Ecoblitz : an Indiana forest expedition / Indiana Forest Alliance.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Indiana Forest Alliance, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest management--Indiana.

Forest management.

Forest conservation--Indiana.

Forest conservation.

Forest ecology--Indiana.

Forest ecology.

Biodiversity--Indiana.

Biodiversity.

Forest health--Indiana.

Forest health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 345 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press Office of Scholarly Publishing, [2024]

Summary:

"A short hike through an Indiana forest reveals layers of living things: the overstories and understories of trees, the shadow of a mammal, colorful fungi. But what would it mean to methodically document the communities of plants and animals harboring in Indiana's public forests, at humid midnight or coldest dawn? What is the impact of this wondrous knowledge?Ecoblitz describes the findings of, and the dogged scientists behind, the Indiana Forest Alliance's multiyear forest wildlife census. Scientists' journeys in pursuit of elusive bats, lavish lichen, and spider species paint a breathtaking picture of Indiana's biodiversity and its value to Indiana's policy, polity, and poetics. This book will amaze readers with a dazzling portrait of local biodiversity, deepen appreciation for Indiana's eastern hardwood forest system, and inspire a desire to advocate for it. Ecoblitz is a book for lovers of nature, for those who appreciate science but are not scientists themselves, and for those who want to learn something new"-- Provided by publisher.

"A short hike through an Indiana forest reveals layers of living things: the overstories and understories of trees, the shadow of a mammal, colorful fungi. But what would it mean to methodically document the communities of plants and animals harboring in Indiana's public forests, at humid midnight or coldest dawn? What is the impact of this wondrous knowledge? This volume describes the findings of, and the dogged scientists behind, the Indiana Forest Alliance's multi-year forest wildlife census. Scientists' journeys in pursuit of elusive bats, lavish lichen, and spider species paint a breathtaking picture of Indiana's biodiversity and its value to Indiana's policy, polity and poetics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: Toward a Legible Forest

Introduction

Part I: Forest as Superorganism

1. Profile: Leslie Bishop, Ph.D.: Prismatic Forest, Prismatic Ecologist

2. Essay: Standing Sentinels: Observations on the Art of Tree Dating

3. Profile: Paul Rothrock, Ph.D.: Finding Floristic Quality

4. Q and A: Linda Cole: The Forest within the Forest

Part II: Complex Cooperators

5. Essay: Identifying Back Country Area Fungi: A Baseline for Healthy Forests

6. Profile: James Lendemer, Ph.D.: Learning the Lessons of Lichens

Part III: Forest as Haven

7. Essay: Letters from the Back Country: An Amateur's Passion

8. Essay: Rare Cerulean Warblers Raise Young along Honey Creek

9. Up Close: Angie Dämm: Young Birder in an Old Forest

10. Q and A: Dale Sparks, Ph.D.: Chasing Bats in the BCA

11. Up Close: Samantha Buran: Of Plants and People

Part IV: Insect Multitudes

12. Profile: Glené Mynhardt, Ph.D.: Endless Entomology

13. Q and A: Robert Jean, Ph.D.: The Fellowship of the Bee

14. Up Close: Carl A. Strang, Ph.D.: Psalm of the Cricket

15. Up Close: Butterflies: How to Starve a Species

16. Profile: Leroy Koehn: The Life and Legacy of a Lepidopterist

Part V: Forest as Spectacle

17. Profile: Robert Brodman, Ph.D.: Endless Questions in a Field Biologist's Research Lab

18. Up Close: Roger Carter and Jim Horton: Musings on Hoosier Herpetology

19. Essay: New Forest Spiders, for the Record

20. Up Close: Ecoblitz Aquatic Team: Waters of Naiads

21. Profile: Dr. John O. Whitaker: The Dean of Indiana Mammalogy

Afterword: Full Circle

Appendix 1: Complete Species List

Appendix 2: Ecoblitz Participants.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-253-07109-7

0-253-07108-9

OCLC:

1458758654