Forests
Forests
A Naturalist's Guide to Trees and Forest Ecology
Walker, Laurence C.
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
06/1990
302
Dura
Inglês
9780471521082
0471521086
425
Focusing on forest ecology, this book features projects and activities - requiring no special tools or equipment - that are designed to encourage readers to learn more about forests. It also provides information about forests and discusses the major threats to their survival.
Partial table of contents:; The Changing Forest; THE NEEDLELEAF TREES; Westward Wood: Douglas-Fir; Dwarf and Giant: Longleaf Pine; Tall Timbers: Coast Redwood; Murky Bottom and Droughty Land: Loblolly Pine; Ancient Wonders: Bristlecone Pine; Redcedar Riddle: Eastern Redcedar; Up from the Ashes: Sand, Pond, Pitch, Jack, and Lodgepole Pines; Mountain Heights to Low Bogs: Spruce and Fir Trees; Trees on the Range: Junipers and Pinyon Pine; Swamp Dweller: Baldcypress; Timber for a King: Eastern White Pine; Woods of Longevity: White-Cedars and Junipers; Pioneer Plant for Paper Pulp: Virginia Pine; THE BROADLEAF TREES; Lost Bonanza: American Chestnut; Oranges that Are Apples: Osage-Orange; Cinderella Cellulose: Trembling Aspen; Living Riprap: Willows; Toxic Defense: Black Walnut; Species Proliferation: The Oaks; Tree Legume: Black Locust; Ship Timbers: Live Oak; Stink-Bomb Tree: Ginkgo; THE FOREST--WHOSE WOODS THESE ARE; Forests for the Future; Afterword; Further Reading; Glossary; Index.
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Focusing on forest ecology, this book features projects and activities - requiring no special tools or equipment - that are designed to encourage readers to learn more about forests. It also provides information about forests and discusses the major threats to their survival.
Partial table of contents:; The Changing Forest; THE NEEDLELEAF TREES; Westward Wood: Douglas-Fir; Dwarf and Giant: Longleaf Pine; Tall Timbers: Coast Redwood; Murky Bottom and Droughty Land: Loblolly Pine; Ancient Wonders: Bristlecone Pine; Redcedar Riddle: Eastern Redcedar; Up from the Ashes: Sand, Pond, Pitch, Jack, and Lodgepole Pines; Mountain Heights to Low Bogs: Spruce and Fir Trees; Trees on the Range: Junipers and Pinyon Pine; Swamp Dweller: Baldcypress; Timber for a King: Eastern White Pine; Woods of Longevity: White-Cedars and Junipers; Pioneer Plant for Paper Pulp: Virginia Pine; THE BROADLEAF TREES; Lost Bonanza: American Chestnut; Oranges that Are Apples: Osage-Orange; Cinderella Cellulose: Trembling Aspen; Living Riprap: Willows; Toxic Defense: Black Walnut; Species Proliferation: The Oaks; Tree Legume: Black Locust; Ship Timbers: Live Oak; Stink-Bomb Tree: Ginkgo; THE FOREST--WHOSE WOODS THESE ARE; Forests for the Future; Afterword; Further Reading; Glossary; Index.
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