Author: Catherine E. Puckett Haecker
Publisher: Geological Survey (USGS)
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Assesses the health of the United States plants, animals, and ecosystems.
Author: Michael G. Barbour
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 622
ISBN-13: 9780521559867
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This second edition provides extensively expanded coverage of North American vegetation from arctic tundra to tropical forests.
Author: Elgene O. Box
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-12-29
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 3319012614
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Warm-temperate deciduous forests are "southern", mainly oak-dominated deciduous forests, as found over the warmer southern parts of the temperate deciduous forest regions of East Asia, Europe and eastern North America. Climatic analysis has shown that these forests extend from typical temperate climates to well into the warm-temperate zone, in areas where winters are a bit too cold for the ‘zonal’ evergreen broad-leaved forests normally expected in that climatic zone. This book is the first to recognize and describe these southern deciduous forests as an alternative to the evergreen forests of the warm-temperate zone. This warm-temperate zone will become more important under global warming, since it represents the contested transition between deciduous and evergreen forests and between tropical and temperate floristic elements. This book is dedicated to the memory of Tatsuō Kira, the imaginative Japanese ecologist who first noticed and described this general zonation exception and who proposed the name warm-temperate deciduous forest.
Author: William Haywood Martin
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 400
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Shibu Jose
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-09-09
Total Pages: 438
ISBN-13: 0387306870
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book unites a wealth of current information on the ecology, silviculture and restoration of the Longleaf Pine ecosystem. The book includes a discussion of the significant historical, social and political aspects of ecosystem management, making it a valuable resource for students, land managers, ecologists, private landowners, government agencies, consultants and the forest products industry.
Author: David N. Wear
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 652
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The southern forest resource assessment provides a comprehensive analysis of the history, status, and likely future of forests in the Southern United States. Twenty-three chapters address questions regarding social/economic systems, terrestrial ecosystems, water and aquatic ecosystems, forest health, and timber management; 2 additional chapters provide a background on history and fire. Each chapter surveys pertinent literature and data, accesses conditions, identifies research needs, and examines the implications for southern forests and the benefits they provide.
Author: Leslie Edwards
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2013-02-01
Total Pages: 697
ISBN-13: 0820330213
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Natural Communities of Georgia presents a comprehensive overview of the state’s natural landscapes, providing an ecological context to enhance understanding of this region’s natural history. Georgia boasts an impressive range of natural communities, assemblages of interacting species that have either been minimally impacted by modern human activities or have successfully recovered from them. This guide makes the case that identifying these distinctive communities and the factors that determine their distribution are central to understanding Georgia’s ecological diversity and the steps necessary for its conservation. Within Georgia’s five major ecoregions the editors identify and describe a total of sixty-six natural communities, such as the expansive salt marshes of the barrier islands in the Maritime ecoregion, the fire-driven longleaf pine woodlands of the Coastal Plain, the beautiful granite outcrops of the Piedmont, the rare prairies of the Ridge and Valley, and the diverse coves of the Blue Ridge. With contributions from scientists who have managed, researched, and written about Georgia landscapes for decades, the guide features more than four hundred color photographs that reveal the stunning natural beauty and diversity of the state. The book also explores conservation issues, including rare or declining species, current and future threats to specific areas, and research needs, and provides land management strategies for preserving, restoring, and maintaining biotic communities. The Natural Communities of Georgia is an essential reference for ecologists and other scientists, as well as a rich resource for Georgians interested in the region’s natural heritage.