Author: Glen Alan ChownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Natural Area Management of Old-growth Red Pine
Author: Glen Alan ChownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Ecology and Recovery of Eastern Old-Growth Forests
Author: Andrew M. BartonPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610918908
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The landscapes of North America, including eastern forests, have been shaped by humans for millennia, through fire, agriculture, hunting, and other means. But the arrival of Europeans on America’s eastern shores several centuries ago ushered in the rapid conversion of forests and woodlands to other land uses. By the twentieth century, it appeared that old-growth forests in the eastern United States were gone, replaced by cities, farms, transportation networks, and second-growth forests. Since that time, however, numerous remnants of eastern old growth have been discovered, meticulously mapped, and studied. Many of these ancient stands retain surprisingly robust complexity and vigor, and forest ecologists are eager to develop strategies for their restoration and for nurturing additional stands of old growth that will foster biological diversity, reduce impacts of climate change, and serve as benchmarks for how natural systems operate. Forest ecologists William Keeton and Andrew Barton bring together a volume that breaks new ground in our understanding of ecological systems and their importance for forest resilience in an age of rapid environmental change. This edited volume covers a broad geographic canvas, from eastern Canada and the Upper Great Lakes states to the deep South. It looks at a wide diversity of ecosystems, including spruce-fir, northern deciduous, southern Appalachian deciduous, southern swamp hardwoods, and longleaf pine. Chapters authored by leading old-growth experts examine topics of contemporary forest ecology including forest structure and dynamics, below-ground soil processes, biological diversity, differences between historical and modern forests, carbon and climate change mitigation, management of old growth, and more. This thoughtful treatise broadly communicates important new discoveries to scientists, land managers, and students and breathes fresh life into the hope for sensible, effective management of old-growth stands in eastern forests.
Natural Areas Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Old Growth in the East
Author: Mary D. DavisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Red Pine Management in Minnesota
Author: Francis Howlett EyrePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Red pine
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Nez Perce National Forest (N.F.), Red Pines Project Area
Author: A Revised Manager's Handbook for Red Pine in North Central Region
Author: Daniel William GilmorePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest health
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Nature of Vermont
Author: Charles W. JohnsonPublisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611681316
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
An up-to-date overview of Vermont's geological, natural, and land use histories, in the context of past, present, and future human interactions with the landscape
History of the Lake States Forest Experiment Station
Author: Paul O. RudolfPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
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