying Science (Microsoft Office 2007 edition): A Guide to Undergraduate Success

Jon Norberg and Graeme Cumming

Pbk | 312pp | 9780231134613 | 1/06/2008A$68 | NZ$82 | Columbia University Press

Complexity Theory for a Sustainable Future is a hands-on treatment of this exciting new body of work and its applications, bridging the gap between theoretical and applied perspectives in the management of complex adaptive systems. Focusing primarily on natural resource management and community-based conservation, the book features contributions by leading authors in the field.

SUSTAINABILITY

Complexity Theory for a Sustainable Future

Charles H Langmuir and Wally Broecker


Since its first publication more than twenty-five years ago, How to Build a Habitable Planet has established a legendary reputation as an accessible yet scientifically impeccable introduction to the origin and evolution of Earth, from the Big Bang through the rise of human civilization. This classic account of how our habitable planet was assembled from the stuff of stars introduced readers to planetary, Earth, and climate science by way of a fascinating narrative. Now this great book has been made even better.

How to Build a Habitable Planet: The Story of Earth from the Big Bang to Humankind (Revised and Expanded Edition) (ISE)










http://www.footprint.com.au/



https://www.facebook.com/FootprintBooksAustralasia/


http://www.footprint.com.au/product-detail.asp?SubSection=%279781526419521%27&product=9781526419521&ParentPage=product-listing%2Easp%3Fkeywords%3D9781526419521%26scope%3Dbooks%26Category%3D










david randall - footprint books · 2018. 8. 28. · global environment: water, air, and geochemical...

Documents