Hemlock : A Forest Giant on the Edge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Foster, David R., 1954-

Baiser, Benjamin.

Plotkin, Audrey Baker.

D'Amato, Anthony A.

Ellison, Aaron.

Foster, David.

Orwig, David.

Oswald, Wyatt.

Thompson, Jonathan.

Long, Stephen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eastern hemlock.

Forest ecology--New England--Research.

Forest ecology.

Forest declines--Research--New England.

Forest declines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Eastern Hemlock, massive and majestic, has played a unique role in structuring northeastern forest environments, from Nova Scotia to Wisconsin and through the Appalachian Mountains to North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. A "foundation species" influencing all the species in the ecosystem surrounding it, this iconic North American tree has long inspired poets and artists as well as naturalists and scientists. Five thousand years ago, the hemlock collapsed as a result of abrupt global climate change. Now this iconic tree faces extinction once again because of an invasive insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid. Drawing from a century of studies at Harvard University's Harvard Forest, one of the most well-regarded long-term ecological research programs in North America, the authors explore what hemlock's modern decline can tell us about the challenges facing nature and society in an era of habitat changes and fragmentation, as well as global change.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Hemlock's Future in the Context of its Past

2. An Iconic Species

Lessons from Harvard Forests and Ecologists I. The Pisgah Forest

3. Prehistory to Present

4. Tree-Falls and Tanbark

Lessons from Harvard Forests and Ecologists II. Bob Marshall's Plot

5. Hemlock as a Foundation Species

6. A Range-Wide Hemlock Decline

7. Invasion of an Exotic Pest

8. Cut or Girdle

9. Modeling the Dynamics of a Forest Giant

10. Reprise: Eastern Hemlock as a Foundation Species

Lessons from Harvard Forests and Ecologists III. The Earl Stephens Plot

11. When Doing Nothing is a Viable Alternative: Insights into Conservation and Management

Lessons from Harvard Forests and Ecologists: IV. Three Views from John Sanderson's Woodlot

12. Lament

Bibliographic Essays

References

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-18677-0

OCLC:

878149184