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Eastern old-growth forests : prospects for rediscovery and recovery /
Eastern Old-Growth Forests is the first book devoted exclusively to old growth throughout the East. Authoritative essays from leading experts examine the ecology and characteristics of eastern old growth, explore its history and value -- both ecological and cultural -- and make recommendations for i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Island Press,
©1996.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Definitions and history / Robert Leverett
- Extent and location / Mary Byrd Davis
- Using lichens to assess ecological continuity in northeastern forests / Steven B. Selva
- Biodiversity in the herbaceous layer and salamanders in Appalachian primary forests / Albert J. Meier, Susan Power Bratton, and David Cameron Duffy
- The importance of old growth in carnivores in Eastern deciduous forests / Michael R. Pelton
- Functional roles of Eastern old growth in promoting forest bird diversity / J. Christopher Haney and Charles P. Schaadt
- Old-growth spirituality / Michael Perlman
- Old-growth forests : a Native American perspective / Standing Woman and Steve Comer
- Black growth and fiddlebutts : the nature of old-growth red spruce / Charles V. Cogbill
- Old-growth forests of Southern New England, New York, and Pennsylvania / Peter Dunwiddie [and others]
- Old growth in the Great Lakes region / Lee E. Frelich and Peter B. Reich
- Central mesophytic forests / James R. Runkle
- Old-growth oak and oak-hickory forests / Peter S. White and Ricky D. White
- Old growth in Southeastern wetlands / J. Merrill Lynch
- Longleaf pine forest, going, going ... / D. Bruce Means
- Identification and protection of old growth on state-owned land in Minnesota / Kurt A. Rusterholz
- National forests in the Eastern region : land allocation and planning for old growth / Lucy E. Tyrrell
- The nature conservancy's preservation of old growth / Kathy Seaton
- Cook Forest State Park : reflections of a preservationist / Anthony Eaton Cook
- Landscape heterogeneity of hemlock-hardwood forest in Northern Michigan / Margaret B. Davis, Timothy E. Parshall, and James B. Ferrari
- The restoration of old growth : why and how / Stephen C. Trombulak
- Tree rings and ancient forest history / David W. Stahle
- How much old growth is enough? / Robert Zahner.