Hemlock : a forest giant on the edge /

The Eastern Hemlock, massive and majestic, has played a unique role in structuring northeastern American forest environments, from Nova Scotia to Wisconsin and through the Appalachian Mountains to North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama. A 'foundation species' influencing all the species in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Foster, David R., 1954- (Editor ), Long, Stephen, 1953- (Editor ), Baiser, Benjamin H. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Eastern hemlock.
Forest ecology > Research > New England.
Forest declines > Research > New England.
Pruche du Canada.
Écologie forestière > Recherche > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Forêts > Dépérissement > Recherche > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
eastern hemlock (wood)
NATURE > Plants > Trees.
Eastern hemlock
Forest ecology > Research
New England
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Hemlock's future in the context of its past
  • An iconic species
  • Lessons from Harvard forests and ecologists. I. the Pisgah forest
  • Prehistory to present
  • Tree-falls and tanbark
  • Lessons from Harvard forests and ecologists. II. Bob Marshall's plot
  • Hemlock as a foundation species
  • A range-wide hemlock decline
  • Invasion of an exotic pest
  • Cut or girdle
  • Modeling the dynamics of a forest giant
  • Reprise : eastern hemlock as a foundation species
  • Lessons from Harvard forests and ecologists. III. the Earl Stephens plot. When doing nothing is a viable alternative : insights into conservation and management
  • Lessons from Harvard forests and ecologists. IV. Three views from John Sanderson's woodlot
  • Lament.

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