Field notes on science & nature  [electronic resource] / 
 Field notes on science and nature 
edited by Michael R. Canfield. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Harvard University Press,  2011. 
 - xiii, 297 p. :  ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Foreword / Edward O. Wilson -- Introduction / Michael R. Canfield -- The pleasure of observing / George B. Schaller -- Untangling the bank / Bernd Heinrich -- One and a half cheers for list-keeping / Kenn Kaufman -- A reflection of the truth / Roger Kitching -- Linking researchers across generations / Anna K. Behrensmeyer -- The spoken and the unspoken / Karen L. Kramer -- In the eye of the beholder / Jonathan Kingdon -- Why sketch? / Jenny Keller -- The evolution and fate of botanical field books / James L. Reveal -- Note-taking for pencilophobes / Piotr Naskrecki -- Letters to the future / John D. Perrine and James L. Patton -- Why keep a field notebook? / Erick Greene. 
<br/><br/> Pioneering a new niche in the study of plants and animals in their natural habitat, this book 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biology--Fieldwork.<br/>Natural history--Fieldwork.<br/>Note-taking.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH318.5  / .F54 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>570.72