PA State Geography Standards - Williamsport Area School District
... The Geography Standards describe what students should know and be able to do at four grade levels (third, sixth, ninth and twelfth). They reflect the increasingly complex and sophisticated understanding of geography that students are expected to achieve as they progress through school. Throughout th ...
... The Geography Standards describe what students should know and be able to do at four grade levels (third, sixth, ninth and twelfth). They reflect the increasingly complex and sophisticated understanding of geography that students are expected to achieve as they progress through school. Throughout th ...
Social-ecological systems as epistemic objects
... the redefinition and extension of the concept of resilience, which has been stretched from a descriptive-analytical term in biological ecology into a vaguer and more malleable notion, one supposedly able to function as a general approach to systems analysis that can be used by different scientific d ...
... the redefinition and extension of the concept of resilience, which has been stretched from a descriptive-analytical term in biological ecology into a vaguer and more malleable notion, one supposedly able to function as a general approach to systems analysis that can be used by different scientific d ...
Community assembly, coexistence and the environmental filtering
... interactions can be strongly influenced by the abiotic context (e.g. Callaway et al. 2002) and abiotic events throughout the life span of an organism can have strong influences on community membership (e.g. Engelbrecht et al. 2007). Truly detecting environmental filtering may require studies of toleran ...
... interactions can be strongly influenced by the abiotic context (e.g. Callaway et al. 2002) and abiotic events throughout the life span of an organism can have strong influences on community membership (e.g. Engelbrecht et al. 2007). Truly detecting environmental filtering may require studies of toleran ...
Ancient Wisdom and Civilization
... is rather straightforward and can be empirically answered. For if ‘collective wisdom’ is understood as the collective knowledge of a society or culture and ‘civilization’ is associated with a certain level of social or technological advancement, then our question concerns whether collective knowledg ...
... is rather straightforward and can be empirically answered. For if ‘collective wisdom’ is understood as the collective knowledge of a society or culture and ‘civilization’ is associated with a certain level of social or technological advancement, then our question concerns whether collective knowledg ...
Cultural survival quaterly. No longer nomadic : changing Punan
... Over the past half-century tropical humid forests have undergone unprecedented pressure to make way for people, often at the cost of ecological functions that may affect human health. The role of deforestation in the increase in infectious diseases is the most obvious direct health impact, but more ...
... Over the past half-century tropical humid forests have undergone unprecedented pressure to make way for people, often at the cost of ecological functions that may affect human health. The role of deforestation in the increase in infectious diseases is the most obvious direct health impact, but more ...
The unity of knowledge An Interdisciplinary Project
... from the one it has played in the past. Philosophy is not the dominator or final arbiter of the meaning of different single sciences any more. With the insistence that the world is more than just anybody’s or someone’s totalizing idea alone, philosophy must now play the role of a mediator. Its main ...
... from the one it has played in the past. Philosophy is not the dominator or final arbiter of the meaning of different single sciences any more. With the insistence that the world is more than just anybody’s or someone’s totalizing idea alone, philosophy must now play the role of a mediator. Its main ...
ch02 - Anthropology
... anthropologists; they challenged us even though we had years of field experience in rural central Africa and had worked around infectious and parasitic diseases. Specifically, Barry had worked on projects to control river blindness, (onchocerciasis) and schistosomiasis, while Bonnie had worked with ...
... anthropologists; they challenged us even though we had years of field experience in rural central Africa and had worked around infectious and parasitic diseases. Specifically, Barry had worked on projects to control river blindness, (onchocerciasis) and schistosomiasis, while Bonnie had worked with ...
Books by Margaret Mead, Reissued with New Introductions for the
... Methods of Research on Contemporary Cultures Introduction by William O. Beeman Spring 2002 Few anthropologists today realize the pioneering role Margaret Mead played in the investigation of contemporary cultures. This volume collects and presents a variety of her essays on research methodology rela ...
... Methods of Research on Contemporary Cultures Introduction by William O. Beeman Spring 2002 Few anthropologists today realize the pioneering role Margaret Mead played in the investigation of contemporary cultures. This volume collects and presents a variety of her essays on research methodology rela ...
