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Field notes on science & nature / 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.) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

ISBN: 9780674057579 (alk. paper) 0674057570 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2011005780

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Biology--Fieldwork.
Natural history--Fieldwork.
Note-taking.

LC Class. No.: QH318.5 / .F54 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 570.72

National Agricultural Library Call No.: QH318.5 / .F54 2011