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Informationen zum Autor Michael J. Lannoo is professor of anatomy and cell biology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He is the author of "Okoboji Wetlands: A Lesson in Natural History" (Iowa! 1996)! "Malformed Frogs: The Collapse of Aquatic Ecosystems!" and "Leopold's Shack and Ricketts's Lab: The Emergence of Environmentalism" and the editor of "Status and Conservation of Midwestern Amphibians "(Iowa! 1998) and "Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species." Klappentext 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 in northwestern Iowa in 1909, is just such a place. In this insightful book, Michael Lannoo 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. Zusammenfassung In this remarkable and insightful book! Michael Lannoo sets the story of Lakeside Laboratory! founded on the shore of Lake Okoboji in northwestern Iowa in 1909! 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.
