North Pacific temperate rainforests : ecology & conservation /
"The North Pacific temperate rainforest, stretching from southern Alaska to northern California, is the largest temperate rainforest on earth. This book provides a multidisciplinary overview of key issues important for the management and conservation of the northern portion of this rainforest,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Seattle :
Audubon Alaska and the Nature Conservancy of Alaska in association with University of Washington Press,
[2013]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Gordon H. Orians, John W. Schoen, Jerry F. Franklin, and Andy MacKinnon
- Island Life: Coming to Grips with the Insular Nature of Southeast Alaska and Adjoining Coastal British Columbia / Joseph A. Cook and Stephen O. MacDonald
- Riparian Ecology, Climate Change, and Management in North Pacific Coastal Rainforests / Rick T. Edwards, David V. D'Amore, Erik Norberg, and Frances Biles
- Natural Disturbance Patterns in the Temperate Rainforests of Southeast Alaska and Adjacent British Columbia / Paul Alaback, Gregory Nowacki, and Sari Saunders-- Indigenous and Commercial Uses of the Natural Resources of the North Pacific Rainforest with Focus on Southeast Alaska and Haida Gwaii / Lisa K. Crone and Joe R. Mehrkens
- Succession Debt and Roads: Short- and Long-Term Effects of Timber Harvest on a Large-Mammal Predator-Prey Community in Southeast Alaska / David K. Person and Todd J. Brinkman
- Concepts of Conservation Biology Applied to Wildlife in Old-Forest Ecosystems, with Special Reference to Southeast Alaska and Northern Coastal British Columbia / Bruce G. Marcot-- Why Watersheds: Evaluating the Protection of Undeveloped Watersheds as a Conservation Strategy in Northwestern North America / Ken Lertzman and Andy MacKinnon
- Variable Retention Harvesting in North Pacific Temperate Rainforests / William J. Beese
- Synthesis / Gordon H. Orians, John W. Schoen, Jerry F. Franklin, and Andy MacKinnon.