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Where The Animals Go: Tracking Wildlife with Technology in 50 Maps and Graphics [Kietas viršelis]

4.38/5 (371 ratings by Goodreads)
  • Formatas: Hardback, 174 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 276x256x18 mm, weight: 1154 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 03-Nov-2016
  • Leidėjas: Particular Books
  • ISBN-10: 1846148812
  • ISBN-13: 9781846148811
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Hardback, 174 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 276x256x18 mm, weight: 1154 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 03-Nov-2016
  • Leidėjas: Particular Books
  • ISBN-10: 1846148812
  • ISBN-13: 9781846148811
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
'This is a special kind of detective story' New Scientist



'Each story is a striking example of how innovative technology can be used to increase our understanding of the natural world' Financial Times

'This book is beautiful as well as informative and inspiring.There is no doubt it will help in our fight to save wildlife and wild habitats' Dr Jane Goodall

From the best-selling authors of London: The Information Capital comes the first book to use big data to map the movements and behaviour of wild animals all over the world

For thousands of years, tracking animals meant following footprints. Now satellites, drones, camera traps, cellphone networks, apps and accelerometers allow us to see the natural world like never before. Geographer James Cheshire and designer Oliver Uberti take you to the forefront of this animal-tracking revolution. Meet the scientists gathering wild data - from seals mapping the sea to baboons making decisions, from birds dodging tornadoes to jaguars taking selfies. Join the journeys of sharks, elephants, bumblebees, snowy owls, and a wolf looking for love. Find an armchair, cancel your plans and go where the animals go.

[ Praise for London: The Information Capital] 'The book is infinitely compelling, one you'll return to time and again, and full of 'wow, you have to see this' moments. It reinforces the notion that information really can be beautiful...' Londonist

[ Praise for London: The Information Capital] 'Brilliantly compelling...The Information Capital is a tour de force in the modern use of graphics to make a point' London Evening Standard

Recenzijos

This is a special kind of detective story. After millennia of using footprints, faeces, feathers, broken foliage and nests to track animals, the process is now so teched up you need to read this book to find out the how, what and why * New Scientist * Each story is a striking example of how innovative technology can be used to increase our understanding of the natural world * Financial Times * This book is beautiful as well as informative and inspiring. There is no doubt it will help in our fight to save wildlife and wild habitats * Dr Jane Goodall * Enchanting and exhilarating ... Where the Animals Go is an eye-opening exercise in perspective that puts place and space at the heart of the 21st-century conservation debate * Literary Review * Turn the pages to revel in the techno-tracking that is revealing the secrets of animal lives. This is science at its best, the art of understanding truth and beauty -- Chris Packham Incredible * The Big Issue * From the first page, this book is an enthralling look at the world that technology can help us uncover. [ ...] I can't review this book without mentioning the maps, which are exquisite. They convey an astounding quantity and quality of information -- Kate Scragg * British Trust for Ornithology * Beautiful and thrilling ... a joy to study cover to cover * E. O. Wilson * A stunning translation of movement onto paper * Scientific American * Its double intent is brilliant - to bring each of us closer to the animal world and to highlight fresh ways to think about conservation...Downright gorgeous in its illustrations and text ... an exceptional book * NPR * An unstoppable book that will please anyone with an interest in the natural world * Geographical * Ravishing * Washington Post * Where the Animals Go elegantly elucidates the role new technologies has played in expanding our knowledge of animal migration * Science * [ Praise for London: The Information Capital] Visually stunning maps and graphics * Guardian * [ Praise for London: The Information Capital] Brilliantly compelling...The Information Capital is a tour de force in the modern use of graphics to make a point * London Evening Standard * [ Praise for London: The Information Capital] The book is infinitely compelling, one you'll return to time and again, and full of 'wow, you have to see this' moments. It reinforces the notion that information really can be beautiful... * Londonist *

Daugiau informacijos

Join the journeys of sharks, elephants, condors, snowy owls, and a wolf looking for love. Find an armchair, cancel your plans and go where the animals go.
Acknowledgements 11(4)
Preface Annie 15(6)
Introduction A New Kind of Footprint 21(13)
One
The Elephant Who Texted for Help
34(10)
The Zebras Migrating Once More
44(2)
The Hyenas and the Trophy Kills
46(2)
How Baboons Move as One
48(4)
The Apes Observed from Above
52(2)
The Jaguars Taking Selfies
54(2)
The Mountain Lions Trapped by Roads
56(4)
The Fishers Sneaking Through Suburbia
60(2)
The Wolf Who Traversed the Alps
62(4)
The Elk of Greater Yellowstone
66(4)
The Pheasants Who Walk the Himalaya
70(2)
The Pythons in the Everglades
72(2)
The Ants That Change Jobs
74(4)
Two
The Whales We Watch on Facebook
78(12)
The Humpbacks Seeking Seamounts
90(2)
The Turtle Who Swam against the Current
92(4)
Sharks, Turtles and the Landscape of Fear
96(2)
The Sharks Pardoned by Data
98(2)
The Seals Who Map the Southern Ocean
100(4)
The Otters Reclaiming Their Range
104(4)
The Crocodiles Best Left Alone
108(2)
The Plankton That Flee the Light
110(4)
Three
Birdwatching Through a Wider Lens
114(12)
The Terns' World Record
126(2)
The Penguins Seen from Space
128(4)
The Albatrosses Circling Antarctica
132(2)
The Geese of the Himalaya
134(2)
The Gulls Who Crave Crisps
136(2)
The Vultures Spiraling Overhead
138(2)
The Owls of the Frozen Lakes
140(4)
The Storks with Unhealthy Tastes
144(2)
The Fruit Bats with Plenty of Juice
146(2)
The Birds Who `Never See Sunlight'
148(2)
The Warblers Who Dodged Tornadoes
150(2)
How Songbirds Flock Together
152(2)
The Bees in Back Gardens
154(4)
Epilogue Where the Humans Go 158(5)
Further Reading 163(1)
Notes 164(9)
About the Authors 173(1)
Barcoding Biodiversity 174
James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti's complementary skills enable them to produce graphics and book pages that few others can match. As a lecturer at University College London, James applies his cartographic and programming skills to the staggering amount of data that scientists are now collecting. In 2017, he was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Cuthbert Peek Award in recognition of his work 'advancing geographical knowledge through the use of mappable Big Data'. Oliver has more than a decade of experience visualizing and writing about wildlife research-from 2003 to 2012, he worked in the design department of National Geographic, most recently as Senior Design Editor.