The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory : A Century of Discovering the Nature of Nature /
Imagine a place dedicated to the long-term study of nature in nature, a permanent biological field station, a teaching and research laboratory that promotes complete immersion in the natural world. Lakeside Laboratory, founded on the shore of Lake Okoboji in northwestern Iowa in 1909, is just such a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
[2012]
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| Series: | Bur oak book.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Imagine a place dedicated to the long-term study of nature in nature, a permanent biological field station, a teaching and research laboratory that promotes complete immersion in the natural world. Lakeside Laboratory, founded on the shore of Lake Okoboji in northwestern Iowa in 1909, is just such a place. In this book, the author sets the story of Lakeside Lab within the larger story of the primacy of fieldwork, the emergence of conservation biology, and the ability of field stations to address such growing problems as pollution, disease, habitat loss, invasive species, and climate change. |
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| Item Description: | Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781609381394 1609381394 |
