Re: [ECOLOG-L] Looking for books to read this summer
E.O. Wilson's recent book, Letters to a Young Scientist is at the top of my list. Incredibly inspiring and encouraging message to folks just getting into ecological research. I've got a copy that I frequently lend to undergrads or fellow graduate students. On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Jake Melichar melic...@iastate.edu wrote: Hey Ecologers, I am currently an undergraduate student in biology at Iowa State University and I am trying to create a reading list for this summer over books regarding botany, natural history, ornithology, mammology, mycology, herpetology, ecology, and entomology. I am fascinated with learning more about the environment all around me as well as understanding important components that affect such environments. If anyone has any suggestions regarding the reading list feel free to email me at melic...@iastate.edu Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Jake Melichar -- Gavin M. Jones Graduate Research Assistant Wildlife Ecology Conservation Lab Dept. of Forest Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison A223 Russell Labs
Re: [ECOLOG-L] Looking for books to read this summer
Gavin is right, Letters to a Young Scientist is very helpful. Moreover, most of EO Wilson's books are great. The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert is a quick and digestible overview of the mass extinction currently occurring on Earth. Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold is a classic conservation read. Otherwise, pick up a Princeton field guide and spend some time outside identifying! Sam Raasch Global Forest Watch World Resources Institute sraasc...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/samraasch On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Gavin Jones gjon...@wisc.edu wrote: E.O. Wilson's recent book, Letters to a Young Scientist is at the top of my list. Incredibly inspiring and encouraging message to folks just getting into ecological research. I've got a copy that I frequently lend to undergrads or fellow graduate students. On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Jake Melichar melic...@iastate.edu wrote: Hey Ecologers, I am currently an undergraduate student in biology at Iowa State University and I am trying to create a reading list for this summer over books regarding botany, natural history, ornithology, mammology, mycology, herpetology, ecology, and entomology. I am fascinated with learning more about the environment all around me as well as understanding important components that affect such environments. If anyone has any suggestions regarding the reading list feel free to email me at melic...@iastate.edu Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Jake Melichar -- Gavin M. Jones Graduate Research Assistant Wildlife Ecology Conservation Lab Dept. of Forest Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison A223 Russell Labs
Re: [ECOLOG-L] Looking for books to read this summer
if you have not read it, The Selfish Gene. On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:23 PM, Jake Melichar melic...@iastate.edu wrote: Hey Ecologers, I am currently an undergraduate student in biology at Iowa State University and I am trying to create a reading list for this summer over books regarding botany, natural history, ornithology, mammology, mycology, herpetology, ecology, and entomology. I am fascinated with learning more about the environment all around me as well as understanding important components that affect such environments. If anyone has any suggestions regarding the reading list feel free to email me at melic...@iastate.edu Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Jake Melichar -- Malcolm L. McCallum, PHD, REP Environmental Studies Program Green Mountain College Poultney, Vermont “Nothing is more priceless and worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a many-faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature lovers alike, and it forms a vital part of the heritage we all share as Americans.” -President Richard Nixon upon signing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 into law. Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive - Allan Nation 1880's: There's lots of good fish in the sea W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) Wealth w/o work Pleasure w/o conscience Knowledge w/o character Commerce w/o morality Science w/o humanity Worship w/o sacrifice Politics w/o principle Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
