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Autore: | Yahner Richard H |
Titolo: | Eastern deciduous forest : ecology and wildlife conservation / / Richard H. Yahner |
Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2000 |
Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina: | 577.3/0974 |
577.30974 | |
Soggetto topico: | Forest ecology - East (U.S.) |
Wildlife conservation - East (U.S.) | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1. THE FOREST AND ITS WILDLIFE; 2. EARLY HISTORY OF THE FOREST; 3. ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES; 4. FOREST PLANT AND ANIMAL INTERACTIONS; 5. FOREST SUCCESSION AND MANAGEMENT; 6. FOREST FRAGMENTATION; 7. CORRIDORS AND EDGES IN RELATION TO FRAGMENTED FORESTS; 8. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION; 9. ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; 10. FORESTS OF THE FUTURE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES; APPENDIX A. SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS MENTIONED IN THE TEXT; APPENDIX B. GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN THE TEXT; REFERENCES; INDEX |
Sommario/riassunto: | "A readable introduction to ecology and wildlife conservation in the eastern deciduous forest."-The Prairie Naturalist. This new edition includes the most up-to-date information on the forest and its wildlife, with special attention given to contemporary conservation issues. The result is a timely and useful tool for anyone who wants to know or hopes to help one of North America's great natural resources. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Eastern deciduous forest |
ISBN: | 0-8166-9032-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910812930703321 |
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