INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1 IN THE BEGINNING 9
6. 2 MOLDING OF INTERESTS 18
7. 3 STARTING ON THE PATHWAY TO BECOMING A SCIENTIST 29
8. 4 DEFINING A PATHWAY 37
9. 5 BEGINNING AN ACADEMIC CAREER 49
10. 6 EXPANDING MY VIEW OF GRASSLAND BIRDS 56
11. 7 EXTENDING THE PATHWAY 62
12. 8 SCRAMBLING FOR AN EXPLANATION 71
13. 9 DETOURING TO ANOTHER PATHWAY 76
14. 10 MOVING FROM GRASSLANDS TO THE ARID SHRUBSTEPPE 87
15. 11 CHALLENGING THE PARADIGM 98
16. 12 CHANGING PLACES 105
17. 13 TESTING THE PARADIGM 111
18. 14 SHIFTING DIRECTIONS IN THE SHRUBSTEPPE 121
19. 15 FINDING THINGS OUT 128
20. 16 BECOMING A LANDSCAPE ECOLOGIST 138
21. 17 DEALING WITH SCALE 148
22. 18 FOLLOWING THE LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY PATHWAY 154
23. 19 TRAVELING ALONG PATHWAYS WITH STUDENTS 165
24. 20 PULLED ONTO A SEABIRD PATHWAY 179
25. 21 DEALING WITH ADVOCACY 185
26. 22 SHIFTING PATHWAYS TO CONSERVATION 195
27. 23 BOLSTERING CONSERVATION SCIENCE IN THE NATURE CONSERVANCY 202
28. 24 DOING CONSERVATION SCIENCE 211
29. 25 WRITING INTO RETIREMENT 220
30. CONCLUSIONS 227
31. APPENDIX 235
32. NOTES 237
33. BIBLIOGRAPHY 253
34. INDEX 261