Curriculum Vitae - High Point University
... of Illinois, Eastern Division. Case no. 1:10-cv-04457. Cooke, S. L., and W. R. Hill. 2008. Bioenergetics of Invasive Asian Carp. Illinois Natural History Survey Report No. 394. Winter. ...
... of Illinois, Eastern Division. Case no. 1:10-cv-04457. Cooke, S. L., and W. R. Hill. 2008. Bioenergetics of Invasive Asian Carp. Illinois Natural History Survey Report No. 394. Winter. ...
Chapter 3
... Language in Global Perspective–Chinese Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese, and dozens of other dialects) is the native tongue of one-fifth of the world’s people, almost all of whom live in Asia. Although all Chinese people read and write with the same characters, they use several dozen dialects. ...
... Language in Global Perspective–Chinese Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese, and dozens of other dialects) is the native tongue of one-fifth of the world’s people, almost all of whom live in Asia. Although all Chinese people read and write with the same characters, they use several dozen dialects. ...
Unit 1 - OpenWetWare
... Describe the flowchart of inquiry used to determine what limits the geographic distribution of a particular ...
... Describe the flowchart of inquiry used to determine what limits the geographic distribution of a particular ...
THE ENVIRONMENT DANIEL B. BOTKIN
... discussions. These myths often drive policy and opinion, and Botkin is here to set the record straight. What may seem like an environmentally conscious action on one hand may very well be bringing about the unnatural destruction of habitats and ecosystems. If our society is to sustain the environmen ...
... discussions. These myths often drive policy and opinion, and Botkin is here to set the record straight. What may seem like an environmentally conscious action on one hand may very well be bringing about the unnatural destruction of habitats and ecosystems. If our society is to sustain the environmen ...
Alternative stable states in ecology
... The first requires that different states exist simultaneously Within this community framework, there are two classes under the same set of conditions and that the community of alternative states. The first considers alternative intebe conveyed from one state to another by a sufficiently rior states: ...
... The first requires that different states exist simultaneously Within this community framework, there are two classes under the same set of conditions and that the community of alternative states. The first considers alternative intebe conveyed from one state to another by a sufficiently rior states: ...
Body-mass constraints on foraging behaviour determine population
... While ecologists have documented many different aspects of foraging behaviour, I will subsequently restrict its use to the description of the functional response components of handling, attack and interference (see eqn. 3). The handling time comprises three time components for (i) pursuing and subdu ...
... While ecologists have documented many different aspects of foraging behaviour, I will subsequently restrict its use to the description of the functional response components of handling, attack and interference (see eqn. 3). The handling time comprises three time components for (i) pursuing and subdu ...
The Value of Animal Behavior in Evaluations of Restoration Success
... For example, one or a few species may be particularly important seed dispersers or pollinators in a system (e.g., Wenny & Levey 1998; Ricketts 2004). Thus, a more strategic use of resources in some cases may be to measure the behavior of a few key species, rather than to try to comprehensively sampl ...
... For example, one or a few species may be particularly important seed dispersers or pollinators in a system (e.g., Wenny & Levey 1998; Ricketts 2004). Thus, a more strategic use of resources in some cases may be to measure the behavior of a few key species, rather than to try to comprehensively sampl ...
A PORTRAIT OF ANTHROPOLOGY AS A YOUNG DISCIPLINE
... have not achieved representative perfection, they cannot, but experimentation will lead us ever closer to this unreachable ideal. Therefore, contemporary anthropologists have embraced their disciplinary insecurities in (un)similar manners. In fact, Marcus and Fischer regard most or all of Contempora ...
... have not achieved representative perfection, they cannot, but experimentation will lead us ever closer to this unreachable ideal. Therefore, contemporary anthropologists have embraced their disciplinary insecurities in (un)similar manners. In fact, Marcus and Fischer regard most or all of Contempora ...
Making Predictions in a Changing World: The Benefits of Individual
... Despite this need, predicting the consequences of environmental change for biodiversity has remained a challenge for ecologists. The reasons for this include the complexity, size, and slow dynamics of ecological systems, which usually prevent the use of controlled experiments (Grimm and Railsback 20 ...
... Despite this need, predicting the consequences of environmental change for biodiversity has remained a challenge for ecologists. The reasons for this include the complexity, size, and slow dynamics of ecological systems, which usually prevent the use of controlled experiments (Grimm and Railsback 20 ...
