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Biocultural conservation in Cape Horn: the Magellanic woodpecker as a charismatic species

Description: This book chapter discusses a research project to promote biocultural conservation in Cape Horn, Chile. In an effort to achieve the goal of transdisciplinary integration, the authors used the strategy of identifying a charismatic species, since doing so serves to motivate people towards biodiversity conservation, to communicate ecological concepts, and to integrate both the ecological and social dimensions of sustainability.
Date: March 11, 2010
Creator: Arango, Ximena; Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-; Massardo, Francisca & Ibarra, J. Tomás

Dear Facebook

Description: This book chapter is written in the form of a break-up letter from the author to the social networking website, Facebook. It discusses social networking, technological changes, urbanization, globalization, media technology, and philosophical ideas about society.
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Date: 2010
Creator: Briggle, Adam

Not in My Back Yard!

Description: This presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Gas Well Drilling Redux. This presentation discusses the 'not in my back yard' (NIMBY) attitude - opposition by residents to a proposal for new development that is close to their homes - and focus on whether is it principled or hypocritical to simultaneously oppose the development while benefiting economically from it.
Date: February 8, 2012
Creator: Briggle, Adam
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Media and Communication

Description: This book chapter discusses media and communication. As core features of humanity, communication and media clearly predate academic disciplines. They are in this sense non-disciplinary. Yet, they have for centuries been the subject of inquiry by those concerned to understand and improve human correspondence. This chapter surveys the historical development and present form of multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary studies of media and communication.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Briggle, Adam & Christians, Clifford G.
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The Autecology of the Fío-Fío (Elaenia Albiceps Lafresnaye and D'Orbigny) in Subantarctic Forests of the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile

Description: Article discussing research on the autecology of the fío-fío (Elaenia albiceps Lafresnaye and D'Orbigny) in subantarctic forests of the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile.
Date: 2007
Creator: Brown, Clare E.; Anderson, Christopher B.; Ippi, Silvina; Sherriffs, Margaret; Charlin, Rina; McGehee, Steven M. et al.
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Post-Fledging Habitat Selection by the Slender-Billed Parakeet (Enicognathus Leptorhynchus) in a Fragmented Agricultural Landscape of Southern Chile

Description: This article contains an examination of habitat selection by radio-tracked juvenile Slender-billed Parakeets (Enicognathus leptorhynchus) at multiple spatial scales in a fragmented agricultural landscape of southern Chile.
Date: June 22, 2011
Creator: Carneiro, Ana Paula B.; Jiménez, Jaime E. & White, Thomas H., Jr.
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Philosophy Matters - Examining the Value of Knowledge

Description: This paper discusses the University of North Texas' (UNT) Center for the Study of Interdisciplinarity (CSID), where philosophers continue to examine the value of knowledge. The authors also discuss one example of CSID's work with the Comparative Assessment of Peer Review (CAPR) project. CAPR is a four-year project (2008-2012) studying the changing nature of peer review processes across six U.S. and foreign public science agencies. CAPR is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation's (NSF) S… more
Date: May 10, 2012
Creator: Frodeman, Robert & Holbrook, J. Britt
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