Tigerland and other unintended destinations
By Eric Dinerstein
Washington : Island Press, 2005.
Call# QH75 .D55 2005

From Amazon.com:

“In 1972, Eric Dinerstein was in film school at Northwestern University, with few thoughts of nature, let alone tiger-filled jungles at the base of the Himalayas or the antelope-studded Serengeti plain. Yet thanks to some inspiring teachers and the squawk of a little green heron that awakened him to nature’s fundamental wonders, Dinerstein would ultimately become a leading conservation biologist, traveling to these and other remote corners of the world to protect creatures ranging from the striking snow leopard to the homely wrinkle-faced bat.
Tigerland and Other Unintended Destinations takes readers on Dinerstein’s unlikely journey to conservation’s frontiers, from early research in Nepal to recent expeditions as head of Conservation Science at the World Wildlife Fund. We are there as the author renews his resolve after being swept downstream on an elephant’s back, tracks snow leopards in the mountains of Kashmir with a remarkable housewife turned zoologist, and finds unexpected grit in a Manhattanite donor he guides into the wildest reaches of the Orinoco River. At every turn, we meet professed and unprofessed ecologists who share Dinerstein’s mission, a cast of free-spirited characters uncommonly committed to-and remarkably successful at-preserving slices of the world’s natural heritage.
A simple sense of responsibility, one feels, shines through all of Dinerstein’s experiences: not just to marvel at what we see, but to join in efforts sustain the planet’s exquisite design. Tigerland’s message is clear: individuals make all the difference; if we combine science, advocacy, and passion, ambitious visions for conservation can become reality-even against overwhelming odds.”

Land degradation : creation and destruction
By Douglas L. Johnson
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.
Call# GE140 .J64 2007

From Amazon.com:

“This up-to-date, second edition of Land Degradation explores substantial decreases in the land’s biological productivity or usefulness to humans due to human activities. Case studies cover the history of land degradation, local and regional effects of human interactions with the environment, and both negative and positive aspects of land modification. Extensively illustrated, Land Degradation can be used as the primary text in a course of the same name or as a supplement in courses covering land use, environmental change, and sustainability.”

Groundwater geophysics : a tool for hydrogeology
by Reinhard Kirsch
New York : Springer, 2006.
Call# GB1005 .G76 2006

From Springer:

“Geophysical techniques can map the underground conditions apart from boreholes. The use of these methods for hydrogeological applications is demonstrated for mapping of porous aquifers, mapping of structural aquifers, determintation of groundwater quality (mineralization), geophysical assessment of hydraulic properties, determination of aquifer vulnerability, and mapping of comtaminated sites. Additionally, a description of applied geophysical techniques used for groundwater studies is given including seismics, resistivity methods, magnetics, and ground penetrating radar. Even advanced techniques like NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) are presented.”

Nature and the environment in pre-Columbian American life
By Stacy Kowtko
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
Call# E98 .S67 K69 2006

From Greenwood Publishing Group:

“Prehistoric North Americans lived on, in, and surrounded by nature. As a result, everything they were resulted from this co-existence. From interpersonal relations to supernatural beliefs, from housing size and function to the food they ate and clothing they wore, the life of Native Americans before the arrival of Europeans was intimately intertwined with the environment. What is known about these societies is often sketchy at best, having survived largely through archaeological remains and oral tradition. Scholars have tried to understand Native American history on its own terms, trying to understand who and what they were in reality – a complex, diverse multitude of populations that defined themselves entirely through what they saw, heard, and experienced everyday – their natural environment. Nature and the Environment in Pre-Columbian American Life provides an overview of all aspects of how native peoples interacted with the environment:

Animal Models in Biological Psychiatry
by Allan V. Kalueff
New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , 2006.
Call# RC344 .A55 2006

From Nova Publishers:

“In this book experts from academia introduce the reader to some of the recent new developments in the field of experimental modelling of various brain disorders. Covering data from neuroethology to neurogenetics and psychopharmacology, this book collects a number of outstanding state-of-the-art papers on the topic, collected by the Russian Society for BioPsychiatry. They will give us a brief but sound resume of the reasons why it is so important to study biological markers of brain pathology, and in so doing, discuss the various challenges and available opportunities.”