Making Predictions in a Changing World: The Benefits of Individual
... Despite this need, predicting the consequences of environmental change for biodiversity has remained a challenge for ecologists. The reasons for this include the complexity, size, and slow dynamics of ecological systems, which usually prevent the use of controlled experiments (Grimm and Railsback 20 ...
... Despite this need, predicting the consequences of environmental change for biodiversity has remained a challenge for ecologists. The reasons for this include the complexity, size, and slow dynamics of ecological systems, which usually prevent the use of controlled experiments (Grimm and Railsback 20 ...
CURRICULUM VITAE - St. Lawrence University Blogs
... Lakes, the St. Lawrence River, and lakes and rivers in the Adirondacks and Tug Hill plateau. I am also assessing the amounts, movements, and impacts of toxic mercury in wildlife. Journal Articles and Book Chapters (*denotes undergraduate co-authors) ...
... Lakes, the St. Lawrence River, and lakes and rivers in the Adirondacks and Tug Hill plateau. I am also assessing the amounts, movements, and impacts of toxic mercury in wildlife. Journal Articles and Book Chapters (*denotes undergraduate co-authors) ...
The Rashomon Effect: When Ethnographers Disagree
... late 1980s it is hardly novel. Landmarks in this change might be the influential work by Thomas Kuhn (1962) in the natural sciences, who argues that research is shaped by the particular paradigm of its time, and also the book by the psychologist Robert Rosenthal (1976) on the "Pygmalion Effect" and ...
... late 1980s it is hardly novel. Landmarks in this change might be the influential work by Thomas Kuhn (1962) in the natural sciences, who argues that research is shaped by the particular paradigm of its time, and also the book by the psychologist Robert Rosenthal (1976) on the "Pygmalion Effect" and ...
resolving ecological questions through meta
... Abstract. We evaluate the goals of meta-analysis, critique its recent application in ecology, and highlight an approach that more explicitly links meta-analysis and ecological theory. One goal of meta-analysis is testing null hypotheses of no response to experimental manipulations. Many ecologists, ...
... Abstract. We evaluate the goals of meta-analysis, critique its recent application in ecology, and highlight an approach that more explicitly links meta-analysis and ecological theory. One goal of meta-analysis is testing null hypotheses of no response to experimental manipulations. Many ecologists, ...
Aalborg Universitet Field Theory in Cultural Capital Studies of Educational Attainment
... Within the ‘real’ and ‘symbolic’ individual resource interpretations, comprehensive variation exists which often raises lively discussions over questions such as: Exactly what measures are appropriate? How are they distinguished from other relevant ones? What are the causal ‘steps’ in intergeneratio ...
... Within the ‘real’ and ‘symbolic’ individual resource interpretations, comprehensive variation exists which often raises lively discussions over questions such as: Exactly what measures are appropriate? How are they distinguished from other relevant ones? What are the causal ‘steps’ in intergeneratio ...
Biology
... Levels of Organization To understand relationships within the biosphere, ecologists ask questions about events and organisms that range in complexity from a single individual to the entire biosphere. The levels of organization that ecologists study include: individuals, populations, communities, eco ...
... Levels of Organization To understand relationships within the biosphere, ecologists ask questions about events and organisms that range in complexity from a single individual to the entire biosphere. The levels of organization that ecologists study include: individuals, populations, communities, eco ...
Cultural landscape as action arena
... although not yet formalised, with the constitution of action arenas. 4. Examples of cultural landscapes as action arenas During the past years, a variety of action arenas and regional networks e.g. regional parks, large-scale reserves, regions of rural development, tourism regions as well as inter-m ...
... although not yet formalised, with the constitution of action arenas. 4. Examples of cultural landscapes as action arenas During the past years, a variety of action arenas and regional networks e.g. regional parks, large-scale reserves, regions of rural development, tourism regions as well as inter-m ...
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
... “But perhaps Santa Rosalia would find at this point that we are speculating too freely, so for the moment, while under her patronge, I will say no more.” ...
... “But perhaps Santa Rosalia would find at this point that we are speculating too freely, so for the moment, while under her patronge, I will say no more.” ...