The hidden forest : the biography of an ecosystem / Jon R. Luoma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luoma, Jon R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest ecology--Oregon--H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest.

Forest ecology.

H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest (Or.).

Oregon--H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest.

Physical Description:

x, 228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Henry Holt, 1999.

Summary:

From the leaves at the top of the canopy to the insects living deep beneath the soil, a forest is a complete, unified ecosystem. Each event, from the growth of a single sapling to a cataclysmic fire, is critical to the life of the forest as organism.

Veteran science writer Luoma here chronicles the work of a unique and fascinating scientific research project that, over the course of several decades, will bring together scientists from almost every discipline -- botanists, entomologists, wildlife ecologists, soil biologists, etc. -- to piece together the long-term natural history of a single forest ecosystem, in this case a majestic old-growth forest of the Pacific Northwest.

What emerges is a wealth of information that even now is pointing the way to a new approach to forest management, one that will allow for the cutting of trees for timber, while preserving the beauty and integrity of these proud woods.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [210]-214) and index.

ISBN:

0805014918

OCLC:

40076670