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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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Orians, Gordon H. (Editor ), Schoen, John W. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.