Looking for Longleaf : the fall and rise of an American forest /

"Covering 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, the longleaf pine ecosystem was, in its prime, one of the most extensive and biologically diverse ecosystems in North America. Today these forests have declined to a fraction of their original extent, threatening such species as the gopher tort...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Earley, Lawrence S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004.
Temas:
Longleaf pine > Southern States.
Forests and forestry > Southern States.
Pin à longues feuilles > États-Unis (Sud)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Forestry.
Forests and forestry
Longleaf pine
Southern States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : land of the longleaf pine
  • What Bartram saw
  • Fire in the cathedral
  • A wondrous diversity
  • Webs of life
  • Piney woods people
  • Tar kilns and tar heels
  • Getting turpentine
  • A reckless destruction
  • Assault on the southern pines
  • Forestry practice and malpractice
  • Health, quail, and fire
  • Fools for longleaf
  • Woodpeckers and forests
  • Restoring an ecosystem
  • Epilogue : a presence on the land?

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