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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustration
- Preface
- Section One Mission and Relevance of National Parks
- One Parks, Biodiversity, and Education: An Essay and Discussion
- Two Seas the Day: A Bluer, Saltier Second Century for American Parks
- Three A Global Perspective on Parks and Protected Areas
- Four Strategic Conversation: Mission and Relevance of National Parks
- Section Two Stewardship of Parks in a Changing World
- Five Climate Change and Novel Disturbance Regimes in National Park Landscapes
- Six Climate Change Trends, Impacts, and Vulnerabilities in US National Parks
- Seven Protecting National Parks from Air Pollution Effects: Making Sausage from Science and Policy
- Eight Biological Invasions in the National Parks and in <i>Park Science</i>
- Nine The Science and Challenges of Conserving Large Wild Mammals in 21st-Century American Protected Areas
- Ten Strategic Conversation: Stewardship of Parks in a Changing World
- Section Three Engaging People in Parks
- Eleven The Tangled Web of People, Landscapes, and Protected Areas
- Twelve Science, Values, and Conflict in the National Parks
- Thirteen The World Is a Park: Using Citizen Science to Engage People in Parks and Build the Next Century of Global Stewards
- Fourteen The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Nature: Inspiring Connections between People and Parks
- Fifteen Strategic Conversation: Engaging and Disengaging People in Parks
- Section Four Future of Science, Conservation, and Parks
- Sixteen A New Kind of Eden
- Seventeen The Near-Horizon Future of Science and the National Parks
- Eighteen Science, Parks, and Conservation in a Rapidly Changing World
- AppendixHistorical Connections between UC Berkeley, the Birth of the US National Park Service, and the Growth of Science in Parks
- About the Contributors
- Index
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- Source:
- Science, Conservation, and National Parks
- Author(s):
Steven R. Beissinger
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustration
- Preface
- Section One Mission and Relevance of National Parks
- One Parks, Biodiversity, and Education: An Essay and Discussion
- Two Seas the Day: A Bluer, Saltier Second Century for American Parks
- Three A Global Perspective on Parks and Protected Areas
- Four Strategic Conversation: Mission and Relevance of National Parks
- Section Two Stewardship of Parks in a Changing World
- Five Climate Change and Novel Disturbance Regimes in National Park Landscapes
- Six Climate Change Trends, Impacts, and Vulnerabilities in US National Parks
- Seven Protecting National Parks from Air Pollution Effects: Making Sausage from Science and Policy
- Eight Biological Invasions in the National Parks and in <i>Park Science</i>
- Nine The Science and Challenges of Conserving Large Wild Mammals in 21st-Century American Protected Areas
- Ten Strategic Conversation: Stewardship of Parks in a Changing World
- Section Three Engaging People in Parks
- Eleven The Tangled Web of People, Landscapes, and Protected Areas
- Twelve Science, Values, and Conflict in the National Parks
- Thirteen The World Is a Park: Using Citizen Science to Engage People in Parks and Build the Next Century of Global Stewards
- Fourteen The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Nature: Inspiring Connections between People and Parks
- Fifteen Strategic Conversation: Engaging and Disengaging People in Parks
- Section Four Future of Science, Conservation, and Parks
- Sixteen A New Kind of Eden
- Seventeen The Near-Horizon Future of Science and the National Parks
- Eighteen Science, Parks, and Conservation in a Rapidly Changing World
- AppendixHistorical Connections between UC Berkeley, the Birth of the US National Park Service, and the Growth of Science in Parks
- About the Contributors
- Index
