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Temperate forests / Michael Allaby.
LIBRA QH541.5.F6 A46 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allaby, Michael.
- Series:
- Ecosystem
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forest ecology.
- Forest health.
- Forest management.
- Forests and forestry.
- Forests and forestry--Economic aspects.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 216 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Facts on File, [1999]
- Summary:
- Each volume spans Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, and the Americas to present a particular ecosystem. Coverage offers a basic introduction to ecological concepts and demonstrates how these concepts influence the complex relationship between humans and their environment. Frequent cross references allow readers to truly experience the human, biological, chemical, and physical interactions that occur in nature. The Ecosystem set offers a lively and detailed exploration for high school students, undergraduates, and general readers.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Geography of temperate forests
- pt. 2. Geology of temperate forests
- pt. 3. Atmosphere and temperate forests
- pt. 4. Biology of forest trees
- pt. 5. Ecology of temperate forests
- pt. 6. Biodiversity and temperate forests
- pt. 7. History of temperate forests
- pt. 8. Economies of temperate forests
- pt. 9. Health of temperate forests
- pt. 10. Temperate forest management.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0816036780
- OCLC:
- 38993164
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