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Author Lannoo, Michael J

Title The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory : A Century of Discovering the Nature of Nature / Michael J. Lannoo
Published Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2012]

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Series Bur Oak Book
Bur oak book.
Contents The Spirit -- Something Heavy in the Midwestern Air -- An Opportunity of Magnificent Possibilities -- A Brief History of Field Stations -- The Factors of Ecology Are All Here -- The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory as a Student Sees It / Maud Brown, 1910 -- The Victorians, 1909-1932 -- Hard Times and Stone Labs, 1932-1947 -- Classical State Universities versus Land-grant Institutions -- A Regents Institution, 1947-2007 -- The Friends of Lakeside Lab / Jane Shuttleworth -- A Regents Resource Center, 2007-Present -- Resurrecting Natural History
Summary 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 on the shore of Lake Okoboji in northwestern Iowa in 1909, is just such a place. In this book, the author 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Iowa Lakeside Laboratory -- History
Iowa Lakeside Laboratory -- Biography
SUBJECT Iowa Lakeside Laboratory fast
Subject Ecology -- Research -- Iowa -- History
Natural history -- Research -- Iowa -- History
Conservation biology -- Research -- Iowa -- History
Nature study -- Iowa -- History
Naturalists -- Iowa -- Biography
NATURE -- Ecology.
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
NATURE -- Regional.
Ecology -- Research
Natural history -- Research
Naturalists
Nature study
Iowa
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781609381394
1609381394